Tyler Farrar

  • Vattenfall cyclassics 2009, 2010
  • 2 stage win Tour de France
  • 2 stage wins Giro d' Italia
  • 3 stage wins Vuelta a España
  • Circuit Franco -Belge 2009

Tyler Farrar ( born June 2, 1984 in Wenatchee, Washington) is an American professional road bicycle racer. Farrar applies in addition to Mark Cavendish and Andre Greipel as one of the world's top sprinters in road cycling.

Farrar began his career in 2003 at Jelly Belly. A year later he moved to Health Net and he was successful. In 2004 he was U.S. champion and won the U23 class, as in 2005, a stage of the Tour de l' Avenir. A season later he was then Criterium Champion of the states and got a contract from 2006 with Cofidis.

Since 2008, Farrar riding for the American team Garmin -Transitions. There he developed into one of the now world best sprinters in road cycling. His greatest achievements include two victories in the Vattenfall cyclassics 2009 and 2010, as well as stage wins at the Vuelta a España, the Giro d' Italia and the Tour de France.

During the 2011 Giro d'Italia Farrar got out after the neutralized fourth stage of the Tour. This was due to the accidental death of his best friend Wouter Weylandt of Leopard Trek team at the third stage.

Achievements

  • United States American Champion - Road Race ( U23 )
  • A stage in the Tour de l' Avenir
  • United States American Masters - criterion
  • A stage in the Tour de l' Avenir
  • A stage Grande Prémio CTT Correios de Portugal
  • A stage of the Tour du Poitou -Charentes
  • A stage of Tirreno- Adriatico
  • A stage and Appreciation Delta Tour Zeeland
  • Vattenfall winner cyclassics
  • Three stages Eneco Tour
  • A stage in the Vuelta a España
  • Two stages and Appreciation Circuit Franco -Belge
  • A stage Driedaagse van De Panne - Koksijde
  • Winner Scheldeprijs
  • Two stages of the Giro d' Italia
  • Appreciation Delta Tour Zeeland
  • Vattenfall winner cyclassics
  • Two stages of the Vuelta a España
  • Winner Trofeo Mallorca
  • Winner Trofeo Cala Millor
  • A stage of Tirreno- Adriatico
  • Ster ZLM Toer stage a
  • Team time trial and a Tour de France
  • TTT Tour of Qatar
  • Team time trial Giro d' Italia
  • Team time trial Tour of Utah
  • Two stages USA Pro Cycling Challenge
  • A stage in the Tour of California
  • A stage in the Tour de l' Euro Métropole

Team

  • 2003 Jelly Belly
  • 2004 Health Net - Maxxis
  • 2005 Health Net - Maxxis
  • 2006 Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
  • 2007 Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
  • 2008 Slipstream - Chipotle / Garmin - Chipotle
  • 2009 Garmin - Slipstream
  • 2010 Garmin -Transitions
  • 2011 Team Garmin - Cervélo
  • 2012 Garmin -Sharp
  • 2013 Garmin Sharp
Tour de l'Eurometropole Washington (state) André Greipel Trek Factory Racing Tirreno–Adriatico 2009 Eneco Tour Three Days of De Panne 2011 Tour de France Jan Ullrich Mirko Celestino Gabriele Missaglia Erik Zabel Johan Museeuw Paolo Bettini Filippo Pozzato Alessandro Ballan Robbie McEwen Edvald Boasson Hagen
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