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Tyler Farrar
Farrar at the2015 Scheldeprijs
Personal information
Full nameTyler Farrar
Born(1984-06-02)June 2, 1984(age 40)
Wenatchee, Washington,United States
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Road Captain[1]
Professional teams
2003Jelly Belly–Carlsbad Clothing Company
2004–2005Health Net–Maxxis
2006–2007Cofidis
2008–2014Slipstream–Chipotle
2015–2017MTN–Qhubeka
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (2011)
1 TTT stage (2011)
Giro d'Italia
2 individual stages (2010)
1 TTT stage (2012)
Vuelta a España
3 individual stages (2009,2010)

One-day races and Classics

Vattenfall Cyclassics(2009,2010)
Scheldeprijs(2010)

Tyler Farrar(born June 2, 1984) is an American formerroad racing cyclist,[2]who rode professionally between 2003 and 2017 for theJelly Belly–Carlsbad Clothing Company,Health Net–Maxxis,Cofidis,Garmin–SharpandTeam Dimension Datasquads.

Farrar's achievements include winning the 2009Circuit Franco-Belgeand the2009and2010Vattenfall Cyclassics.InGrand Tours,Farrar has won six individual stages, as well as assisting in twoteam time trialwins.

Cycling career

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Farrar started racing at 13, and rode forJelly Belly–Carlsbad Clothing Companyin 2003,Health Net–Maxxisin 2004, andCofidisin 2006 and 2007. In April 2006, he crashed near the finish of theCircuit de la Sarthe,which resulted in a broken collarbone, causing him to miss most of the season. For the 2008 season, he transferred toSlipstream–Chipotle.

He has won stages in theGiro d'Italia,[3]Vuelta a España,Tour de France,Three Days of De Panne,and theUSA Pro Cycling Challenge.He wore theyellow jerseyon stage three of the2008 Tour of Californiaafter winning intermediate sprint points during stage two.

Farrar at the2011 Gent–Wevelgem

Until the end of his career in 2017, Farrar lived in theBelgiancity ofGhent,where he was made an honorary citizen in 2012.[4]He was fluent inDutchand was popular inFlanders.

In May 2011, Farrar withdrew from theGiro d'Italiaas a mark of respect for his friend and training partnerWouter Weylandt,who was killed in an accident during the race.[5]This tragedy occurred on stage 3 and on stage 4 the teams agreed not to race at all as they completed the entire stage at a steady pace with each team taking ten kilometers at the front with no attacks being made and the peloton staying together the entire time. Three kilometres from the finish Weylandt's eight teammates on Team Leopard-Trek came to the front and were also joined by Farrar, even though he was riding for Garmin-Cervelo. The nine riders rode together side by side as the rest of the peloton stayed back and as they approached the finish they did so arm in arm for the final fifty or so meters, all crossing the line together.[6]The entire Leopard-Trek team and Farrar bowed out of the race following this tribute to their fallen teammate.

On July 4, 2011, Farrar won his firstTour de Francestage, Stage 3 from Olonne-sur-Mer to Redon, becoming the first American to win a stage of the Tour on theFourth of July.[7]It would be ten years beforeanother Americanwould win a Tour de France stage.[8]

Farrar crashed four times in the2012 Tour de France,[9]including a sprint-finish crash, after which he stormed theArgos–Shimanoteam bus to confrontTom Veelers,whom he blamed for the incident. He later took his first two wins of the season at the2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge.In the opening stage of that race, Farrar arrived inTelluridewith a field of 57 riders and won a reduced bunch sprint at the finish. Afterwards, he stated that he was surprised to have survived the mountainous terrain to be able to contend for the sprint.[10]Farrar won again in the fifth stage of the race, dedicating the win to his formerMadisonpartnerMike Creed,who had been raising money for the victims of theWaldo Canyon fires.[11]Due to his two wins he consolidated enough points to win thegreen jersey.Later in the season, Farrar crashed heavily during the first stage of theTour of Britain,reportedly suffering aconcussion.[12]In October, Farrar was given clearance to train by the team doctor,Prentice Steffen,who stated: "The health of the athlete is always our top priority."[13]

Farrar has a reputation for causing or being involved in crashes.Alessandro Petacchinoted that Farrar had crashed 18 times in the 2013–2014 seasons, commenting "There is probably a reason for this". Farrar denies using reckless or uncoordinated tactics, and ascribed most of his numerous crashes to "realities of modern cycling".[14]

After seven years withSlipstream–Chipotle,Farrar signed withMTN–Qhubekafor the 2015 and 2016 seasons and again for the 2017 season.[15]After riding in the2017 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal,Farrar announced his retirement from competition.[2]

When Farrar took the stage victory in the 2011 Tour de France it gave him astage win in all three grand tours.Tyler Hamiltonis the only other American to have accomplished this.

Post-cycling

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After retiring from cycle racing, Farrar became afirefighterinKirkland, Washington,[16]as part of the City of Kirkland Fire Department.[17]

Major results

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2001
10th Time trial,UCI Junior Road World Championships
2002
1stOverallTour de l'Abitibi
1st Stage 4
2003
9thRonde van Vlaanderen U23
2004
1stTime trial,National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Stage 7Tour de l'Avenir
2ndCriterium,National Road Championships
9thParis–Tours Espoirs
10thLa Côte Picarde
2005(1 pro win)
1stCriterium,National Road Championships
1st Stage 4Ronde de l'Isard
1st Stage 2Tour de l'Avenir
2ndRoad race,National Under-23 Road Championships
2ndGrand Prix de Waregem
5thWachovia Classic
10th Time trial,UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
2006
5th OverallTour du Poitou-Charentes
5thGrand Prix de Rennes
2007(1)
GP CTT Correios de Portugal
1st Points classification
1st Stage 2
9thKuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
2008(1)
1stOverallTour of the Bahamas
1stPoints classification
1st Stages 2 & 3
1st Stage 1Tour du Poitou-Charentes
1st Stage 4 (TTT)Tour de Georgia
4thUnivest Grand Prix
5thParis–Tours
6thPhiladelphia International Championship
8thLehigh Valley Classic
9thGrand Prix d'Isbergues
2009(11)
1stOverallTour de Wallonie-Picarde
1stPoints classification
1st Stages 1 & 2
1stOverallDelta Tour Zeeland
1stPoints classification
1st Prologue
1stVattenfall Cyclassics
Eneco Tour
1st Stages 1, 2 & 4
1st Stage 3Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 11Vuelta a España
2010(8)
1stYellow jerseyOverallDelta Tour Zeeland
1stGreen jerseyPoints classification
1stVattenfall Cyclassics
1stScheldeprijs
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 2 & 10
Vuelta a España
1st Stages 5 & 21
1st Stage 3Three Days of De Panne
2ndGP Ouest–France
3rdOmloop Het Nieuwsblad
5thTour of Flanders
6thCoppa Bernocchi
9thGent–Wevelgem
10thUCI World Ranking
2011(4)
1stTrofeo Palma de Mallorca
1stTrofeo Cala Millor
Tour de France
1st Stages 2 (TTT) & 3
1st Stage 2Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 2Ster ZLM Toer
3rdDwars door Vlaanderen
3rdGent–Wevelgem
4thKuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
10thRoad race,UCI Road World Championships
2012(2)
USA Pro Cycling Challenge
1stGreen jerseyPoints classification
1st Stages 1 & 5
1st Stage 4 (TTT)Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 2 (TTT)Tour of Utah
2nd OverallTour of Qatar
1st Stage 2 (TTT)
2ndScheldeprijs
5th OverallDriedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
2013(2)
1st Stage 4Tour of California
2ndTrofeo Palma de Mallorca
2ndTrofeo Campos–Santanyí–Ses Salines
3rd OverallTour de l'Eurométropole
1st Stage 3
4thParis–Tours
6thScheldeprijs
2014(1)
Tour of Beijing
1stGreen jerseyPoints classification
1st Stage 3
2ndDwars door Vlaanderen
2ndScheldeprijs
4thVattenfall Cyclassics
8th OverallTour de l'Eurométropole
8thE3 Harelbeke
10th OverallSter ZLM Toer
1stRed jerseyPoints classification
2015
9thScheldeprijs

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
A pink jerseyGiro d'Italia DNF DNF DNF DNF — 147 — —
A yellow jerseyTour de France 148 DNF 158 151 — — 154 —
A red jerseyVuelta a España DNF 141 DNF — 124 — — 155

Classics results timeline

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Monument 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Milan–San Remo — — DNF DNF 42 46 109 94 — — — —
Tour of Flanders — DNF 53 — 5 13 99 46 47 58 117 121
Paris–Roubaix — — 57 — OTL 28 29 58 67 54 DNF OTL
Liège–Bastogne–Liège Did not contest during career
Giro di Lombardia
Classic 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad — DNF 127 99 3 — — — 70 51 — —
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne — 9 77 102 DNF 4 18 — 81 66 — —
E3 Saxo Bank Classic DNF — — — — — — 44 8 64 82 65
Gent–Wevelgem — DNF — — 9 3 55 DNF 131 DNF 80 96
Dwars door Vlaanderen DNF 114 — — — 3 50 — 2 52 — —
Scheldeprijs — — — — 1 DNF 2 6 2 9 60 117
Hamburg Cyclassics DNF 73 — 1 1 — — — 4 55 — 146
GP Ouest-France — 111 — — 2 — — — 96 — — —
Paris–Tours 63 — 5 46 — — — 4 — — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Endorsements

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Farrar appears[when?]in the opening titles ofITV Londonmorningweather forecasts.The forecasts are sponsored by Transitions Lenses who also sponsor Farrar'scycling team.In 2010, Transition Lenses featured Farrar in its online advertisements.[18][19]

References

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  1. ^"Farrar relishes role as road captain | VeloNews".Archived fromthe originalon 22 July 2016.Retrieved20 July2016.
  2. ^abRobertshaw, Henry (11 September 2017)."Tyler Farrar announces retirement from professional cycling".Cycling Weekly.Retrieved11 September2017.
  3. ^Giro d'Italia 2010: Tyler Farrar clinches stage as world champion Cadel Evans takes leadTelegraph, May 9, 2010
  4. ^"Tyler Farrar honored by the city of Ghent (Belga)".22 February 2012.
  5. ^"Giro honors Weylandt with neutral stage, peloton vows to race Wednesday".Archived fromthe originalon 3 September 2011.Retrieved12 May2011.
  6. ^"Stage neutralised as Giro d'Italia pays tribute to Wouter Weylandt".Cycling News by Barry Ryan. 10 May 2011.
  7. ^"Tyler Farrar sprints to victory on third stage".Guardian.4 July 2011.Retrieved4 July2011.
  8. ^"Sepp Kuss becomes first American to win Tour de France stage since 2011; Tadej Pogacar increases overall lead".ESPN. 11 July 2021.
  9. ^"Fourth Tour Crash for Farrar".Cycling Weekly, July 6, 2012. 5 July 2012.
  10. ^Peter Hymas (21 August 2012)."Farrar wins opening stage in Telluride".Cycling News.Future Publishing Limited.Retrieved26 August2012.
  11. ^Pat Malach (25 August 2012)."Farrar sprints to stage 5 victory in Colorado".Cycling News.Future Publishing Limited.Retrieved26 August2012.
  12. ^"Farrar's worlds' preparation affected by Tour of Britain concussion".VeloNation.VeloNation LLC. 10 September 2012.Retrieved17 October2012.
  13. ^Shane Stokes (17 October 2012)."Farrar fully recovered from concussion and given green light to resume training".VeloNation.VeloNation LLC.Retrieved17 October2012.
  14. ^Stephen Farrand (22 May 2014)."Farrar fights on in the Giro d'Italia".Cyclingnews.Future plc.Retrieved26 July2014.
  15. ^"Farrar signs for MTN-Qhubeka".Cyclingnews.Future plc.9 September 2014.Retrieved9 September2014.
  16. ^Benson, Daniel (24 March 2020)."Firefighter Farrar: From one dream job to another".Cyclingnews.Future plc.Retrieved24 March2020.
  17. ^"2018 Annual Report"(PDF).KirklandWA.gov.City of Kirkland Fire Department. p. 12.Retrieved24 March2020.9/1/18 Tyler Farrar
  18. ^Sponsorship – getting it rightThe Inner Ring, March 12, 2010ArchivedJuly 8, 2011, at theWayback Machine
  19. ^Tyler Farrar Transition Lenses adBike RadarArchived2012-07-24 atarchive.today
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