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Tyler Farrar
Boasson Hagen, Farrar, and Anton renew with Team Dimension Data
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka is happy to confirm the contract renewals of Edvald Boasson Hagen, Tyler Farrar, and Igor Anton. 29-year-old Norwegian Boasson Hagen has an extensive palmarès to his name and looks back on a largely successful season. Besides retaining his National titles in both the road race and time trial he also […]
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka look to Cavendish and Farrar for Scheldeprijs
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka lines up for its final Flanders classic of the season tomorrow when our African Team start the UCI 1.HC Scheldeprijs in Antwerpen, Belgium. The Scheldeprijs, a spring classic for the sprinters, takes in 208km of the small Flanders roads but the parcours steers clear of the traditional Hellingen climbs. The […]
Paris-Nice #1: Tyler Farrar starts fastest for Dimension Data for Qhubeka
The Paris-Nice got underway with a 6.1km prologue earlier today. Michael Matthews (Orica-Greenedge) clocked the best time of the day to take the first yellow jersey of the race. Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) was 2nd and Patrick Bevin (Cannondale) finished 3rd. Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka did not have a specialist for today’s violent prologue effort, […]
Tour of Britain #3: Farrar wins most combative
The 3rd stage of the Tour of Britain from Cockermouth to Floors Castle saw Elia Viviani (Team Sky) secure his 2nd win of the tour from another bunch sprint. Tyler Farrar would be our shining light today as he made the break of the day, only to be caught with 3km to go. Initially it […]
Tour of Britain #1: Tyler Farrar opens race with top 10 finish
The Tour of Britain kicked off today with a 177 kilometer long route through Wales. After a rather wet start on the scenic coastline of Northern Anglesey, the peloton took on the lumpy profile that lay ahead of them. The local teams tried to animate the early stages of todays race. This tactic proofed to […]
Tour of California #8: Tyler Farrar 4th on final stage
The Amgen Tour of California kept the best for last as a thrilling final stage saw Peter Sagan win the necessary bonus seconds to win the race overall. Mark Cavendish (Etixx-Quickstep) won the final stage with Wouter Wippert (Drapac) 2nd and Sagan in the all-important 3rd place. It was our very own Tyler Farrar who […]
Tour of California #4: Tyler Farrar goes 5th
It would be another bunch sprint that decided the 4th stage of the Amgen Tour of California. This time Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) would be able to better his 3 previous 2nd places and take the win. Wouter Wippert (Drapac) would run 2nd while Mark Cavendish had to settle for 3rd. MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung could be […]
Tour of California #2: Tyler Farrar 8th again
The 2nd stage of the Amgen Tour of California would see another mass sprint with a close on identical result sheet to yesterday’s stage. Mark Cavendish (Etixx-Quickstep) took his 2nd victory in as many days with Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) again the bridesmaid. Wouter Wippert (Drapac) secured the final podium spot. It was Tyler Farrar who […]
Tour of California: Tyler Farrar kicks off with 8th
The opening stage of the Amgen Tour of California would see the expected bunch sprint with race favourite, Mark Cavendish (Etixx-Quickstep) taking the victory. Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) was 2nd and Jean-Pierre Drucker (BMC Racing) 3rd. At just over 200km in length but with a pan flat profile, it was almost certain that the finish would […]
Tyler Farrar sprints to 9th at Scheldeprijs
Like every year the Scheldeprijs is a meeting for the fast guys in the peloton, and it was not to be a different story this year. In the end Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) underlined his recent form and added another win to his palmarès. The Norwegian had the fastest legs and came in ahead of Edward […]
MTN-Qhubeka preview: Scheldeprijs
Wednesday will see the running of another Belgian spring classic, the 103rd Scheldeprijs. Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung will be lining-up for the race that is often termed as the ‘Sprinters World Champs” with a strong roster of riders. Tyler Farrar is a former winner of the Scheldeprijs, a UCI 1.HC categorised event, and just last […]
Tyler Farrar sprints to fifth on stage 2 of Tirreno-Adriatico
Tyler Farrar finished fifth in the bunch sprint closing the second stage of Tirreno-Adriatico. A crash in the closing meters marred the finale, but Farrar was ahead of the scene. MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung worked hard to set up the sprint, leading the peloton into the final kilometer. Tyler opened the sprint with 150 meters to […]