Farrar's Tour gamble pays off

tyler farrar, garmin cervelo, tour de france, stage three

published 5 July 2011

Mark Cavendish and his HTC-Highroad team previewed yesterday's Tour de France stage to Redon during their post Giro d'Italia training camp. American Tyler Farrar skipped it. He was dealing with the death of a close friend and deciding if he'd even race the Tour de France.

He decided to and yesterday, won his first Tour stage.

Cavendish won yesterday's intermediate sprint for sixth place behind the escape, but was later disqualified for bumping shoulders with Thor Hushovd. He was held up in the final bend of the sprint to the finish line and lost a chance for win number 16 at the Tour. Instead, Farrar zoomed ahead - on the wheels of team-mates Thor Hushovd in the leader's yellow jersey and Julien Dean - for win number one.

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Farrar's Tour gamble pays off

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