Tyler Farrar News

Tyler Farrar, a 27-year-old road cyclist from rural Wenatchee, Wash., learned young that he wasn't any good at baseball or basketball.

Zabriskie, van Garderen and Danielson are just a few of the big-name riders who will race in Greenville this weekend.

Recently retired as a pro cyclist, Charly Wegelius was in the Garmin-Barracuda team car following and advising via radio Ryder Hesjedal over the climbs on the way to Cortina d'Ampezzo, "the pearl of the Dolomites". Late at night, he admitted to Cyclingnews that his protg is the main beneficiary of stage 17 .

Monday passed at the Giro d'Italia with Mark Cavendish blocked and unable to unleash his sprint yet again, but the world champion should have another chance on Wednesday in Montecatini.

Consider the first few days of this year's Amgen Tour of California an important audition for Team Exergy cyclist Fred Rodriguez.

World Champion Mark Cavendish won his second stage at the 2012 Giro d'Italia by once again winning the bunch sprint and showing his spot as one of the top sprinters in the peloton.

Garmin-Barracuda had a day of extremely mixed fortunes at the Giro d'Italia on Friday.

The Colombian Miguel Angel Rubiano celebrates on the podium after winning the sixth stage of the Giro d'Italia on Friday.

Four riders have reportedly dropped out of the 2012 Giro d'Italia on today's stage 6 from Urbino to Porto Sant'Elpidio. Former world champion Thor Hushovd , American Tyler Farrar and Romain Feillu abandoned today, and Pablo Lastras has crashed out of the race, injuring his collarbone.

World champion Mark Cavendish and his Sky leadout train held class Thursday on the Adriatic coast as the Manxman won stage 5 of the Giro d'Italia in a nearly picture-perfect bunch sprint finale.

Sky looked as good as the old HTC lead-out train to jettison its rocket over the line.

Taylor Phinney, of the United States, second from right, wears the overall leader's pink jersey as he pedals during the third stage of the Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, in Horsens, Denmark, Monday, May 7, 2012.

Stage 4 of the 2012 Giro d'Italia was the 20th team time trial in the history of the corsa rosa .

Ramunas Navardauskas powered into the lead of the Giro d'Italia as his Garmin-Barracuda squad won the stage four team time trial.

Mark Cavendish has called on the Italian Roberto Ferrari to be ejected from the Giro d'Italia after the Androni Giacattoli-Venezuela rider caused him to crash heavily in the final 100 metres on Monday's stage.

Orica-GreenEdge rider Matthew Goss won his team's first Grand Tour win of the season at stage 3 of the Giro d'Italia after escaping a late crash that took down World Champion Mark Cavendish and overall race leader Taylor Phinney .

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Before the riders started stage three, the race organized a remembrance for Wouter Weylandt, the Leopard-Trek rider that died in a crash in stage three of last year's Giro d'Italia. Photo: Graham Watson Tyler Farrar joined the RadioShack team at the front while they paid their respects.

Weylandt died during last year's third stage. The race also paid tribute to Horsens mayor Jan Troejborg, who died Sunday of a heart attack while biking.

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