Tyler Farrar

Where are they now? We look back at every US rider to start Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Roubaix Femmes across the decades.

A rescheduling to Sunday, a longer distance and a homage to World War I have helped elevate the status of Gent-Wevelgem on the international calendar.

Words by James Startt with images by Yuzuru Sunada & James Startt

After retiring from cycling, America's top sprinter plans to work as a firefighter or EMT and promises he'll never ride in the rain again.

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American Tyler Farrar decided to end his career as a professional racer over the weekend at the GP Montreal.

The 'Hell of the North' has never been a big draw for Americans, and this year sees only one American starting the 115th edition of Roubaix.

VeloNews chatted to a few top pros during team presentations to get their take on what we can expect in the 'Hell of the North' on Sunday. VeloNews chatted to a few top pros during team presentations to get their take on what we can expect in the 'Hell of the North' on Sunday.

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After the Tour of Qatar was canceled, riders targeting the spring classics headed to Oman — and are happy with the result.

American Tyler Farrar re-ups with the South African-registered team for two more years and will continue in his role as road captain.

Farrar enjoys helper role at Dimension Data. The 32-year-old American is racing at the Vuelta to help guide his teammates over the roads of Spain.

Tyler Farrar likes his role as road captain for Dimension Data, even if it means his days as a top sprinter are behind him.

U.S. riders had mixed results over the last week, with the women earning multiple top 5s at the Energiewacht Tour.

Cavendish and Farrar have a history, but they've managed to put bad blood aside and have become good friends and teammates in 2016.

The American says Cavendish, who has won 26 Tour de France stages over his career, still has that top-end sprint speed.

In this week's Americans Abroad, we discuss Tejay van Garderen's time trial victory at the Ruta del Sol, his first win of the season.

Here's the first installation of VeloNews's weekly wrap-up of American racers and their results in the European pro peloton.

For the first time this season, a team is using disc brakes in a professional race — the Tour of Qatar. Reactions to their use are mixed.

Once among cycling's fastest sprinters, Tyler Farrar is happy to lend his services to his teammates as a lead out rider at Dimension Data

Andrew Hood's takeaways from this year's Tour Down Under

The UCI race jury says the "exceptional circumstances" prevented it from disqualifying the American from the race.

American Tyler Farrar admits his best days as a pure sprinter are behind him, and he's eager to work for Cavendish in the sprints.

Americans were on the attack throughout as the world came to Richmond

The elite men’s road race will be a wide-open affair; with three short, steep climbs in the closing 5km and a chance of showers, almost anything can happen

Wearing a different kit, American Tyler Farrar is back at the Tour de France and looking for stage wins with his MTN teammates

With many young American pros still finding their places in the WorldTour, only three U.S. riders will start the Tour de France

The Norwegian has 18 wins so far this season, but several riders will challenge him in the mass gallops to the finish line

The veteran sprinter is included on MTN-Qhubeka's nine-man squad that will line up July 4

The Critérium du Dauphiné kicks off Sunday in Ugina, France, with several challenging ascents along the eight-day route

The South African-registered team will be the first squad from the African continent to race the Tour

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Sagan surprises everyone by staying close to the climbers on Mt. Baldy and then delivering the GC win on the final stage

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Hot off his Flanders victory, the Katusha rider is the top favorite for Wednesday's Scheldeprijs that starts without Kittel or Cavendish

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Without perennial favorites Boonen and Cancellara, a new generation of riders is elbowing its way to the top of the Flanders heap

Blizzard conditions plagued the end of Sunday's Tirreno-Adriatico fifth stage

MTN-Qhubeka’s Tyler Farrar is looking for one thing in particular this season: a classics victory. His chase starts Saturday

The eight wild-card picks for the 2015 Tour of Flanders have been announced, including Tyler Farrar's MTN-Qhubeka team

The Belgian tops Dan Martin by just three seconds in the overall standings

Tyler Farrar wins his first race of the season as Philippe Gilbert defends his overall lead, with a hilly finish awaiting him on Monday

Farrar wasn't selected for the six-man squad heading to Sunday's climbing-centric world championships in Spain

Tyler Farrar will focus on the spring classics and develop into a lead-out man, without entirely forgetting sprinting, in his two-year deal with MTN-Qhubeka

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The 30-year-old sprinter has won at least one stage at all three grand tours

The team lost its leader, Martin, in the team time trial and must now regroup around sprinter Farrar and 2012 Giro champ Hesjedal

Marcel Kittel leads the field of sprinters at the Giro, which kicks off May 9. Will he rule the mass gallops on the Italian roads?

Three-time winner Mark Cavendish will not race because of an illness

Several riders go down hard in E3 Harelbeke and Gent-Wevelgem

Garmin-Sharp sprinter Tyler Farrar is quietly optimistic for Sunday's Gent-Wevelgem after a pair of top-10s in the opening Belgian classics

American says starting the season in South America, Middle East leaves classics riders' tanks more full for the spring races

After spending a week in Argentina, Neal Rogers provides a final analysis of the Tour de San Luis

There were few official protests but many complaints about how the home teams behaved when the WorldTour came to visit

The Garmin-Sharp rider is at the Tour de San Luis to start his 2014 campaign

Several young riders make up the squad's lineup for the upcoming season

A generational change coupled with four major teams folding triggers an exodus from the peloton, big names and small, willing and unwilling

The American sprinter signs for another year with Garmin-Sharp, which is taking a new direction for 2014

The American sprinter hadn't won in Europe since stage 3 of the 2011 Tour de France

The Spanish grand tour has become unfriendly to sprinters because of the challenging profile

The 41-year-old is facing hurdles because of his age and high asking price

The Garmin rider was slated to ride for Daniel Martin before the team's GC captain crashed out of the race in stage 7

The Garmin sprinter comes up short again in stage 12, then vents frustration with the course afterward

The American sprinter has not won a race in Europe since triumphing in a stage at the 2011 Tour de France

The Garmin-Sharp sprinter says he's climbing well and hopes for the best at nationals in Tennessee

American sprinter has returned to focusing completely on the sprints and hopes to return to the speed of his most productive years

Tyler Farrar becomes U.S. team's second stage winner in a day, blazing past Ken Hanson in Santa Barbara

A closer look at the American sprinter's Cervélo, which carries Shimano Di2 components and Rotor chain rings

Bissell rider talks about racing in the California heat and bumping handlebars with Tyler Farrar

The Garmin-Sharp sprinter feels he's spread himself too thin in recent years and wants to get back up to speed

The 2013 classics campaign has not been fruitful for the U.S.-based squad

It was Valverde's second win of the season, following a victory February 5 in the Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana

Tyler Farrar is going back to basics for 2013, focusing on sprints instead of classics, and wants to read about positive cycling stories

The Trofeo Palma ends with a bunch sprint after a break is reeled in short of the line

Slagter's going great, Schleck not so much, and Voigt — he's already on the attack

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WorldTour opener will be the first race since crash at 2012 Tour of Britain for American sprinter

A new crop of young Americans are motivated to contend for world championship glory and made big strides in Limburg

American suffers head injury, under evaluation by team medical staff