Farrar abandons Tour and puts dream of stage win on hold
Mark Cavendish will take Tyler Farrar off his list of sprint rivals for the next Tour de France stages. The American of team Garmin-Transitions finished third to Cavendish yesterday, but today found the pain of a fractured wrist bone too much to handle and abandoned.
"He's a hard nut," said Garmin sports director, Matt White. "The wrist is not going to heal until he has time off the bike."
Farrar crashed and fractured a bone in his left wrist during stage two to Spa last Monday. The crash also affected top classification rider Andy Schleck and Brad Wiggins, and sent Garmin captain Christian Vande Velde home with two fractured ribs.
Despite the crash, Farrar struggled on and nearly took his first Tour de France win last week in Gueugnon. He finished second to Cavendish, who scored his second stage win at this Tour de France.
Yesterday, Farrar finished third in the sprint to Bourg-lès-Valence
"Everyday after Tyler sprints, he is in a world of pain," continued White. "Today, he got dropped on the first climb and couldn't even hold on to the wheels."
Farrar abandoned near kilometre 50, climbed into the team car and put his dream of a Tour win on hold until next year. His goal now, said White, is to recover and prepare for the Vuelta a España and the World Championships.
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