Farrar opens up Franco-Belge with sprint winAmerican Tyler Farrar Tyler Farrar (born 2 June 1984 in Wenatchee, Washington) is an American professional road racing cyclist since 2003. Since 2006, he rides on the UCI ProTour for the Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone cycling team. continued his successful end of season by beating sprint rivals Danilo Napolitano Danilo Napolitano (born January 31, 1981) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist chiefly known for his sprinting abilities. He was born in Vittoria, Sicily, and turned professional in 2004. For the 2004 and 2005 seasons he rode for the professional continental team Team L.P. and Tom Boonen Tom Boonen (born on October 15, 1980 in Mol, Belgium) is a professional road bicycle racer and is the 2005 World Road Race Champion. He is considered a single-day road race specialist with a strong finishing sprint. to win the first stage of the Circuit Franco-Belge Thursday. Garmin sprinter Farrar will start the race's second stage, held over 225km between Maubeuge in France to Poperinge in Belgium, with the race leader's jersey. Farrar had a promising, but winless Tour de France Tour de France World's most prestigious and difficult bicycle race. Staged for three weeks each July—usually in some 20 daylong stages—the Tour typically comprises 20 professional teams of nine riders each and covers some 3,600 km (2,235 miles) of flat and campaign in July but bounced back to win the Hamburg Cyclassics one-day race in August. He continued his good form by winning three stages at the Eneco Tour, and also won a stage at the three-week Tour of Spain which finished last Sunday. 
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