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Tyler Farrar Joins Team MTN-Qhubeka
Bringing to end a near-decade with one team and embarking on a new project with another, Tyler Farrar has confirmed that he will race with the Team MTN-Qhubeka squad in 2015. The American has taken six individual stages in Grand Tours; one in the 2011 Tour de France, two in the 2010 Giro d’Italia and three Vuelta stages between 2009 and 2010. However his rate of victories has slowed in the past two seasons and the 30 year old is looking for a fresh start to try to get things back on track. “I am really excited and happy to be joining Team MTN-Qhubeka next year,” he said. “This is a big change for me in my cycling career after having spent seven years with my current team. I feel it is the perfect timing for me to move on though and Team MTN-Qhubeka is definitely the team that appealed to me the most.” Farrar is part of a general fortifying of the team; new signings include Edvald Boasson Hagen and Theo Bos and, together with the current team captain Gerald Ciolek, the team will have a strong sprinting and Classics presence in 2015. It is pushing hard for a ...
Garmin-Sharp announces Giro roster
Ryder Hesjedal, Defending Champion
Come and meet us at Eurobike, Aug 29 – Sep 1.

A lot of little things went into Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda’s victorious season. After 3,508 km on Italian roads, just 16 seconds made the difference between 1st and 2nd places in Ryder Hesjedal’s Giro d’Italia victory.
Video: Castelli-Exclusive: Peter Stetina Talks Giro

The 24-year-old Peter Stetina, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, rode and completed his second Giro d’Italia playing a crucial support role in the mountains for Hesjedal. Stetina himself wore the best young rider jersey at this Giro on the journey to the team winning the final Maglia Rosa in Milan.

