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Farrar Sprints to Victory at Vuelta!

9/1/2010
Spain — Tyler Farrar sprinted to victory in Stage 5 of the Vuelta a España Wednesday, powering his Felt F1 past Koldo Fernandez and Mark Cavendish to take the win in the 199km stage from Guadix to Lorca. 

Farrar's seventh win of the season came a day after he was almost forced to abandon the race with a stomach bug. The win also made him a co-leader in the points competition; he is now tied with Spaniard Igor Anton. 

A breakaway formed early in the stage and was caught by the chasing sprinters’ teams, including Farrar’s Garmin-Transitions squad, in the approach to the finish. Cavendish made his move first in the final sprint, but Farrar rocketed past to take the win.

Smith, Bell Clean Up at Canadian Track Nationals

8/29/2010

Felt riders had a major impact at the 2010 Canadian Track National Championships in Bromont, Quebec, this weekend, with Zach Bell and Travis Smith taking home a handful of national titles on their Felt TK1 bikes.

Bell, racing for Team British Columbia, won the omnium, taking home national titles in the individual pursuit, the points race, and the scratch race along the way. Bell also won a silver medal with his teammates in the team pursuit.

Strong Ride for Klemenic at MTB World Cup Finals

8/29/2010

New York Blaza Klemencic of the Felt Otztal X-Bionic mountain bike team finished the 2010 UCI MTB World Cup Series on a high note, scoring a fourth-place finish at the finals on Saturday in Windham, New York. The Slovenian rode her Felt Six to her best World Cup finish of the year.

The World Cup finals, the first mountain bike World Cup in the U.S. in five years, were held near Albany, New York, one week before the World Championships in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada.

Garmin-Transitions Ready for Vuelta

8/26/2010

Spain — The Garmin-Transitions team rolls into the final grand tour of the season, the three-week Vuelta a España, with a talented lineup including sprinter Tyler Farrar—on a roll after winning the recent Vattenfalls Classic—and fellow American Christian Vande Velde (pictured) who is looking to put injuries and bad luck behind him and finish the season on a high note.

Both Farrar and Vande Velde were forced to abandon the Tour de France with injuries sustained in crashes. Vande Velde broke three ribs in a Stage 3 crash and Farrar fractured his wrist and eventually dropped out of the race on Stage 12. While Vande Velde, who also crashed out of the Giro d’Italia in May, says his form isn’t where it typically would be for a three-week tour, he’ll be looking for stage wins and to ride well in Spain. Farrar, too, will be looking to add to his tally of grand tour stage wins.

Carey Wins Georgia NUE Event

8/24/2010

Georgia — Kenda/Felt mountain bike team rider Amanda Carey won her third National Ultra Endurance series race of the season in Georgia over the weekend, putting her in contention to take the overall series title in less than two weeks.

Facing heavy rain and tough, muddy conditions, Carey rode her Felt Nine to victory at the Fool’s Gold 100 in Dahlonega, Georgia. Heavy thunderstorms and rain turned the trails into sloppy Georgia clay, forcing race organizers to shorten the race. But Carey overcame the challenging conditions, extending her streak of winning every NUE race she has entered this season.