TYLER FARRAR YESTERDAY won the fifth stage of the Vuelta a Espana (Tour of Spain) in a sprint finish, beating off stiff competition from Koldo Fernandez and Mark Cavendish.
From RTE Sport:
“The Garmin-Transitions rider beat Spain’s Koldo Fernandez to the line at the end of the 198.8-kilometre course from Guadix to Lorca in southeastern Spain.”
Ireland’s Nicholas Roche finished twenty-sixth yesterday, but remains in eleventh overall.