Tyler Farrar has joined Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung for the 2015 cycling season.
The American sprinter has spent his last 7 years with the current World Tour outfit, Garmin Sharp and is also part of a select group of riders in world cycling that has won a stage in each of the 3 grand tours.
Farrar brings a tremendous amount of experience with him to Team MTN-Qhubeka as well as some pure speed and power that will fit directly into the team’s plans and goals for the 2015 cycling season.
Farrar is one of the big names in world cycling and even bigger in the cycling circles of the United States of America. Team MTN-Qhubeka is delighted to welcome Tyler to Africa’s first ever professional continental cycling team.
"I am really excited and happy to be joining Team MTN-Qhubeka next year," Farrar said to the MTN Qhubeka team website. "This is a big change for me in my cycling career after having spent 7 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.
"Coming from America I understand how important it is to globalise the sport of cycling. The African continent is a huge untapped area when it comes to cycling, you just need to look at what Africa is doing in track and field to realise the potential. Team MTN-Qhubeka is leading the way for the African continent in that regard and so it is a project that I really want to be part of.
"The team is building a strong group of riders that will win races next year and I look forward to being a part of that, as both a winner and support rider."