Farrar wins again to reinforce Eneco Tour lead
American Tyler Farrar of the Garmin team retained the overall lead of
the Eneco Tour by winning the race's fourth stage after a sprint battle
with Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen and Italian Francesco Gavazzi.
It is Farrar's third win of the race after he won the opening two
stages.
Sunday's fifth stage will lead the peloton over 204.3km from Roermond
to Sittard-Geleen in the Netherlands on some of the roads traditionally
used by the hilly one-day classic the Amstel Gold Race.
On several occasions Farrar came close to upstaging British sprint
rival Mark Cavendish on this year's Tour de France, where the Isle of
Man rider, who rides for Columbia, won a stunning six stages to take his
career tally to 10.
However, Farrar has since shown his emerging talent, and made slight
amends by becoming the first American to win the Hamburg Cyclassics last
weekend although a host of top fast men, including Cavendish were
absent.
LIBRAMONT, AFP
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