Tyler Farrar and Andreas Klier(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Jonathan Vaughters and Andreas Klier chat before the training rideM(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Both Farrar and Klier will race in Paris-Roubaix and Scheldeprijs(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Barracuda)(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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The training ride takes a wrong turn(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
The country side in Beglian offers some of the best riding in Europe(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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Tyler Farrar and Andreas Klier(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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Both riders were eager for a gentle spin along country lanes(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Tyler Farrar recovers from a long ride in Flanders(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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Both Farrar and Klier will race in Paris-Roubaix and Scheldeprijs(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Farrar lives in Gent and knows the roads like the back of his hand(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Mavic stop by to chat with the Garmin-Barracuda mechanics(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
The Garmin-Barracuda Cervelo's(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Spare wheels being swapped out ahead of Paris-Roubaix(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
The Garmin bike bus(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Wheels being prepared for the races ahead(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Tyler Farrar and Andreas Klier meet before their ride(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Tyler Farrar and Andreas Klier meet before their ride(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
The two Garmin riders set off for their 40km ride(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
The two Garmin riders set off for their 40km ride(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Andreas Klier will captain the team in Paris-Roubaix(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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Just two Garmin riders were in Gent for training(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Farrar leads Klier on a local training ride(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Klier may be 36 but he's still one of the best Classics domestiques in the bunch(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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The Garmin-Barracuda duo of Tyler Farrar and Andreas Klier met up on Tuesday for a short recovery ride around the country lanes of Gent. The pair had ridden the Tour of Flanders on Sunday and with Scheldeprijs on Wednesday, the day’s ride revolved around a gentle spin, coffee and a friendly chit-chat.
Farrar lives in Gent, while Klier has stayed in Garmin’s Classics hotel for several weeks. The two met up and after a quick coffee set out for an hour’s ride. On the menu was a 40 kilometer route along one of Farrar's easier training loops. No hills, no cobbles, just pancake-flat roads in beautiful Belgian spring weather.
Behind them, Garmin’s new director sportif Geert Van Bondt, drove a team car. The Belgian joined up with the team on a part-time basis last year but has now become a key ingredient in their Classics campaign. Van Bondt spent most of his racing career at the side of Peter van Petegem but tasted success in Gent-Wevelgem in 2000. He retired in 2004.
Cyclingnews was given exclusive access for the training ride.
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