Farrar’s Independence Day win for tragic Weylandt

TYLER FARRAR celebrated an emotional and long-awaited Tour de France stage win with an American Independence Day victory in Brittany yesterday.

But on a day that should have been a celebration, Farrar’s thoughts were with his friend Wouter Weylandt. The Belgian, who won the third stage of the Giro d’Italia in 2010, was killed on the same stage this year.

“This one is for Wouter,” Farrar said. “ It’s been a rough few months for me since, but I wanted to be good here in the Tour and try to do something to remember him and so I’m happy that I was able to do it.”