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VeloNews: What would you advise young up and coming sprinters in terms of what to do, to get the best out of themselves?

Tyler Farrar: Well, the biggest change for me was that I spent too much time working on my weaknesses, and not  enough time working on my strengths. That was one of the biggest things I changed last year, I started working with a new trainer. I’d spent so much time before trying to get better at climbing and get better at my limiting factors, but I wasn’t training my sprint enough to maximise things. He said that you are never going to win a race in the mountains, but you can win a race in the sprint. So you need to focus a bit more on that in your training.

VeloNews: So did you do it with more sprinting intervals?

Tyler Farrar:: Yeah, getting out behind the motor during sprint workouts, getting into the gym and working on your strength…that kind of thing.