Andrew Talansky
.jpg) Talansky at the 2011 Tour de Romandie | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Pit Bull |
| Born | November 23, 1988 Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2005–2006 | Laser-es |
| 2007–2008 | Herbalife–bikeam.com |
| 2010 | Garmin–Transitions (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2009 | Amore & Vita–McDonald's |
| 2010 | Giant Berry Farm–Specialized |
| 2011–2017 | Garmin–Cervélo |
| Major wins | |
| Stage races | |
Andrew Talansky (born November 23, 1988) is a former professional cyclist. Between 2011 and 2017, he competed for Garmin–Cervélo on the UCI World Tour, cycling's highest road racing category.[1][2]
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Talansky was born in Manhattan, New York City,[3] and grew up in Key Biscayne, Florida, near Miami.
Talansky competed in cross-country running at high school in Florida before taking up competitive cycling at age 17. After success in local amateur races, he moved to Lees–McRae College in Banner Elk, North Carolina, winning the collegiate national championship race in his freshman year.
Career
[edit | edit source]In 2009, he left college after one year to join the Amore & Vita–McDonald's team in Italy, but found the conditions unsatisfactory and returned to the US that spring.[4] He raced in the US in 2009 without team support. After a strong ride at the Tour of the Gila race, he joined Garmin for the 2010 season, moving up to the professional team for 2011, where he made the top ten at the 2011 Tour de Romandie.
In 2012, Talansky scored his first professional victory in Europe at the Tour de l'Ain, and again rode the Tour de Romandie. This time he finished second overall behind Bradley Wiggins, having finished second to Wiggins on the final stage, a 16.24-kilometre (10.09-mile) individual time trial.[5] Later in the season he was named Garmin's lead rider for the Vuelta a España,[6] finishing seventh in the general classification. In 2013, he came second in Paris–Nice, having led the race for two days, and was selected for the Tour de France for the first time, again making the top ten overall.
He won the 2014 Critérium du Dauphiné, joining a high-quality breakaway group on the final stage to overcome a 39-second deficit to overnight race leader Alberto Contador.[7] He retired from the 2014 Tour de France after a very uncomfortable day on his bike, due to multiple crashes. The broom wagon was following him at the end of the stage.[8] He returned to the Tour de France in 2015, finishing eleventh overall.[9] The following year he once again contested the Tour de Romandie, but rode in support of Rigoberto Urán and Pierre Rolland.[10] Later in the season, he took fifth-place overall finishes at the Tour de Suisse and the Vuelta a España.[11][12]
In September 2017 Talansky announced his retirement from competition via an Instagram post.[13] However, the following month he indicated that he had "un-retired" and would take up competing in triathlon. He permanently retired from professional endurance sport at the end of the 2019 season after competing in his final Ironman in Chattanooga, TN. [14]
Major results
[edit | edit source]- 2008
- 1st File:MaillotUSA.PNG Road race, National Collegiate Road Championships
- 2010
- 1st File:MaillotUSA.PNG Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st Stage 2 Tour des Pays de Savoie
- 2nd Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 3rd Overall Ronde de l'Isard
- 6th Overall Tour of the Gila
- 10th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- 2011
- 4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 9th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st File:Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
- 2012 (2 pro wins)
- 1st File:Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 1st File:Jersey green.svg Points classification
- 1st Stage 4
- 2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st File:Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
- 7th Overall Vuelta a España
- 8th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 2013 (1)
- 2nd Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st File:Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 6th Overall Critérium International
- 10th Overall Tour de France
- 2014 (1)
- 1st File:Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 2015 (1)
- 1st File:MaillotUSA.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
- 10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 2016 (1)
- 3rd Overall Tour of Utah
- 1st Stage 6
- 4th Overall Tour of California
- 5th Overall Vuelta a España
- 5th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 2017 (1)
- 3rd Overall Tour of California
- 1st Stage 5
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit | edit source]| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A pink jersey Giro d'Italia | Did not contest during his career | |||||||||
| A yellow jersey Tour de France | — | — | 10 | DNF | 11 | — | 49 | |||
| A red jersey Vuelta a España | 79 | 7 | — | 51 | DNF | 5 | — | |||
| Major stage race general classification results | ||||||||||
| Major stage race | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |||
| File:Jersey yellow.svg Paris–Nice | 61 | — | 2 | — | 50 | DNF | — | |||
| File:MaillotAzul.PNG Tirreno–Adriatico | — | 120 | — | 17 | — | — | — | |||
| File:MaillotVolta.png Volta a Catalunya | — | — | — | 7 | 31 | — | DNF | |||
| File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour of the Basque Country | 97 | — | 29 | — | 49 | — | DNF | |||
| File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de Romandie | 9 | 2 | 16 | 11 | — | 105 | — | |||
| File:Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg Critérium du Dauphiné | — | — | 28 | 1 | 10 | — | 22 | |||
| File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de Suisse | DNF | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | |||
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
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External links
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- Official page on Blogger
- Andrew Talansky at UCILua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Andrew Talansky at Cycling Base
- Andrew Talansky at Cannondale-Garmin
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