Andrew Talansky

Andrew Talansky at the Tour de Romandie 2011

Andrew Talansky (born November 23, 1988 ) is a former cyclist and later triathlete from the USA .

Career

Andrew Talansky began his career in 2008 with the US Continental Team Toshiba / Santo-Herbalife . The next year he moved to Amore & Vita-McDonald’s for one season . In 2010 Talansky won one stage each in the Joe Martin Stage Race , in the Volta Ciclista Provincia Tarragona and in the Tour des Pays de Savoie . He was also the US champion in the individual time trial of the U23 class.

In 2011 Talansky switched to the UCI ProTeam Garmin-Sharp , for which he finished seventh overall at the 2012 Vuelta a España . At Paris – Nice 2013 he won a stage and thus his first WorldTour race . The following summer he finished tenth in the 2013 Tour de France .

An attack on the last stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné in 2014 won him the overall standings, defeating Tour de France favorites Chris Froome and Alberto Contador . In the subsequent Tour de France 2014 , however, he fell twice and with back pain on the 11th stage could no longer keep the pace of the peloton . He did not start the next stage.

Talansky became the US elite time trial champion in 2015. He won a stage each on the Tour of Utah and the Tour of California in 2017 . At the end of the 2017 season, he announced his departure from road cycling to devote himself to triathlon , but was unable to qualify for the Ironman World Championship .

successes

2010

• American Champion - Individual Time Trial (U23)
• a stage tour of the Pays de Savoie

2012

• Overall ranking and a stage Tour de l'Ain

2013

• a stage Paris – Nice

2014

• Overall ranking Critérium du Dauphiné

2015

• American champion - individual time trial

2016

• one stage tour of Utah

2017

• one stage tour of California

Grand Tours placements

Grand Tour	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Giro d'Italia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tour de France	-	-	10	DNF	11	-	49
Vuelta a España	79	7th	-	20th	DNF	5	-

Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Teams

• 2008 Toshiba / Santo Herbalife
• 2009 Amore & Vita-McDonald’s
• 2010 Garmin-Transitions (Stagiaire)
• 2011 Team Garmin-Cervélo
• 2012 Garmin-Sharp
• 2013 Garmin Sharp
• 2014 Garmin Sharp
• 2015 Team Cannondale-Garmin
• 2016 Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team
• 2017 Cannondale Drapac Professional Cycling Team

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Talansky and Nieve steal the show from Contador and Froome. In: radsport-news.com. June 15, 2014, accessed October 19, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Talansky struggles for his team to cross the finish line, crying. In: radsport-news.com. July 16, 2015, accessed October 19, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Talansky: All the drudgery was in vain. In: radsport-news.com. July 17, 2014, accessed October 19, 2015 . 
4. ^ Neal Rogers: Andrew Talansky announces retirement from pro cycling at age 28 - CyclingTips. In: cyclingtips.com. September 6, 2017, accessed September 29, 2018 . 
5. ^ Neal Rogers: US road racing is in a downward spiral - what comes next? - CyclingTips. In: cyclingtips.com. September 29, 2018, accessed on September 29, 2018 . 

Web links

Commons : Andrew Talansky  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Andrew Talansky in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Andrew Talansky in the ProCyclingStats.com database