John Talen

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John Talen (1986)

John Talen (born January 18, 1965 in Meppel ) is a former Dutch cyclist .

As an amateur , John Talen won the 1985 Olympia's Tour and the Ster van Brabant . In 1986 he became Dutch champion in the amateur road race; in the same year he won the title of world champion in the team time trial and finished second in the individual road race behind Uwe Ampler . Talen started in 1985 in the International Peace Run (where Erik Breukink was his teammate) and finished 33rd in the overall ranking.

In 1987 Talen joined the professionals . In 1988 he won Dwars door Vlaanderen and the Grand Prix Pino Cerami , in 1989 the Circuito de Getxo , in 1990 the Grote Scheldeprijs and came third on the Tour of Flanders . He started three times without much success in the Tour de France , in 1994 he reached the finish in Paris as the bearer of the Lanterne Rouge . In 1997 Talen won the National Sluitingsprijs . In 2002 he ended his cycling career.

John Talen's children Rebecca and Jordi are also active cyclists.

successes

1985
1986
1988
1990
1997
1998
  • a stage Olympia's Tour
2001

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig 1998, p. 259 .
personal data
SURNAME Talen, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Meppel