Andrew Talansky
{{short description|American racing cyclist}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Andrew Talansky
| image = TDR2011 - 5th stage - Youth Classification winner (cropped).jpg
| caption = Talansky at the 2011 Tour de Romandie
| fullname =
| nickname = Pit Bull
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=y|1988|11|23}}
| birth_place = Manhattan, New York, U.S.
| height = {{height|m=1.75}}
| weight = {{convert|63|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| currentteam =
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype = All-rounder
| amateuryears1 = 2005–2006
| amateurteam1 = Laser-es
| amateuryears2 = 2007–2008
| amateurteam2 = Herbalife–bikeam.com
| amateuryears3 = 2010
| amateurteam3 = {{UCI team code|GRM|2010}} (stagiaire)
| proyears1 = 2009
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|AMO|2009}}
| proyears2 = 2010
| proteam2 = Giant Berry Farm–Specialized
| proyears3 = 2011–2017
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|GRM|2011}}
| majorwins = Stage races
:National Time Trial Championships (2015)
}}
Andrew Talansky (born November 23, 1988) is a former professional cyclist. Between 2011 and 2017, he competed for {{UCI team code|GRS|2011}} on the UCI World Tour, cycling's highest road racing category.{{cite news |url=http://www.slipstreamsports.com/2012/12/28/team-garmin-sharp-barracuda-unveils-2013-roster |title=Team Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda Unveils 2013 Roster |date=December 28, 2012 |access-date=January 6, 2013 |work={{UCI team code|GRS|2012b}} |publisher=Slipstream Sports LLC |location=Boulder, Colorado |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102153419/http://www.slipstreamsports.com/2012/12/28/team-garmin-sharp-barracuda-unveils-2013-roster |archive-date=January 2, 2013 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.slipstreamsports.com/garmin-slipstream-pro-team/andrew-talansky |title=Andrew Talansky at Garmin-Sharp |date=June 16, 2014 |access-date=June 16, 2014 |work={{UCI team code|GRS|2013}}|publisher=Slipstream Sports LLC|location=Boulder, Colorado|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216192207/http://www.slipstreamsports.com/garmin-slipstream-pro-team/andrew-talansky|archive-date=February 16, 2013|url-status=dead}}
Early life and education
Talansky was born in Manhattan, New York City,{{cite news |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/04/news/a-conversation-with-andrew-talansky-part-i-from-miami-to-europe_167390 |title=A conversation with Andrew Talansky: Part I, from Miami to Europe |last=Hood |first=Andrew |date=April 6, 2011 |work=VeloNews |access-date=January 9, 2015 |publisher=Competitor Group, Inc. |quote=I was born in New York, but I moved to Florida when I was two. I graduated from high school in Miami. That’s when I started to ride.}} 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
In 2009, he left college after one year to join the {{UCI team code|AMO|2009}} team in Italy, but found the conditions unsatisfactory and returned to the US that spring.{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324694904578597682865250010?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424127887324694904578597682865250010.html |title=Top American in Tour de France Is a Rookie: Andrew Talansky, 24, Took a Different Path to the Big Race |last=Dreier |first=Frederick |date=July 10, 2013 |access-date=June 16, 2014 |publisher=WSJ}} 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 {{convert|16.24|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} individual time trial.{{cite news |url=https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/cycling/news/15264/7716167/Wiggins-crowned-in-Romandie |title=Wiggins crowned in Romandie |work=Sky Sports |publisher=BSkyB |date=April 29, 2012 |accessdate=March 27, 2022}} Later in the season he was named Garmin's lead rider for the Vuelta a España,{{cite web |url=http://www.bicycling.com/garmin-insider/featured-stories/garmin-sees-its-future-rising-american-star-andrew-talansky |title=Garmin Sees Its Future in Rising American Star Andrew Talansky |last=Startt |first=James |website=Bicycling.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714203157/http://www.bicycling.com/garmin-insider/featured-stories/garmin-sees-its-future-rising-american-star-andrew-talansky |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=June 16, 2014}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/27859111 |title=Chris Froome 12th at Dauphine as Andrew Talansky wins |date=June 15, 2014 |publisher=BBC}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/blazin-saddles/tour-farce-talansky-bravery-gallopin-glory-sagan-fury-174121227.html |title=Tour de Farce: Talansky bravery, Gallopin glory, Sagan anger |work=Eurosport |publisher=Yahoo |date=July 16, 2014 |access-date=September 11, 2014}} He returned to the Tour de France in 2015, finishing eleventh overall.{{cite news |first=Pat |last=Malach |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/talansky-q-and-a-2015-was-the-season-of-almosts/ |title=Talansky Q&A: 2015 was the season of almosts |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=November 6, 2015 |accessdate=March 27, 2022}} The following year he once again contested the Tour de Romandie, but rode in support of Rigoberto Urán and Pierre Rolland.{{cite news |first=Neal |last=Rogers |url=https://cyclingtips.com/2016/05/a-conversation-with-andrew-talansky-the-journey-isnt-always-what-you-expect/ |title=A conversation with Andrew Talansky: "The journey isn't always what you expect" |work=CyclingTips |publisher=CyclingTips Media Pty Ltd |date=May 20, 2016 |accessdate=March 27, 2022 |archive-date=November 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103142251/https://cyclingtips.com/2016/05/a-conversation-with-andrew-talansky-the-journey-isnt-always-what-you-expect/ |url-status=dead }} Later in the season, he took fifth-place overall finishes at the Tour de Suisse and the Vuelta a España.{{cite web |url=https://www.tourdesuisse.ch/en/timeline/tour-de-suisse-2016/ |title=Tour de Suisse 2016 |work=Tour de Suisse |publisher=Cycling Unlimited |accessdate=March 27, 2022}}{{cite news |url=https://www.velonews.com/events/vuelta-a-espana/vuelta-talansky-reaches-new-heights-in-spain/ |title=Vuelta: Talansky reaches new heights in Spain |work=VeloNews |publisher=Competitor Group |date=September 11, 2016 |accessdate=March 27, 2022}}
In September 2017 Talansky announced his retirement from competition via an Instagram post.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/talansky-announces-his-retirement/ |title=Talansky announces his retirement |date=September 5, 2017 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=September 7, 2017}} 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. {{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/talansky-taking-up-triathlon/ |title=Talansky taking up triathlon |date=October 5, 2017 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=October 6, 2017}}
Major results
{{div col}}
;2008
: 1st {{cjersey|usa}} Road race, National Collegiate Road Championships
;2010
: 1st {{cjersey|usa}} 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 {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification
;2012 (2 pro wins)
: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Tour de l'Ain
::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification
::1st Stage 4
: 2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
::1st {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification
: 7th Overall Vuelta a España
: 8th Overall Volta ao Algarve
;2013 (1)
: 2nd Overall Paris–Nice
::1st {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification
::1st Stage 3
: 6th Overall Critérium International
: 10th Overall Tour de France
;2014 (1)
: 1st {{cjersey|Dauphine}} Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
: 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
;2015 (1)
: 1st {{cjersey|usa}} 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
{{div col end}}
=Grand Tour general classification results timeline=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col" | Grand Tour
! scope="col" | 2011 ! scope="col" | 2012 ! scope="col" | 2013 ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | File:Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia | style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=7 |Did not contest during his career |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" |10 | DNF | 11 | — | 49 |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España | 79 | style="background:#ddf;" |7 | — | 51 | DNF | style="background:#ddf;" |5 | — |
| colspan="11" align="center" |Major stage race general classification results |
| scope="col" | Race
! scope="col" | 2011 ! scope="col" | 2012 ! scope="col" | 2013 ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Paris–Nice | 61 | — | style="background:#ddf;" |2 | — | 50 | DNF | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|azul}} Tirreno–Adriatico | — | 120 | — | 17 | — | — | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|Volta a Catalunya}} Volta a Catalunya | — | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" |7 | 31 | — | DNF |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Tour of the Basque Country | 97 | — | 29 | — | 49 | — | DNF |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Tour de Romandie | style="background:#ddf;" |9 | style="background:#ddf;" |2 | 16 | 11 | — | 105 | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|Dauphine}} Critérium du Dauphiné | — | — | 28 | style="background:yellow;" |1 | style="background:#ddf;" |10 | — | 22 |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Tour de Suisse | DNF | — | — | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" |5 | — |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend |
| scope="row" | —
| Did not compete |
|---|
| scope="row" | DNF |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|Andrew Talansky}}
- {{Blogspot|andrewtalansky|Official page}}
- {{UCI}}
- {{Cycling Archives}}
- {{ProCyclingStats}}
- {{CQ Ranking}}
- {{CycleBase}}
- [http://www.cyclingbase.com/palcoureurs.php?Id_Rider=10201&Id_Saison=34&Id_Title=1&lang=en Andrew Talansky at Cycling Base]
- [http://slipstreamsports.com/riders/andrew-talansky/ Andrew Talansky at Cannondale-Garmin]
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Talansky, Andrew}}
Category:American male cyclists