# Andrew Talansky > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Andrew_Talansky > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Andrew_Talansky.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Talansky > Source revision: 1309635165 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/2011_Tour_de_Romandie) | fullname = | nickname = Pit Bull | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=y|1988|11|23}} | birth_place = [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)), 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](/source/Stage_races)''' :[Critérium du Dauphiné](/source/Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9) ([2014](/source/2014_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9)) '''[One-day races and Classics](/source/Classic_cycle_race)''' :[National Time Trial Championships](/source/United_States_National_Time_Trial_Championships) ([2015](/source/2015_national_road_cycling_championships)) }} '''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](/source/UCI_World_Tour), cycling's highest [road racing](/source/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](/source/Boulder%2C_Colorado), [Colorado](/source/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](/source/Boulder%2C_Colorado), [Colorado](/source/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](/source/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.](/source/Competitor_Group%2C_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](/source/Key_Biscayne%2C_Florida), near [Miami](/source/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](/source/Lees%E2%80%93McRae_College) in [Banner Elk, North Carolina](/source/Banner_Elk%2C_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](/source/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](/source/2011_Tour_de_Romandie). In 2012, Talansky scored his first professional victory in Europe at the [Tour de l'Ain](/source/Tour_de_l'Ain), and again rode the [Tour de Romandie](/source/2012_Tour_de_Romandie). This time he finished second overall behind [Bradley Wiggins](/source/Bradley_Wiggins), having finished second to Wiggins on the final stage, a {{convert|16.24|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} [individual time trial](/source/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](/source/Sky_Sports) |publisher=[BSkyB](/source/Sky_UK) |date=April 29, 2012 |accessdate=March 27, 2022}} Later in the season he was named Garmin's lead rider for the [Vuelta a España](/source/2012_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a),{{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](/source/2013_Paris%E2%80%93Nice), having led the race for two days, and was selected for the [Tour de France](/source/Tour_de_France) for the first time, again making the top ten overall. He won the [2014 Critérium du Dauphiné](/source/2014_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9), joining a high-quality breakaway group on the final stage to overcome a 39-second deficit to overnight race leader [Alberto Contador](/source/Alberto_Contador).{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/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](/source/2014_Tour_de_France) after a very uncomfortable day on his bike, due to multiple crashes. The [broom wagon](/source/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](/source/Eurosport) |publisher=Yahoo |date=July 16, 2014 |access-date=September 11, 2014}} He returned to the [Tour de France](/source/Tour_de_France) in [2015](/source/2015_Tour_de_France), 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](/source/Cyclingnews.com) |publisher=[Immediate Media Company](/source/Immediate_Media_Company) |date=November 6, 2015 |accessdate=March 27, 2022}} The following year he once again contested the [Tour de Romandie](/source/2016_Tour_de_Romandie), but rode in support of [Rigoberto Urán](/source/Rigoberto_Ur%C3%A1n) and [Pierre Rolland](/source/Pierre_Rolland_(cyclist)).{{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](/source/2016_Tour_de_Suisse) and the [Vuelta a España](/source/2016_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a).{{cite web |url=https://www.tourdesuisse.ch/en/timeline/tour-de-suisse-2016/ |title=Tour de Suisse 2016 |work=[Tour de Suisse](/source/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](/source/VeloNews) |publisher=[Competitor Group](/source/Competitor_Group) |date=September 11, 2016 |accessdate=March 27, 2022}} In September 2017 Talansky announced his retirement from competition via an [Instagram](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/United_States_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Stage 2 [Tour des Pays de Savoie](/source/Tour_de_Savoie_Mont-Blanc) : 2nd Overall [Tour de l'Avenir](/source/Tour_de_l'Avenir) : 3rd Overall [Ronde de l'Isard](/source/Ronde_de_l'Isard) : 6th Overall [Tour of the Gila](/source/Tour_of_the_Gila) : 10th Overall [Giro della Valle d'Aosta](/source/Giro_della_Valle_d'Aosta) ;2011 : 4th Overall [Tour Méditerranéen](/source/La_M%C3%A9diterran%C3%A9enne) : 9th Overall [Tour de Romandie](/source/2011_Tour_de_Romandie) ::1st {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification ;2012 (2 pro wins) : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall [Tour de l'Ain](/source/Tour_de_l'Ain) ::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification ::1st Stage 4 : 2nd Overall [Tour de Romandie](/source/2012_Tour_de_Romandie) ::1st {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification : 7th Overall [Vuelta a España](/source/2012_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a) : 8th Overall [Volta ao Algarve](/source/2012_Volta_ao_Algarve) ;2013 (1) : 2nd Overall [Paris–Nice](/source/2013_Paris%E2%80%93Nice) ::1st {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification ::1st Stage 3 : 6th Overall [Critérium International](/source/2013_Crit%C3%A9rium_International) : 10th Overall [Tour de France](/source/2013_Tour_de_France) ;2014 (1) : 1st {{cjersey|Dauphine}} Overall [Critérium du Dauphiné](/source/2014_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9) : 7th Overall [Volta a Catalunya](/source/2014_Volta_a_Catalunya) ;2015 (1) : 1st {{cjersey|usa}} [Time trial](/source/United_States_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Road Championships : 10th Overall [Critérium du Dauphiné](/source/2015_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9) ;2016 (1) : 3rd Overall [Tour of Utah](/source/2016_Tour_of_Utah) ::1st Stage 6 : 4th Overall [Tour of California](/source/2016_Tour_of_California) : 5th Overall [Vuelta a España](/source/2016_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a) : 5th Overall [Tour de Suisse](/source/2016_Tour_de_Suisse) ;2017 (1) : 3rd Overall [Tour of California](/source/2017_Tour_of_California) ::1st Stage 5 {{div col end}} ===Grand Tour general classification results timeline=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | [Grand Tour](/source/Grand_Tour_(cycling)) ! 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" | 20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey [Giro d'Italia](/source/General_classification_in_the_Giro_d'Italia) | style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=7 |Did not contest during his career |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey [Tour de France](/source/General_classification_in_the_Tour_de_France) | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" |[10](/source/2013_Tour_de_France) | [DNF](/source/2014_Tour_de_France) | [11](/source/2015_Tour_de_France) | — | [49](/source/2017_Tour_de_France) |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A red jersey [Vuelta a España](/source/General_classification_in_the_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a) | [79](/source/2011_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a) | style="background:#ddf;" |[7](/source/2012_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a) | — | [51](/source/2014_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a) | [DNF](/source/2015_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a) | style="background:#ddf;" |[5](/source/2016_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a) | — |- | colspan="11" align="center" |'''Major stage race general classification results''' |- ! scope="col" | [Major stage race](/source/Major_one_week_stage_races_(cycling)) ! 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](/source/Paris%E2%80%93Nice) | [61](/source/2011_Paris%E2%80%93Nice) | — | style="background:#ddf;" |['''2'''](/source/2013_Paris%E2%80%93Nice) | — | [50](/source/2015_Paris%E2%80%93Nice) | [DNF](/source/2016_Paris%E2%80%93Nice) | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|azul}} [Tirreno–Adriatico](/source/Tirreno%E2%80%93Adriatico) | — | [120](/source/2012_Tirreno%E2%80%93Adriatico) | — | [17](/source/2014_Tirreno%E2%80%93Adriatico) | — | — | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|Volta a Catalunya}} [Volta a Catalunya](/source/Volta_a_Catalunya) | — | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" |[7](/source/2014_Volta_a_Catalunya) | [31](/source/2015_Volta_a_Catalunya) | — | [DNF](/source/2017_Volta_a_Catalunya) |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} [Tour of the Basque Country](/source/Tour_of_the_Basque_Country) | [97](/source/2011_Tour_of_the_Basque_Country) | — | [29](/source/2013_Tour_of_the_Basque_Country) | — | [49](/source/2015_Tour_of_the_Basque_Country) | — | [DNF](/source/2017_Tour_of_the_Basque_Country) |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} [Tour de Romandie](/source/Tour_de_Romandie) | style="background:#ddf;" |[9](/source/2011_Tour_de_Romandie) | style="background:#ddf;" |['''2'''](/source/2012_Tour_de_Romandie) | [16](/source/2013_Tour_de_Romandie) | [11](/source/2014_Tour_de_Romandie) | — | [105](/source/2016_Tour_de_Romandie) | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|Dauphine}} [Critérium du Dauphiné](/source/Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9) | — | — | [28](/source/2013_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9) | style="background:yellow;" |['''1'''](/source/2014_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9) | style="background:#ddf;" |[10](/source/2015_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9) | — | [22](/source/2017_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9) |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} [Tour de Suisse](/source/Tour_de_Suisse) | [DNF](/source/2011_Tour_de_Suisse) | — | — | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" |[5](/source/2016_Tour_de_Suisse) | — |} {| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | [Did not finish](/source/Did_not_finish) |} ==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 Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Manhattan Category:Cyclists from New York (state) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Andrew Talansky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Talansky) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Talansky?action=history)). 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