Andrew Talansky

Andrew Talansky
	File:TDR2011 - 5th stage - Youth Classification winner (cropped).jpg Talansky at the 2011 Tour de Romandie
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Talansky
Nickname	Pit Bull
Born	November 23, 1988 (age 36); Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
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Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Team information
Current team	Cannondale
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur team(s)
2005–2006	Laser-es
2007–2008	Herbalife–bikeam.com
2010	→ Garmin–Transitions
Professional team(s)
2009	Amore & Vita–McDonald's
2010	California Giant Berry Farm–Specialized
2011–	Garmin–Cervélo
Major wins
	Stage races Tour de l'Ain (2012) Critérium du Dauphiné (2014) One-Day Races and Classics National Time Trial Championship (2015)
	Infobox last updated on; March 2, 2015

Andrew Talansky (born November 23, 1988) is an American professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam Cannondale.^[1]^[2] Born in Manhattan, New York City, New York,^[3] Talansky was raised in Key Biscayne, Florida, an island near Miami, Florida. He resides in Girona, Catalonia and Napa, California.^[2]

Biography

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. He left college after one year to join the Amore & Vita team in Italy in 2009, 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 was named Garmin's lead rider for the 2012 Vuelta a España,^[5] finishing seventh on 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.^[6]

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.^[7]