Andrew Talansky

Andy Hood reports on Alberto Contador's 2012 Vuelta a España triumph, a race featuring then-emerging talents Chris Froome and Andrew Talansky.

Two Ironman pros weigh in on Andrew Talansky's transition to Ironman triathlon.

A month after retiring from pro road racing, Andrew Talansky announced he will be making the switch to triathlon.

Andrew Talansky is retiring. We talk more about Cannondale-Drapac's tenuous situation, and argue about the Vuelta.

Andrew Talansky, one of the most successful American GC riders over the past five years, announces his retirement from pro cycling.

WorldTour pros Kiel Reijnen, Brent Bookwalter, and Andrew Talansky look back on their days as collegiate cyclists.

After a light racing schedule in the first half of 2017, plus some misfortune, Andrew Talansky comes up short at the Tour de France.

The American GC rider hopes to bury some bad memories on the Planche des Belles Filles Wednesday.

This year's group of Americans starting the Tour de France is half of what it was at the Giro d'Italia in May.

Cannondale-Drapac's team features GC dark horse Andrew Talansky as well as Taylor Phinney making his Tour de France debut.

The Amgen Tour of California showed us a new LottoNL-Jumbo team and a steadily improving Andrew Talansky.

Andrew Talansky's win in the Amgen Tour of California queen stage breaks his Slipstream outfit's two-year WorldTour win drought.

Andrew Talansky out-sprints Rafal Majka at the top of Mount Baldy in stage 5 of the Amgen Tour of California.

Thursday's route to the top of the finishing climb will prove decisive in the GC standings, but it won't decide the race's outcome.

After three tough runs at the Amgen Tour of California, Andrew Talansky found his groove in 2016. He's aiming for the overall this year.

Once known for his angry tirades, Andrew Talansky has found a new level of maturity and composure, and with it success.

Will Armstrong's trial bring skeletons out of the closet? Should pros ride discs? Plus, we talk about the kinder, gentler Andrew Talansky.

Andrew Talansky breaks thumb on Christmas eve, but to him, it's a minor setback in plans to target Tour of Calfornia and Tour de France.

Sammy Sanchez crashed hard during the stage 19 time trial, while Andrew Talansky jumped into 5th place overall.

On one hand, Andrew Talansky steadily rides himself into striking distance of the Vuelta top-five. On the other, Tejay van Garderen abandons the race.

Cannondale – Drapac's Andrew Talansky is poised to equal his career-best finish at the Vuelta a Espana, riding top-10 overall into the final week.

Andrew Talansky has crept up to 11th overall after stage 11, saying that the final week of the race should suit his strengths.

The Vuelta is the Cannondale – Drapac captain's only grand tour of the 2016 season, and he's going all in.

American Andrew Talansky has been on a two-year form-finding mission, and hopes it pays off at the upcoming Vuelta a España.

Just a few more days until Tour de France kicks off, and we have a breakdown of the contenders on this week's VeloNews Show.

Cannondale rider Andrew Talansky will skip the Tour de France, citing a bad Spring that saw him battle illness and personal issues.

It's another episode of the VeloNews Show! This week we analyze Tejay and Talansky's Tour de Suisse efforts, and check out Peter Sagan's new American muscle.

After yesterday's disaster, Tejay van Garderen bounced back today. Here's our take on the ride.

Andrew Talansky's season started off poorly, but the American looks to have hit the reset button heading into his final Tour de France preparations.

Van Garderen, Talansky, Valverde, Contador, and Nibali are all queuing up to race Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico.

In this week's Americans abroad, we take a look at Evelyn Stevens' hour-record ride, Shelley Olds' top-5 finishes in Belgium, and more.

Andrew Talansky says he's taking a new, analytical approach to training to put the disappointments of 2015 behind him.

The Cannondale boss tells VeloNews Pierre Rolland has already made some "big improvements" in his aerodynamics.

The Cannondale-Garmin team has a rough Vuelta — crashes, illness — but its young riders soldier on and leave Spain with experience, fitness.

With a number of near-misses at this Tour de France, Andrew Talansky and Cannondale-Garmin are undeterred in their quest for a stage win.

The American from Team Cannondale-Garmin will ride two mostly identical Cannondale SuperSix Evo bikes with different gearing

Cannondale-Garmin says it will fight on for Talansky and Martin's GC placings, but Hesjedal is looking for redemption with a stage win.

The Tour de France enters the mountains this week, so Andrew Hood breaks down the race favorites before the road turns upward

Cannondale-Garmin is now missing a crucial rider for Sunday's team time trial

Tour de France stage 5 was a nervous affair that saw Cannondale-Garmin suffer crashes, but BMC Racing rode strong to protect van Garderen.

Andrew Talansky escaped unscathed from the Tour’s most unpredictable day on the stage 4 cobblestones in Northern France.

Andrew Talansky has a Cannondale Synapse for the Tour's cobble-strewn fourth stage

The American crashed on the pave during stage 5 in 2014 and eventually abandoned the race; he's confident ahead of the 2015 cobble stage

Two of the five-star Tour favorites lose ground — Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana — as echelons form against the howling North Sea wind

The U.S. national TT champion represents America on Independence day for the Tour de France's opening stage in Utrecht, Netherlands

American Andrew Talansky started summer on the back foot due to illness but says he's riding the momentum of building form ahead of Tour

Part one of a wide-ranging, exclusive interview with Cannondale-Garmin team founder Vaughters ahead of the Tour de France

A roundup of some of the top stories in the days before the start of the 2015 Tour de France

With many young American pros still finding their places in the WorldTour, only three U.S. riders will start the Tour de France

The U.S.-registered squad is taking three quality GC men to the roads of France

Caley Fretz considers the top favorites to win yellow and their form following a range of different early season tune-up races

The "Fab Four" could have plenty of company as they contend for the yellow jersey in France next month, writes Andrew Hood

The Critérium du Dauphiné kicks off Sunday in Ugina, France, with several challenging ascents along the eight-day route

Early June's Critérium du Dauphiné offers Tour de France GC riders another chance to test form ahead of July

The 30-year-old wins his second U.S. road championship, finishing in solo fashion ahead of a pair of chasers

Andrew Talansky says it will be an honor to wear the U.S. champion's colors at the start of the Tour de France

26-year-old Andrew Talansky earned himself a year in the American TT champion's jersey, while his teammate Ben King took runner-up honors

Nothing to sneeze at: Allergies and a respiratory bug blow Andrew Talansky out of the Amgen Tour on day one

The likes of Cavendish and Sagan should light up the bunch kicks, but there is no clear GC favorite heading into the 2015 Tour of California

The Paris-Nice route this year will offer something for everyone in the peloton

Andrew Talanksy begins his 2015 season at Paris-Nice with one objective in mind — success at the Tour de France

Slipstream Sports enters a new era as Cannondale-Garmin and officially launches the team in a flashy presentation in New York City

Five Italians from the Italian-based team will jump over to the new squad that combines Garmin-Sharp and Cannondale

Bookwalter, van Garderen, Howes, Reijnen, Marcotte, and Talansky will represent the U.S. in Ponferrada at world championships

American Andrew Talansky is optimistic that he'll reap rewards from the Spanish grand tour at world championships and Lombardia

Marquee names are battling in the opening stages of the Vuelta a España, delivering on the promise of the season's most exciting grand tour

Talansky returns to competition Saturday with realistic expectations in his first race back since his bitter exit from the Tour

Six U.S. riders and two Canadians head a solid North American contingent for the season's final grand tour, the Vuelta a España

Four aero bikes tested, eight power meters reviewed, and a host of the best brains in cycling picked for the first-ever Science Issue

Vincenzo Nibali’s Tour victory comes at the end of three weeks of chaos that left only the strong standing

A day after battling through the pain of several crashes to make the time cut, the American decides to pull the plug

Andrew Talansky barely made time cut on stage 11, but he fought through the pain, and now Garmin looks to a new Tour strategy

Tony Gallopin attacks twice in the final kilometers of stage 11 at the Tour, which leads to France’s second stage win

Two crashes in as many days proved too many for American Andrew Talansky to cope with, as he slipped of the back on stage 10

Talansky's had some rough luck, but says he's relatively unscathed and eager to battle with the best as the Tour rolls skyward

Alberto Contador and his Tinkoff-Saxo bank attacked to reshuffle the GC deck in the first of three hard days across the soggy Vosges

Talansky tangled with Simon Gerrans at the finish of stage 7. Who's to blame remains up for debate

Stage 7 a difficult day for American GC contenders, as both van Garderen, Talansky down in separate crashes inside the final 20km

Young Americans keep GC hopes alive after surviving a brutal day of racing across the cobblestones of northern France and Belgium

American Andrew Talansky's chance meeting with Jonathan Vaughters set him on his way to leading Garmin's Tour team