Vande Velde praises Talansky for fighting on at the Tour de France

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Andrew Talansky holds off the broom wagon to finish stage 11 inside the time cut(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Christian Vande Velde has told Cyclingnews that he can empathize with his fellow American and former Garmin-Sharp teammate Andrew Talansky after he fought the pain caused by his crashes to somehow finish stage 11 to Oyannax.

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