Cannondale-Garmin rider looking forward to team time trial
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Andrew Talansky (Cannondale-Garmin) debuts his US national champs jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Andrew Talansky (Cannondale-Garmin)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Garmin-Cannondale are using the brand new Garmin Edge 520 computers, which feature real-time Strava Live Segments. Talansky will likely be more focused on the Tour's leaderboard than the Strava leaderboard, however…(Image credit: Jason Sumner)
US time trial champion Andrew Talansky (Cannondale-Garmin)
Andrew Talansky (Cannondale-Garmin) readies himself for the stage(Image credit: Sirotti)
Andrew Talansky (Cannondale Garmin) is in a much better place both physically and mentally compared to last year’s Tour de France. The 2015 Tour has been a kinder mistress to Talansky than last year’s and he has been able to stay out of trouble during the first week.
The Cannondale-Garmin rider helped with the effort on the front during Saturday’s stage 8 to the Mûr de Bretagne, as the team hoped to deliver Dan Martin to victory. Martin went on to finish second and despite losing a small amount of time in the finish, Talansky is happy with how things panned out. “It was great, I think that it was a great day for me and the team,” Talansky told Cyclingnews after the stage.
“Obviously, it would have been a little nicer to win but Dan was second and he repaid all the hard work that the guys put in on the front. As a by-product, I was able to sit on the front and stay safe and out of trouble. It was a short and steep, and climbs like this aren’t my specialty so to ride how I did and to feel how I’m feeling, it’s good signs heading into the mountains.”
Talansky’s best finish at the Tour de France is his 10th place in his debut where the field was almost as strong as it is this year with only Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) really missing from the line-up. With the mountains just around the corner, he looks on course to pull out a similar result. Talansky currently sits in 19th in the overall classification at 2:07 behind Chris Froome, after losing time in the crosswinds on stage 2 and on the finishes in Huy and Mûr de Bretagne. With the time gaps only going to get bigger, Talansky is not worried about the time he’s lost this week.
“Days like Mur de Huy and days like today are all about managing and getting to the finish line as fast as possible and not really concerning myself with what other people are doing,” explained Talansky. “I guarantee in Paris the guy in front of me will be a few minutes in front and the person behind will be a few minutes behind. I think for the most part it will be the same for everybody inside the top 10 or the top five.”
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Born in Ireland to a cycling family and later moved to the Isle of Man, so there was no surprise when I got into the sport. Studied sports journalism at university before going on to do a Masters in sports broadcast. After university I spent three months interning at Eurosport, where I covered the Tour de France. In 2012 I started at Procycling Magazine, before becoming the deputy editor of Procycling Week. I then joined Cyclingnews, in December 2013.
