John Talen
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| Full name | John Talen | |||||||||||||||
| Born |
January 18, 1965 Meppel, the Netherlands | |||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||
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| 1987–1990 1991–1992 1993 1994–1995 1996–1997 1999 2000 2000 |
Panasonic-Isostar PDM-Concorde TVM-Bison Kit Mercatone Uno-Medeghini Foreldorado Batavus Telekom Malaysia Cycling Team Spar | |||||||||||||||
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100 km Team Time Trial World Championships Dwars door Vlaanderen | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Infobox last updated on April 7, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
John Talen (born 18 January 1965) is a former road racing cyclist from the Netherlands, who was a professional from 1987 to 2000. As an amateur he won the world title in the 100 km team time trial, alongside Rob Harmeling, Tom Cordes and Gerrit de Vries, and finished second in the individual road race.[1]
His biggest individual success as a pro was winning Dwars door Vlaanderen (1988) and the Grote Scheldeprijs (1990). Talen rode in three editions of the Tour de France. In the 1994 Tour de France, he was last in the general classification, the lanterne rouge.[2]
Tour de France
- 1988 – 150th
- 1993 – 122nd
- 1994 – 117th (Lanterne rouge)
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- ↑ "Dutch Team Loses Cyclist, Wins Trial". Los Angeles Times. 5 September 1986. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
- ↑ John Talen profile at Cycling Archives
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