Andrew Talansky

Preview: Tejay van Garderen, Andrew Talansky, and Robert Gesink are headed for a likely dust-up at the "Race to the Sun"

A Tour de France start is likely in the cards for the Californian as he turns his focus in 2013 from racing to winning

A new crop of young Americans are motivated to contend for world championship glory and made big strides in Limburg

Kenda veteran says he believes young Americans are clean and that Garmin rider misunderstood his Twitter comments

After finishing seventh at the Vuelta, young American takes on doping attitudes, lauds Wiggins' 2012 season and says Jacques-Maynes is part of the problem

The Garmin-Sharp rider hopes to be up there with the best in a few years

Rodríguez distances Contador, but the Vuelta GC race is still too close for comfort with two uphill finishes remaining

Three straight summit finales should clarify GC picture at the Vuelta

Big TT ride punches Garmin sophomore into top 10 as he learns the grand tour ropes with an eye toward the future

The 67th Tour of Spain is nine days old and one thing is for certain: Nothing is for certain

Talansky has stepped up his game for 2012, and he's impressing the Garmin-Sharp leadership

The Garmin director says the young rider has confidence and the support of his teammates

It was a frustrating and unexpected start for Garmin, which typically shines in the team time trial

Contador heads the list of contenders for the Spanish tour, but it's a long list, with a number of subplots

After winning in France last week, the young American will lead Garmin into Spain this weekend

The Garmin-Sharp rider takes the five-stage race by 12 seconds over Movistar's Sergio Pardilla Bellon

Garmin's Andrew Talansky continues to lead the Tour de l'Ain

Americans take two mountain stages to assume control

Dave Zabriskie enters Saturday's queen stage in California in pole position, but the 15-percent ramps on Mount Baldy will determine who holds yellow on Sunday

Andrew Talansky discusses what the Amgen TT revealed about the GC contenders' strengths and weaknesses

Pro Bike: Andrew Talansky's Cervelo R5VWD for stage 6 of the Amgen Tour of California

The cast of characters vying for the Amgen Tour of California overall changed Thursday, and a new story waits to be written

In his daily video diary, Andrew Talansky tells VeloNews that racing in the U.S. is lower stress for Garmin-Barracuda, but more unpredictable with a wide range of abilities and objectives in the peloton

Andrew Talansky says that so far everything is going according to plan for Garmin

American squad is pressing the race in the opening stages of the Amgen Tour of Calfornia

Garmin-Barracuda rider Andrew Talansky is a favorite for the overall win at the Amgen Tour of California. He'll join VeloNews daily for video diaries from the race

Garmin-Barracuda rider Andrew Talansky is a favorite for the overall win at the Amgen Tour of California. He'll join VeloNews daily for video diaries from the race

Peiper is bullish on young Americans; rain and a technical approach may make for a treacherous Giro finale on Monday

From a cautiously optimistic Horner to an on-form Talansky and on-fire Nibali, there is no single favorite for the seventh Amgen Tour

Danielson, Talansky, Haussler front a motivated Garmin squad for the Amgen Tour of California

Second-year Garmin pro has the fire back after second-place ride and is aiming for California then the Tour

Learning lessons in the heat of battle ahead of the biggest race on the Garmin sophomore’s calendar

Young American learns grit on the ground at Tirreno-Adriatico

Time to test my motivation at Algarve

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Talansky's New Year's resolution: Give it all every race

The camp gave senior team members a chance to reflect on how the team has progressed

MENTAUGOU, China (VN) — The Tour of Beijing has not been kind to two Americans riding in the debut edition of the race.

COPENHAGEN (VN) - Taylor Phinney was less than pleased with his 15th place ride in the elite men's world time trial championship race while Andrew Talansky was satisfied to stop the clock 16th on a windy, technical course for their respective debuts in the elite men's world time trial championships.

If you ask me who won the stage two days ago I cannot tell you. I remember who won yesterday, and I know what stage we are on, but that is about as far as my memory will serve me.

For Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Cervélo) and Matthew Busche (RadioShack), making it to the finish line in Spain's capital on September 11 would mean more than a personal milestone; it would prove that both have the grit to not only finish their grand-tour debuts, but do so against a brutal course in harsh conditions.

"... Today is not about fighting pain, or conquering it, rather it is about accepting it and, for those who wish to win, embracing it ..."

I always demand a lot of myself and I’m sure I expect more out of myself during this Vuelta than my team does. While the main goal is the same as when I started, to help our team leaders and make it to the finish line in Madrid, I would be lying if I said I wouldn’t like to try to do something special one of these days.

" ... I always find solace in telling myself that I will only feel better as the stage goes on. Luckily, today I was telling myself the truth ... "

"I don’t know how I will react to three weeks of racing, it is unknown and that is exactly what it is so exciting about it."

Three grand-tour rookies are part of a slim North American contingent for this year's Vuelta a España that will likely include only four starting U.S. riders.

"Christian Vande Velde came in and said to me, 'You can bet that worse things will happen during your career, but you have to let this go. If you don’t, I promise you more bad things will happen, it will eat you up inside.' ”

What exactly were Hesjedal and Talansky up to in Saturday's breakaway?

Andrew Talansky has already been impressive through the first few months of his professional career. At his pro debut with Garmin-Cervélo at the Tour Méditeranéen in February, he climbed to fourth up Mont Faron and fourth overall. At Paris-Nice and Critérium International, he finished among the top-10 in both of the respective time trials.

Taylor Phinney (BMC) is recovering at home in Lucca, Italy, after a training crash that left him with a mild concussion, his team announced Friday.

There is a notable difference between amateur racing and the professional ranks, not just in the race style but also in the riders themselves. There are some riders in the peloton who seem to command respect, the ones who make their hardest efforts appear effortless, never showing the strain that their bodies are surely going through.

When Marco Pantani died of an apparent cocaine overdose, alone in a Rimini hotel room seven years ago this St. Valentine’s Day, Riccardo Riccò was racing on a small amateur team called Grassi Marco Pantani. Riccò, then 20 years old, dreamed of emulating his hero by someday winning the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France.

• 1. David MONCOUTIE, (FRA) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne, in 16:48:36
• 2. Jean-Christophe PERAUD, (FRA) Ag2r La Mondiale, at 11
• 3. Wouter POELS, (NED), at 24
• 4. Andrew TALANSKY, (USA) Garmin-Cervelo, at 28
• 5. Morris POSSONI, (ITA) Team Sky, at 33

Andrew Talansky talks about landing a ride with Garmin-Cervélo, a step forward that he calls "exciting and one I'm ready for."

First rider diary from Garmin-Cervelo pro Andrew Talansky

American Andrew Talansky is runner up in the final stage and overall at the Tour de l'Avenir as Colombian climber Nairo Quintana takes the title at the Race of the Future.

France's Romain Hardy wins out of an all-day breakaway that finishes two minutes ahead of the field in France. Belgium's Yannick Eijssen retains the yellow jersey by seconds.

American Andrew Talansky is third on a tough mountaintop finish at the Tour de l'Avenir.

American Taylor Phinney won the 7.8-kilometer prologue at the 2010 Tour de l'Avenir Sunday, taking the first leader's jersey at the prestigious U23 stage race.

Riders, organizers at odds as a crash mars the finish at the Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort.

Talansky to carry TT title to Garmin in 2011

Andrew Talansky’s dream season kept rolling in Bend, Oregon, Thursday when he won his first national title in the Men’s U23 time trial. Talansky (California Giant) outpaced Carter Jones (Jelly Belly-Kenda) and David Williams (Bissell) to earn the stars and stripes jersey less than 48 hours after returning from a five-week tenure with the national team in Europe.

Andrew Talansky, racing on the USA national team, is leading Spain's Volta Ciclista Provincia Tarragona after three stages.

Andrew Talansky comes out of nowhere to establish himself with the best young rider prize at the SRAM Tour of the Gila