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Historic Overview John Talen

Rider

Overall Rank1518
NameJohn TALEN
Country
  Netherlands
Date of birth18-Jan-1965 - Meppel (Drenthe)

Biography

John Talen

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.

His biggest individual success as a pro was winning Dwars door Vlaanderen (1988) and the 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.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

8

Major Victories

Dwars door Vlaanderen 1988
Scheldeprijs - Schoten 1990
G.P. Pino Cerami 1988
Circuito de Getxo 1989
Dauphiné Libéré - stages 1991 (1)
Tirreno - Adriatico - stages 1990 (1)
Hofbräu Cup - stages 1993 (1)
Vuelta a los Valles Mineros - stages 1991 (1)
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Seasons

John Talen - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1984 Individual 5 960
2. 1985 Individual 20 688
3. 1986 Individual 118 385
4. 1987 Panasonic - Isostar 240 250
5. 1988 Panasonic - Isostar 698 79
6. 1989 Panasonic - Isostar 279 214
7. 1990 Panasonic - Sportlife 638 85
8. 1991 PDM - Concorde - Ultima 702 85
9. 1992 PDM - Ultima - Concorde 200 264
10. 1993 TVM - Bison Kit 253 202
11. 1994 Mercatone Uno - Medeghini 122 321
12. 1995 Mercatone Uno - Saeco 60 440
13. 1996 Foreldorado - Golff 89 396
14. 1997 Foreldorado - Golff 159 303
15. 1998 Individual 5 1238
16. 1999 Batavus - Bankgiroloterij - Big Star 58 578
17. 2000 Spar - OKI - Daewoo 43 709
18. 2001 Individual 0 2461
19. 2002 Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team 3 1687
Overall: 3692 1518