John Talen

Cycling, Cyclist

1965 –

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Who is John Talen?

John Talen 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 and the Grote Scheldeprijs. 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.

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Born
Jan 18, 1965
Meppel
Nationality
  • Netherlands
Lived in
  • Drenthe

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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