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 his most notable achievement came when he won the world title in the 100 km team time trial, alongside Rob Harmeling, Tom Cordes and Gerrit de Vries, while also finishing 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.

Major results

1984 1st Stage 5 Olympia's Tour 1985 1st Overall Olympia's Tour 1986 2nd Overall Olympia's Tour 1st Stage 3 2nd Gran Premio della Liberazione 3rd Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe 1st Stage 3 1987 4th Omloop Het Volk 1988 1st Dwars door Vlaanderen 1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami 3rd Omloop Het Volk 6th Overall Ronde van Nederland 6th Overall KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde 9th Overall Étoile de Bessèges 1989 1st Circuito de Getxo 1990 1st Scheldeprijs 1st Stage 1 Tirreno–Adriatico (ITT) 3rd Tour of Flanders 10th Paris–Roubaix 1991 1st Prologue Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Burgos 1st Stage 1a Vuelta a los Valles Mineros 2nd Overall Herald Sun Tour 1st Stage 2 3rd Veenendaal–Veenendaal 1993 1st Stage 2b Hofbrau Cup 1994 8th Memorial Samyn 1997 1st Nationale Sluitingprijs - Putte - Kapellen 1st Stage 1 Olympia's Tour 2nd Omloop van het Houtland Lichtervelde 2nd Hel van het Mergelland 1998 1st Stage 10 Olympia's Tour 7th Brussel-Ingooigem 1999 1st Stage 3 Olympia's Tour 2nd Omloop van het Houtland Lichtervelde 3rd Le Samyn 4th Omloop van het Waasland - Kemzeke 2000 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 10th Nationale Sluitingprijs - Putte - Kapellen 2001 1st Stage 7 Ruban Granitier Breton 5th Omloop van het Houtland Lichtervelde 9th GP Rudy Dhaenens

Tour de France 1988 – 150th 1993 – 122nd 1994 – 117th (Lanterne rouge)