pez cyclingnews,
25 Martxoa 2013
PEZ Talk: Andrew Talansky
If there’s any doubt that Andrew Talansky is on the road to being the USA’s next Grand Tour star, he dispelled them in the recent Paris-Nice where he gained his second podium finish in one of the world’s greatest stage races – following on from an excellent second place behind Bradley Wiggins in las

Cycling Weekly,
21 Martxoa 2013
The skinny on Taylor Phinney
How hungry are you for the Classics, Taylor? The man in question shakes with tenor, raking laughter and keeps chuckling to himself. He brings himself out of mirth to answer: "I just had lunch, so I'm not so hungry. You got a little serious too quickly," he says.

bicycling.com,
18 Martxoa 2013
Head of His Class: Andrew Talansky
After scoring his first European stage-race win in the Tour de l’Ain in 2012—and an impressive second-place finish to Bradley Wiggins in the Tour of Romandie, plus a seventh place in the Tour of Spain—Andrew Talansky quickly joined BMC Racing’s Tejay van Garderen as one of the most promising stage r

velouk,
3 Martxoa 2013
TEJAY VAN GARDEREN PRE PARIS-NICE
Fifth last year before being crowned the best young rider in the Tour de France American Tejay Van Garderen is back on Paris-Nice with higher ambitions as the leader of the super-strong BMC team. While he forecasts a tight race, he clearly rates himself among the leading favourites to finish on the

Velonation,
22 Otsaila 2013
Peter Stetina Interview: “I’ve never been to this part of the World, and I’m just taking it all in.”
Peter Stetina (Garmin-Sharp) is making his very first appearance at le Tour de Langkawi, and he’s hoping to make it count. With just two of the ten stages not suiting the sprinters, it will be on the climbs to Cameron Highlands and Genting Highlands that the 25-year-old is targeting, to try to take

VeloNews,
19 Otsaila 2013
Phinney better than ever ahead of classics opener
MILAN (VN) — Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) heads into the classics season in the best form of his life. He is healthy and comes out of the Tour of Qatar and Oman firing. “I’ve finally made it through a winter without problems,” Phinney said. “I’ve never had such a good off-season. I’m healthy, happ

cyclingnews,
16 Otsaila 2013
Phinney ends Oman on a high
Taylor Phinney ended the Tour of Oman on a high note, taking third in the final sprint and helping the BMC Racing Team to win the overall team prize of the race. The 22-year-old American rode both the Tour of Qatar and the Tour of Oman, chasing stage victories and more importantly, a fat base of

VeloNews,
11 Otsaila 2013
King Q&A: ‘Drop in the bucket’ clean cycling
LOS ANGELES (VN) — Coffees came in the door, four at a time. Journalists slid by one another with polite nods and handshakes. At a media launch, everyone shares time. And coffees. There was a mixture of languages stuffed inside a cramped hotel room-turned-studio just north of Los Angeles at the C

velonews,
8 Otsaila 2013
Raising the bar: Talansky racing to win en route to Tour
LEON, Spain (VN) — Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) debuts his 2013 season this week with a very different attitude. Going into his third pro season, the 24-year-old has raised the bar in his personal ambitions. No longer content simply to race at the elite level, he wants to win.