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.

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)