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.^[1]

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John Talen

John Talen in 1986
Personal information
Full name	John Talen
Born	(1965-01-18) 18 January 1965 (age 59) Meppel, the Netherlands
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1987–1990	Panasonic–Isostar
1991–1992	PDM–Concorde–Ultima
1993	TVM–Bison Kit
1994–1995	Mercatone Uno–Medeghini
1996–1997	Foreldorado
1999	Batavus
2000	Telekom Malaysia Cycling Team
2000	Spar
Major wins
100 km Team Time Trial World Championships Dwars door Vlaanderen
Medal record Representing  Netherlands Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 1986 Colorado Springs Team time trial 1986 Colorado Springs Road race

Close

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.^[2]

• 1988 – 150th
• 1993 – 122nd
• 1994 – 117th (Lanterne rouge)