Andrew Talanksy pulls out of Tour de France

Garmin's team leader is the latest GC rider to quit the Tour after crashing twice in two days earlier in the race.

Andrew Talansky on stage eleven of the 2014 Tour de France

(Image credit: Graham Watson)

Garmin's Andrew Talanksy will not start Thursday's stage 12 to St Étienne having taken the decision overnight to pull out of the Tour de France.

The American was suffering badly on yesterday's stage, from the injuries he sustained when he crashed twice in two days, coming in 32 minutes down on winner Tony Gallopin, just five minutes inside the time cut.

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Simon Richardson
Magazine editor

Editor of Cycling Weekly magazine, Simon has been working at the title since 2001. He fell in love with cycling 1989 when watching the Tour de France on Channel 4, started racing in 1995 and in 2000 he spent one season racing in Belgium. During his time at CW (and Cycle Sport magazine) he has written product reviews, fitness features, pro interviews, race coverage and news. He has covered the Tour de France more times than he can remember along with two Olympic Games and many other international and UK domestic races. He became the 130-year-old magazine's 13th editor in 2015.