Taylor Swift lyrics crop up rarely in interviews with professional cyclists but Andrew Talansky breaks out with a snippet of the chorus from 'Shake it off' as he sits down with Cyclingnews at Cannondale-Drapac's winter training camp in Catalunya.
"Haters gonna hate, hate, hate," he semi-sings, laughing apologetically, explaining that rediscovering his penchant for silencing his doubters has led him back to his best after hitting 'rock bottom'.
The pugnacious American doesn't necessarily know precisely who the haters are – "it could be a fan, could be another rider, another team" – but he knows he wants to defy them.
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"I'm not going to lie, I do enjoy proving people wrong. I used to take a lot of motivation from people saying 'you can't do that', 'that's a bit ambitious', or 'who do you think you are to be able to do that?'. For me it was about tapping into that again and embracing that way of thinking."
Talansky seemingly had the world at his feet when he beat Alberto Contador and Chris Froome to the Criterium du Dauphine title in 2014. Top 10's at the Vuelta a Espana in 2012 and the Tour in 2013 had marked him out as a big hope for the future, and that Dauphiné was the breakthrough moment.
It would, however, prove to be the moment his career began to slide downhill.
Turning point
California and the Tour
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