Tejay van Garderen
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Tejay van Garderen (born August 12, 1988) is an American professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for BMC Racing Team in the UCI World Tour. During the season, he lives in Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Van Garderen was born in Tacoma, Washington, but spent most of his childhood in Bozeman, Montana. His father is Dutch, and he speaks the Dutch language quite well. He began riding at 10. By 14, he nearly beat two hours at the Mount Evans Hill Climb, a 28-mile climb gaining nearly 7,000 feet. He won 10 junior national titles in road (road race, criterium and TT) and cyclo-cross. Two of his early teams were the Team Rio Grande Racing developmental squad (2004–2005; Fort Collins, Colorado) and Team 5280 Magazine developmental squad (2005–2006, now part of EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale; Boulder, Colorado).

Van Garderen's first big senior race was at age 18 in the 2007 Tour of California as a part of the national team. He pulled out on stage 4. He rode in the U.S. and Europe in 2007 and came 20th in the Tour de l'Avenir.