Taylor Phinney

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Taylor Phinney

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fullname = Taylor Phinney
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country = USA
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discipline = Track
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proyears = 2008
proteams = Slipstream-Chipotle
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updated = August 11, 2008

Taylor Phinney (born June 27, 1990 in Boulder, Colorado) is an American racing cyclist, specialising on the track in individual pursuit. He is the son of former professional racing cyclist Davis Phinney and former Olympic gold medal racing cyclist and speed skater Connie Carpenter-Phinney. Phinney started bike racing at age 15 on Team Slipstream's Junior Team. He won around 30 races during his first year. His great break through happened in August 2007, when he won the Junior World Championships for the time trial. Since then he has competed in Nationals, World Cups and World Championships for track cycling. Phinney finished seventh in the individual pursuit at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Later in the year, at the US National Track Championships, he won gold medals in the elite 1km time trial, individual pursuit and team pursuit races [ cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/track.php?id=track/2008/oct08/USAnationals08/USAnationals083|title=Phinney records new track record on way to third national title|publisher=cyclingnews.com] . On September 24th, 2008, Lance Armstrong announced that Phinney has been named to the U-23 team being organized by the seven-time Tour de France Champion [ cite web|url=http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/sep/24/phinney-tabbed-armstrongs-team/|title=Phinney tabbed for Armstrongs team|publisher=dailycamera.com] .

Career highlights

;2006:2nd Time Trial, US National Road Championship, Juniors:3rd Cyclo-cross, US National Cyclo-cross Championship, Juniors, Providence (USA)

;2007:1st Prologue Tour de l'Abitibi, Juniors (CAN):1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Abitibi, Juniors, Val d'Or (CAN):1st General Classification Tour de l'Abitibi, Juniors (CAN):flagiconUCI 1st Time Trial, UCI World Road Race Championships, Juniors, Aguascalientes (MEX):flagicon|USA1st Individual Pursuit, US National Track Championship, Elite, Carson, CA (USA)

;2008:1st Los Angeles, Pursuit (USA):flagiconUCI 1st Individual Pursuit, UCI Track World Championship, Pursuit, Juniors, Cape Town (RSA):3rd Time Trial UCI World Road Championship, Juniors, Cape Town (RSA):7th Individual pursuit, 2008 Summer Olympics:flagicon|USA1st Individual pursuit, US National Track Championship, Elite:flagicon|USA1st 1000m Time Trial, US National Track Championship, Elite:flagicon|USA1st Team Pursuit, US National Track Championship, Elite (with David Koesel, Daniel Holloway and Colby Pearceo)

References

External links

* [http://taylor.bikecamp.com/ Official Website]
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