Taylor Phinney’s 14-year-old sister Kelsey is provided regular updates on events surrounding her big brother’s Olympic debut in Beijing. This is her last report before she flies back home. She is pictured above, the first person from the left in a red Taylor t-shirt, yelling her heart out!
Yesterday was our last day here and […]

I’m starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel in terms of my recovery. I’ve had a pretty relaxed summer, although it has definitely been the most difficult period of my life up to this point. Traumatic brain injuries are so frustrating in so many ways. I never imagined how many […]

After all the breakaways, time bonuses, mountain top finishes and a time trial, it’s amazing that the overall win comes down to just a few seconds. In this sport, every second counts, and every day. I had one of my best rides of my season today in the Tour of Utah final individual time […]

What a strange day. Today’s stage 3 start here in Portugal was held under sunny skies, so we wore as little clothing as possible. There were a few dark clouds, but it rained for just five minutes. The rain happened to coincide with a downhill cobble section where Christian got taken out, luckily without […]

Perfect. That’s the only way to describe how my Garmin-Chipotle teammates rode stage 2. We knew we had the team to take control of the race and we used the confidence to do exactly that. Our BMX start specialist, Will, with some Tour form to boot, hit out from the blocks causing a reaction from […]

Taylor Phinney’s 14-year-old sister Kelsey is providing regular updates on events surrounding her big brother’s Olympic debut in Beijing.
I’m sitting in my hotel room trying to be patient. Taylor races in a few hours against Volodymyr Dudya from Ukraine. Both of them want to get into the top eight so they can compete in the […]

Taylor Phinney’s 14-year-old sister Kelsey is providing regular updates on events surrounding her big brother’s Olympic debut in Beijing. Here’s her first installment, written the day after she, her dad Davis and Taylor’s girlfriend Sophie Allen landed in China.
Yesterday, Sophie, my dad and I arrived in Beijing at around 4:30 p.m. and after getting lost […]

Left to right starting with cyclists: Steven Cozza, Tyler Farrar, Dan Martin and DS Johnny Weltz.
Today was the kick-off for the Tour of Portugal. It was a 6 km out and back course through the city of Portifino. Lots of round abouts and lots of wind. I went off early in the line-up and held […]