Austin Murphy of Sport Illustrated reports on Taylor Phinney’s Olympic bid and his fast rise as a cycling talent.

From the article: “A year ago, the kid didn’t know the individual pursuit from Trivial Pursuit. But Connie explained it to him — she’s a former world champion in the discipline — and he decided to give it a whirl. He won the U.S. national championship. In his first race. His fourth race was a World Cup event in Carson, Calif. He won. He qualified for the Olympics, then set a junior world record in the 3,000-meter pursuit.”

The Denver Post talks to Taylor Phinney, his father Davis and his coach Neal Henderson about his performance in the 4000-meter individual pursuit semi-finals in the Beijing Olympics.
From the article: “To put Taylor’s Olympics in perspective, Saturday was only his 10th pursuit race. He didn’t pick up the sport until last fall. He didn’t turn […]

The Rocky Mountain News reports on Taylor Phinney’s Olympic bid in the 4000-meter individual pursuit and his plans for the 2012 Olympics in London.
From the article: “It was a phenomenal Phinney year, Olympic medal or not. ‘By 2012, I’m going to have everything dialed in,’ Taylor Phinney said. ‘I was so new to this, I […]

VeloNews talks to Taylor Phinney after he lost to New Zealand cyclist Hayden Roulston in the semi-finals of the men’s individual pursuit today on Beijing’s Laoshan velodrome.
Ever the gracious sportsman, Taylor was optimistic about his ride and his future: “I’m just stoked to be here at the Olympics — I thought I’d be watching […]

The Colorado Daily interviews Taylor about his performance at the Beijing Olympics in the 4000-meter individual pursuit.
From the article: “After eight laps of the 250-meter track, Phinney was trailing by 2.075 seconds. More importantly his body was already tiring. ‘I got out there and with eight laps to go, I was thinking, ‘I wish I […]

The Boulder Daily Camera interviews Taylor Phinney on his performance in the qualifying round for the 4000-meter individual pursuit.
From the article: “A sound ride against Volodymyr Dyudya of the Ukraine put aside any fear of a breakdown as Phinney claimed the seventh of eight spots in the field. ‘My goal was 4:19,’ said Phinney, who […]

The Rocky Mountain News reports on Taylor Phinney’s initial qualifying round in the 4000-meter men’s individual pursuit during the Beijing Olympic Games. The article feature interviews with Taylor’s parents, Connie and Davis.
From the article: “It’s been incredible,” Carpenter-Phinney said of being at the Olympics with the entire family. “It’s (her son’s) first Olympics, and he […]

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BOULDER, Co – August 14, 2008 – The U23 National Championships and Junior National Championships had a decisively argyle flair with the Slipstream Sports teams making a clean sweep of the podium this year. Team 5280/Felt, Team VMG/Felt and Team Garmin-Chipotle proved again that they are the […]