In 2007 at the age of 16, Taylor Phinney began racing on Team Slipstream's junior squad.
24 Facts About Taylor Phinney
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Since then, Taylor Phinney has competed in National, World Cup and World Championship events for track cycling.
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Taylor Phinney finished seventh in the individual pursuit at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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On March 26,2009, Taylor Phinney won the individual pursuit at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and, again, at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships on March 25,2010.
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On September 22,2010, the BMC Racing Team announced that Taylor Phinney would become part of BMC in 2011, joining a team that included Cadel Evans, George Hincapie and Alessandro Ballan.
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The highlight of Taylor Phinney's first season with BMC was a fourth-place finish in the Eneco Tour.
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Taylor Phinney started the 2012 season by helping his team win the Giro del Trentino's team time trial, where he wore the leader's jersey for a day.
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Taylor Phinney then switched his focus to the Olympic Games, targeting the road race and time trial, where he finished fourth in each event.
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Taylor Phinney would go on to win the stage-seven individual time trial of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.
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Taylor Phinney participated in the 2012 UCI World Road Race Championships.
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Taylor Phinney was part of the six-man BMC team that took silver in the team time trial.
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Taylor Phinney finished second to Tony Martin in the individual event, missing out on becoming World Champion by five seconds.
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Taylor Phinney stated that he was entirely against that practice and doping in general.
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Around 30 other riders in the group abandoned the race with over 100 kilometers to go, but Taylor Phinney rode on alone in the hope of making the time limit, so he could compete in the final day's time trial.
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Ultimately, Taylor Phinney missed the time limit by over ten minutes.
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Two days later, at the United States National Road Race Championships, Taylor Phinney suffered a career-threatening crash after sliding into a guard-rail.
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Taylor Phinney was attempting to avoid a motorcycle on the descent of Lookout Mountain in Tennessee.
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Taylor Phinney never wore his national jersey as he remained out of action for a year, having initially been given a six-to-eight-week recovery period.
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Taylor Phinney spent the early part of the 2016 season recovering from his injuries, making his first race appearance of the year at the Tour du Haut Var in February and subsequently racing in the spring classics before returning from Europe to his native Colorado.
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In May 2016 Taylor Phinney took his third national time trial title in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, beating runner-up Tom Zirbel by over a minute: Taylor Phinney expressed satisfaction with the result and his performance, hoping that it would help him secure selection for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Taylor Phinney competed at the Olympics, but despite entering the road time trial with hopes of a medal, he finished 22nd, over five minutes behind winner Fabian Cancellara.
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Taylor Phinney was leading the mountains classification and wearing the polka dot jersey competition on stage 2.
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In October 2019 Taylor Phinney announced that he would retire from professional racing at the end of the 2019 season.
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Taylor Phinney cited the ongoing effects of an injury he suffered in 2014 as a reason for his retirement.