Taylor Phinney

The 2009 USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships continued at the Home Depot Center velodrome on Friday with both Taylor Phinney (Boulder, Colo./Trek-Livestrong) and Sarah Hammer (Temecula, Calif./American Track Foundation) catching their opponents in their respective men’s and women’s individual pursuit final to add to their collection of national titles. (read more)

VeloNews

When American Taylor Phinney won the under-23 Paris-Roubaix on May 31, it made our decision to feature him on the cover of our July issue appear prophetic.

It wasn’t, however, a tough decision to put Phinney on the cover. His elite world pursuit title in March saw the teenage phenom scratch the surface of his seemingly boundless potential.

And between our planned in-depth features on both Phinney and the USA Cycling development house in Izegem, Belgium, where Phinney sometimes lives, the choice was a no-brainer. Three years ago he was a 15-year-old newbie, now he’s the world elite pursuit champion. It seemed only natural to question what was coming next for the American phenom. Now we know the U.S. has a very likely future elite Roubaix winner on its hands. (read more)

CyclingNews- By Daniel Benson, Edited by Gregor Brown

Taylor Phinney (Trek-Livestrong) won the Under 23 Paris-Roubaix race on Sunday, beating a group of 10 riders on the Roubaix velodrome. He joined Stephen Roche and Thor Hushovd in the history books of previous winners and became the first American winner in the process.

"I just found some pictures this morning as I haven't seen any since the win. I haven't won a road race in a few years so it's a really nice feeling to be able to put your hands up at the end of such a hard race. I was almost in tears at the finish," he told Cyclingnews.

Phinney had been targeting Paris-Roubaix as one of his main objectives this year along with the World Track Championships. Coming into the cobbled Classic, he knew that the course would suit his strengths. However, having raced it as a junior and having had his "butt kicked" he knew that he'd face stern competition.

"It was exciting to win, but I knew that I would be up there near the end. All my track cycling paid off."

It had been a life-long ambition to win Paris Roubaix for Phinney – a race he grew up idolizing from his home in Boulder, Colorado. (read more)

VeloNews

Trek-Livestrong's Taylor Phinney took sixth overall at the Fleche du Sud stage race in Luxembourg on Friday.  In the prologue, he took the leader's jersey.

Phinney finished 16th on the stage, 1:10 behind race winner Simon Zahners of the Swiss team, Bürgis Cycling. Zahners outsprinted three breakaway companions, while Phinney finished in the field.

Phinney continues to lead the best young (read more)

Velo News

Taylor Phinney (Trek-Livestrong) won the 4.2km prologue of the Fleche du Sud stage race in Luxembourg on Wednesday.

The four-day race, held since 1949, has been won in the past by Andy Schleck, Bradley Wiggins, Kim Kirchen and Alex Zulle.

In a Twitter post after the race, Phinney said he dedicated the win to retired multi-sport legend Steve Larsen, who died (read more)