Denver Post (Free subscription) | 17/08/2008
Davis Phinney, four months after brain surgery, sat in the stands in the Laoshan Velodrome, his hands only shaking when they clapped for his son. Connie Carpenter-Phinney, Taylor Phinney's mom, felt more proud of Taylor in the Olympics than when she heard the national anthem with Olympic gold around her neck in 1984.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
BEIJING — Taylor Phinney wasn't here when it happened. But he saw it. He was in London on his way to a train in Bordeaux, France, and saw teammate Bobby Lea's face in the Financial Times'
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 17/08/2008
... taking silver, the British already have eight cycling medals, four of them gold. American Taylor Phinney, 17, won't be adding to his family's medal collection just yet. The son of 1984 medalists Connie Carpenter-Phinney and Davis Phinney failed to qualify for the medal round in the individual pursuit, losing in a round-of-eight matchup. SoftballThe American juggernaut...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
... face New Zealand's Alison Shanks who earned the four seed in 3:34.312. Also, American Taylor Phinney – the 18-year-old son of 1984 gold medalist Connie Carpenter-Phinney and '84 bronze medalist Davis Phinney – advanced in the pursuit race with his parents watching from the front row. Women's basketballThe U.S. women started slowly, then got clicking, pounding Spain 93-55....
Garmin Blog (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008
... U.S. Visit the Team Garmin page for more updates, including an interview with 18-year-old Taylor Phinney, who rides for the team’s under 23 team. Taylor will be competing in the 4000 meter short track event in Beijing, with qualifying round this Friday. In the interview, Taylor reflects on his heavy-medal heritage. His dad, Davis Phinney, won bronze in the road race at 1984...
Forbes (Free subscription) | 27/07/2008
It took the right genes, the right mindset--and a new way to train.
SI.com (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
It's always pleasant to poke a bit of fun at CSC-Saxo Bank, with its Outward Bound-like team-building exercises, mandated by director Bjarne Riis, an earnest Dane with a slightly checkered past. But the truth is, they're a class bunch. Davis Phinney, the ex-Tour de France stage winner with whom I happened to be watching today's stage, recalled being stiffed on the eve of the Tour of California...
SI.com (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
It's always pleasant to poke a bit of fun at CSC-Saxo Bank, with its Outward Bound-like team-building exercises, mandated by director Bjarne Riis, an earnest Dane with a slightly checkered past. But the truth is, they're a class bunch. Davis Phinney, the ex-Tour de France stage winner with whom I happened to be watching today's stage, recalled being stiffed on the eve of the Tour of California...
cbs4denver.com: Sports (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
The Phinneys are Colorado's first family of cycling. Davis Phinney is an Olympic bronze medalist and winner of two individual stages of the Tour De France. His wife, Connie Carpenter-Phinney, won the gold in cycling in 1984. Now, son Taylor, who just turned 18, is heading to the Olympics in Beijing.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
"You have to think that Vail will easily recapture that energy and feeling that it had in the '80s for bicycle racing. If anything, the sport is bigger now, it's much higher-profile. . . . I can't think of anything more exciting than to see racing come back to Vail, and I know it will be a success." — Davis Phinney, 1984 Olympic medalist, for the Vail Valley Foundation I'd like to say...
