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Taylor Phinney: Why He Rocks: Or Keeping it in the Family

By magster200 on  From andyschleckbestbikeraceroftheuniverse.blogspot.com
Taylor Phinney is competing right now in the Men's Individual Pursuit at the Velodrome in Beijing. This kid is only 18 years old, but he seriously rocks.  Although he didn't medal (bummer); keep your ears and eyes open for this kid in future major cycling events, including the Tour de France. News on the net says that Taylor is spending A LOT of time hanging with the US Gymnasts (the girls of course.) Go Taylor! Just stay away from those underage Chinese Gymnasts. Note: How the heck can your...Read Full Story

Exclusive Interview with Teen Olympic Cyclist Taylor Phinney

By John on
5 facts about Taylor Phinney. 1) His mother was the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal in cycling and his father was the first American to win a stage in the Tour de France. 2) He lives in Boulder, Colorado and turns 18 on June 27, 2008. 3) His first Olympic competition is the Individual Pursuit where to riders start on opposite sides of the track and race 16 laps – first rider to complete the 16 laps or catch the other rider wins. 4) He is the defending Junior World Champion in the...Read Full Story

Masked Olympic Cyclists Arrive in Beijing

By tatiana on
Right about now the four United States cyclists who arrived in Beijing Wednesday wearing black masks, must be kicking themselves. Their choice to don the black masks, intended to protect athletes from the extremely high levels of pollution in Beijing, has apparently upset the host country, and in turn the United States Olympic Committee. Track cyclists Mike Friedman, Sarah Hammer , Bobby Lea and Jennie Reed have since apologized for their actions, saying their choice to wear the masks was in...Read Full Story

The Olympic Trials, In Pictures

By tatiana on
All over the world Olympic trials are taking place in a number of different events. Recently, trials for wrestling, judo and the new cycling event BMX came and went. Check out the pictures, and absorb the greatness that is the upcoming Olympic games. Click on the image to go to the event's gallery. Andrew Bisek (blue, near mat) is pinned by Cheney Haight (red) as Kevin Lozano ( red, far mat) is thrown by Jess Hargrave (blue) in the preliminary matches during the USA Olympic trials for...Read Full Story

Taylor Phinney Sets World Record

By John on
Chalk this up one up in the "Oh Hell Yeah" section of your score cards: Taylor Phinney's 3000-meter individual pursuit short course sprint time of 3 minutes 16.65 seconds is a new junior world record. As you might recall, Phinney, competing in just his 7th race, defeated Holland's Jenning Huizenga to take his first World Cup victory. That was in January of 2008 and it seems as though the 17-year-old from Boulder, Colorado just keeps getting faster. In fact, it stands to reason that by the...Read Full Story

Cycling is competed in by both men and women in the Olympics. There are four different fields, Track Cycling, Road Cycling, Mountain Bike and BMX (which is new to this year's Olympic games).

Track Cycling
Team Spring Men
Sprint Men
Keirin Men
4000m Team Pursuit Men
4000m Individual Pursuit Men
Madison 50km Men
Points Race 40km Men
Sprint Women
3000m Individual Pursuit Women
Points Race 25km Women

Road Cycling
Road Race Men
Road Time Trial Men
Road Race Women
Road Time Trial Women

Mountain Bike
Mountain Bike Men
Mountain Bike Women

BMX
BMX Race Men
BMX Race Women
While the women's sprint programme is dominated by Invercargill air traffic controller Natasha Hansen, who won the keirin last night to claim her fourth title of this year's nationals, it was her New Zealand team sprint team-mate Katie Schofield who ...  
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Taylor Phinney and Sarah Hammer are among the 19 cyclists named to the "long team" for track cycling at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.The final list of racers who will represent the US at the track cycling events will be chosen from the pool of 11 women and 8 men by USA Cycling.Two western Washington cyclists made the women's squad: Jennie Reed of Seattle and Tela Crane of Sammamish.The track cycling events will be held in a new Velodrome...  
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AN Australian Olympic cycling selector hopes Mark Renshaw will change his mindset about the Games, saying the Bathurst sprinter was in the mix for London. Renshaw was shattered when he was the controversial exclusion from the national team for last ...  
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The London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Locog) have announced that the spectator capacity on the Zig-Zag road incline and Donkey Green area of Box Hill for the Olympic cycling road race will now accommodate up to ...  
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RAF engineer Jon-Allan Butterworth froze as he heard the chilling tell-tale sizzling sound above his head. He was on his air base in the Iraqi city of Basra in a dangerous area known to British forces as “Rocket Alley”. And he knew only too well what ...  
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VeloNationTaylor Phinney aiming for USA Pro Cycling ChallengeVeloNationThough the first edition of the race did feature three flat finishes, all three were taken out by Team Liquigas-Cannondale. Elia Viviani hit fine form and won stages four and five, and his lead-out man Daniel Oss won stage six. ...  
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But going on Tuesday's results, Gillow, second-placed Taryn Heather, bronze medallist Bridie O'Donnell, Amanda Spratt (fourth) and Alexis Rhodes (fifth) are the contenders. Gillow, Spratt and Rhodes are members of the new GreenEDGE-AIS women's team that ...  
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velonews.competitor.comMust Reads: Phinney eyes 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge; Henderson looks ...velonews.competitor.comBy VeloNews.com Taylor Phinney has his eyes on the London Games, but wouldn't mind winning the USAPCC time trial in Denver, either.. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com Taylor Phinney, who hopes to make the US team for the London Olympics, ...Taylor Phinney interested in USA Pro Cycling ChallengeDaily Cameraall 3 news...  
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Davis Phinney knows the thrill of competing at cycling's most elite levels in front of large Colorado crowds better than anyone. Nearly a quarter of a century after the Red Zinger/Coors Classic glory days came to an end, the local legend felt a ...  
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Two-time pursuit world champion Taylor Phinney is among 19 athletes chosen by USA Cycling to be eligible for selection to the U.S. track cycling team at the London Olympics. Cycling’s national governing body announced its men ...  
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