Taylor Phinney

On the shoulders of a young, talented rider, expectation hangs like a thick cloak, leading to a cascade of physical and mental stresses

Taylor Phinney is on the mend after a horrific crash left him with a broken leg, and he admits the 2015 Tour is a "massive goal"

As BMC moves on from Cadel Evans and Thor Hushovd, team leadership aims for Tour de France podium

Phinney joined his BMC teammates in Aspen for a training ride on Sunday, and was in his BMC team kit outside the team bus before Monday’s stage start

Tom Boonen, Taylor Phinney, Jens Voigt, and other members of the pro peloton don't stop short when it comes to talking about disc brakes

Phinney rode the stationary bike for an hour to celebrate his 24th birthday, but it's not clear when he'll return to competition

Taylor Phinney talks to reporters for the first time about his horrific crash at nationals, moving forward, and not being bitter

The Chattanooga newspaper publishes photos and witnesses' accounts from the crash that left Phinney hospitalized

Taylor Phinney crashed at high speed and broke his left leg in the U.S. nationals road race Monday. Was a race moto to blame?

A broken left leg suffered during Monday’s road national championship leaves the remainder of the 23-year-old’s season in doubt

A group of riding partners based in Boulder, Colorado, that calls itself "The Wolfpack" will face off against each other during Monday's U.S. road nationals

Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) and Alison Powers (UnitedHealthcare) took U.S. national time trial titles in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Taylor Phinney is seeking history this weekend in the time trial and the road race at the U.S. championships

BMC's Taylor Phinney said that he's got plenty of time to win a classic like Flanders or Roubaix

BMC Racing's Taylor Phinney had circled Thursday’s Amgen Tour stage as a target, but he had never really intended to shoot for the stars

American attacks from the day's final descent to take a solo stage victory in Santa Barbara

Neal Rogers examines the Wiggins, and losers, of Monday's Tour of California time trial

The winner of Monday’s 20km time trial in Folsom will also wear the Amgen Tour of California race leader’s jersey.

The field for the 2014 race is one of the deepest in the event's nine-year history

American suffers first-ever Roubaix puncture and misses a shot at the finale in the cobbled closer

The BMC rider said he knows exactly what he would do with the winner's cobble trophy if he crosses the line first at the Roubaix velodrome

The American finished 4:12 behind winner Fabian Cancellara in his Tour of Flanders debut

The BMC rider said his goal for the spring season is to win next weekend’s Paris-Roubaix

After the flu kept him out of Milano-Sanremo, Phinney returns to the classics at Gent-Wevelgem, and looks forward to Flanders and Roubaix

American Taylor Phinney is ill and may not start Sunday, but BMC Racing is hoping its powerful Sanremo squad will finally deliver a major classics win

Much ado about Milano-Sanremo: Course changes, and the American's hope that tradition prevails at Sanremo

"This is what everyone expected when he turned pro, it just took some hard work to get here," says BMC sport director Scandri

Phinney takes his first stage-race triumph, Kittel scores a hat trick and Cavendish finds himself shut out and winless for 2014

German takes a second consecutive bunch sprint in Dubai and Phinney draws closer to a major stage-race victory

With a host of changes to how BMC Racing organizes training and pushes its riders, Max Sciandri says the Dubai opener was "the big one"

There is no one like him in cycling; Taylor Phinney is a world-class bike racer, but is embarrassed if he misidentifies a man's fragrance

American cruises to overall lead in Dubai, but the world champion is livid over the wind after organizers force him to start last

After spending a week in Argentina, Neal Rogers provides a final analysis of the Tour de San Luis

Phinney misses stage win and Gaimon gives up overall lead in Argentina

New approach to the classics for BMC Racing will give Phinney a shot at team leadership come the cobbles

Argentina’s Tour de San Luis is attracting some of the biggest names in pro cycling for the January 19-26 season opener

American hires former soigneur from Livestrong to help support his preparation for 2014

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The pair was among several riders to crash and/or abandon the worlds road race in Florence

American looks to a 2014 campaign that will include more focus on time trials

The Italian is a threat to earn a spot on the podium at the September 25 race in Florence

American stays with BMC Racing

The BMC rider leaves the race after a second crash

Taylor Phinney delivers one of several clutch wins for the squad after Cadel Evans' disappointing Tour de France

Phinney's illness knocks him out of the Giro and keeps him from the national championships

American steps away from the Giro after two weeks of suffering

With Aussie Tour champion on the rise at the Giro d'Italia, Phinney and co. are learning to support a grand tour campaign

American rider says his main goal for the race is simply to finish

Fabian Cancellara and a slew of first-time winners came out on top in the classics, but who didn't?

Cadel Evans plans to ride both the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France this year

BMC rider broke two ribs and his left collarbone in February. He returns to action next week

Young American said riding on a different bike with different shoes and cleats is partly to blame

Though it came without a true showdown against Tom Boonen, Fabian Cancellara's triumphant return to the cobbles proved his place yet again

Phinney has won the under-23 edition of Paris-Roubaix, and he's not finished with the grown-up version yet

Phinney will line up as a water-carrier, but could wind up a star if things go his way in a race that demands luck as well as legs

Flanders winner Fabian Cancellara is the distant favorite for Sunday, but Taylor Phinney and a cadre of contenders are there if he falters

After winning the U23 Paris-Roubaix twice, Taylor Phinney has made this weekend's race his primary objective

American rider is in talks with Dolce & Gabbana to create a product line stretching from cologne to watches

Gilbert will head for the Tour of the Basque Country; Phinney staying in Italy until Paris-Roubaix

Cannondale's Peter Sagan leads a talented crop of young riders during this season's classics

With historic courses, frenzied fans, and dynamic racing, these men are the ones to watch from Harelbeke to Roubaix

With strong rides at Tirreno-Adriatico and Milano-Sanremo, Taylor Phinney makes himself a contender in this classics season

The 135 finishers at Sunday's Milano-Sanremo dealt with some of Mother Nature's worst blows. It was exactly what the sport needed

Taylor Phinney misses time-cut at Tirreno-Adriatico, but learns a lot about himself in the process

Taylor Phinney is supportive of BMC director Max Sciandri in his new role with the Italian federation

American classics hope says he came through the winter without gaining weight and is primed ahead of his Belgian debut this weekend

German time trial ace says Taylor Phinney is his new top rival in the chrono as he prepares for his first test in Portugal this week

American, fifth overall Bernie Eisel try to dislodge Cavendish with late attack, but the "Manx Missile" comes through for a third Qatar win

American squad rallies behind worlds TT silver medalist to protect Bookwalter's leader's jersey

Giro's new stand-out lace-up road shoes make a statement — a Taylor Phinney-styled statement — at a reasonable price

A new crop of young Americans are motivated to contend for world championship glory and made big strides in Limburg

The affable and savagely competitive veteran of U.S. cyclocross is discovering new ways to train and eat — and it's working

Taylor Phinney and Tejay van Garderen prove once and for all that the future is here for U.S cycling

Tony Martin overcomes the most difficult final kilometer of his career to double up in Valkenburg

Tony Martin squeaks another worlds time trial win out over Taylor Phinney in Valkenburg

Martin tops list of pre-race favorites for rainbow stripes in Wednesday's elite men's time trial

Taylor Phinney is keeping the fire hot, his body trim and his motivation high for a run at a world title in Limburg next week

“The Denver time trial has been my carrot that I’ve been chasing this whole week,” Phinney said

After a tough first and third stages, Phinney has overcome the fatigue and is looking forward to the Denver time trial