I raced locally for a year, went to Europe the year after and went to the Olympics the year after that.

Phinney participated in the 2012 UCI World Road Race Championships. Career highlights. Around thirty other riders in the group abandoned with over 100 km (62 mi) to go but Phinney rode on alone in the hope of making the time limit so he could compete in the next day's time trial.

The son of former professional racing cyclist Davis Phinney and former Olympic gold medal racing cyclist and speed skater Connie Carpenter-Phinney Taylor Phinney rides professionally for UCI ProTeam BMC Racing Team and is seen as one of the most promising young riders in the sport. Taylor Phinney (born June 27 1990) is a world champion American racing cyclist specialising in time trials and one day classics on the road and in the individual pursuit on the track.