Hometown: Boulder, Colorado
Date of Birth: 6-27-90
Interesting fact: Taylor is the son of former professional racing cyclist Davis Phinney and former Olympic gold medal racing cyclist and speed skater Connie Carpenter-Phinney.
Also, in June Taylor set a new junior world record in the men's 3000-meter individual pursuit, clocking a new record time of 3 minutes, 16.589 seconds to beat the previous record of 3:17.775 set by Australia's Michael Ford in 2004.
Career Highlights:
- 2007 Junior World Champion, Time Trial
- 1st place – 2008 UCI Track World Cup, Los Angeles, Individual Pursuit
- 1st place – 2007 USA Cycling Track National Championships,
Individual Pursuit
- 1st place – 2007 Le Tour de l’Abitibi International
- 1st place – 2007 Le Tour de l’Abitibi International, Stage 2
- 1st place – 2007 Le Tour de l’Abitibi International, Prologue
- 2nd place – 2007 Le Tour de l’Abitibi International, Stage 4
- 2nd place – 2007 Tour du Pays de Vaud, Stage 1
- 3rd place – 2007 Le Tour de l’Abitibi International, Stage 6
- 3rd place – 2007 Le Tour de l’Abitibi International, Stage 7
- 4th place – 2007 UCI Track World Cup, Beijing, Individual Pursuit
- 8th place – 2008 UCI Track World Championships, Individual Pursuit
- 9th place – 2007 UCI Track World Cup, Sydney, Individual Pursuit
