For the longest time, Taylor Phinney was simply the son of Olympic medalists Davis Phinney and Connie Carpenter-Phinney. That was his meal ticket, and in some ways his identity.
That started to change when Phinney emerged as a track cycling prodigy a few years ago, and the full transformation finally occurred at this year’s Giro d’Italia, where one of America’s top young riders raced to victory in the opening time trial.
“Now,” Carpenter-Phinney said, “everybody calls me   … More