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This weekend in Japan, Taylor Phinney will zip up his EF Education First kit for the last time. He’ll pin on his numbers, and clip in for what is the final professional race of a career that’s been beautiful, frustrating, and everything in between.
From the Olympics to the Tour de France to the cobblestones of Roubaix and dirt roads across the American West, there’s no one who’s done it quite like Taylor Phinney. He won numerous junior titles on the track and competed in the individual pursuit at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, finished fourth in the road race and time trial at the 2012 London Olympics four years later, completed two Tours de France and last season came in eighth at Paris-Roubaix, his favorite race.
He fought back from a career-threatening leg break sustained in 2014, and along the way began to ponder a life outside of professional racing. Eventually, the side of him hoping to explore art and music, the side of him hoping to dig deeper into a place rather than a suitcase… that side won out.
We talked to Phinney about his decision to move on from road racing, how he reconciles the expectations held by others for his cycling career with his own ambitions and dreams, and what’s next.
Classe '90 Taylor Phinney diventò famoso all'età di 21 anni, quandio in maglia BMC Team al Giro d'Italia del 2012, si aggiudicò il cronoprologo e rimase in maglia rosa pert tre giorni
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