Taylor Phinneydenverpost.com profiles VMG/Felt U23 rider and Olympic team member Taylor Phinney. As one of American’s most talented cyclists, Taylor is also a laid-back teenager with blue-ribbon bloodlines.

“I’m happy I’m going to the Olympics, and I am going to the Olympics to medal, but it’s not like the highest step of my career,” he said. “It’s the beginning of my career.”