Taylor PhinneyDenver’s 5280 Magazine provides an in-depth, considered look at Taylor Phinney’s rise to cycling stardom and his father Davis’s struggle with Parkinson’s disease.

From the article: “Yet in spite of the pressure, and in spite of his age, Taylor seems an island of calm in the sea of frantic activity. It’s not just an effect of his mirrored Oakley shades or his white iPod earbuds, either. ‘See how relaxed he is, how calm?’ marvels Allen Lim, Garmin-Chipotle’s sports physiologist. ‘Most teenagers would get incredibly impatient. I joke about dumping buckets of water on him during his workouts and hiring go-go dancers. He’s immune to distraction.’ ”