Taylor PhinneyBe sure and cheer on these male competitors from the Southeast
Andrew Baker Astellas Cycling Team Easley, SCChristopher Butler Hincapie Sportswear Greenville, SCOscar Clark Hincapie Sportswear Athens, GACharlie Hough Hincapie Sportswear Travelers Rest, SCTyler Magner Hincapie Sportswear Griffin, GAAlder Martz Hincapie Sportswear Greenville, SCJohn Murphy UnitedHealthcare Horse Shoe, NCChristian Parrett 5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda Macon, GAJoseph Rosskopf Hincapie Sportswear Athens, GARobert Sweeting 5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda Asheville, NCChristopher Uberti Astellas Cycling Team Greenville, SC
Handcycling takes the stage
In addition to the professional bicycle riders in town for the USA Cycling Professional Road Race and Time Trial Championships this weekend, some of the best and most inspiring handcyclists in the nation will also be returning to town to compete.On Saturday, the handcyclists will compete in various categories in the time trial at the Chattanooga Volkswagen plant.On Monday, between the men’s and women’s road races, the handcyclists will take to the streets of downtown Chattanooga to take part in the U.S. Handcycling Criterium National Championships.More than 100 athletes will compete in the handcycling events, and many of these competitors are wounded military personnel.These men and women are a trueinspiration, and they never fail to competehard and put on a good show
Taylor Phinney has been “the next big thing” in American cycling for half a decade, and he’s not even 24 years old.
Phinney was winning cycling world championships on the track as a teenager, and he won the USA Cycling time trial championship shortly after turning 20. Those early successes, put him on the map as the face of a new generation of cyclists as the sport tries put the scandals of the Lance Armstrong era in the past. In the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Phinney finished fourth in both the men’s cycling road race and time trial, further cementing his reputation.
After not competing at the nationals for the past two years, Phinney will be in Chattanooga this weekend to compete in the USA Cycling Professional Road Race and Time Trial Championships. The time trial will be held Saturday at the Chattanooga Volkswagen plant, and the road race will be held Memorial Day in downtown Chattanooga as well as climbs up Lookout Mountain.