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[DAOTEC]

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Taylor Phinney just kicked dude Levi his as$ in the USA - ITT nat. champs and so took his first title

Result Nat. Champ Time Trial Elite United States of America:

1. Taylor Phinney in 41:02'51"

2. Levi Leipheimer at 0sec.14hundreds

3. Bernard Van Ulden at 1'12"

 

[Moondance]

Congrats to Phinney, he surely deserves plaudits, especially since Leipheimer's TTing has still been consistently very good this season. Will be nice to see him race with the big boys in Europe next year.

 

[DAOTEC]

Race Report

'New U.S. time trial champion by less than the blink of an eye'

Seconds matter in time trial cycling races. So do tenths of seconds and hundredths of seconds.

That was proven in Greenville, S.C., on Saturday when Taylor Phinney won the USA Cycling professional time trial championship by a scant 14 hundredths of a second over Levi Leipheimer.

Phinney is the phenomenal 20-year-old up-and-comer on the Trek-Livestrong Under-23 development team. The strapping 6-4 son of cyclists Davis Phinney and Olympic gold medalist Connie Carpenter-Phinney, he rose through the ranks of junior-level track competition.

Career

As an under-23 pro in 2010, Phinney has won nearly a dozen victories on the track and road, including the world championship in the individual pursuit.

Leipheimer is a seasoned 36-year-old veteran on the RadioShack with a host of time trial victories in his career. He was given the edge in the 15-man field on Saturday.

Leipheimer was the last cyclist to start the 20.7-mile time trial course and was preceded by Phinney.

Leipheimer closed gap

According on live Tweets from USA Cycling, Leipheimer trailed Phinney after each of the three laps -- down 15 seconds after the first lap, 8 seconds after the second lap, and just .14 seconds on the third and final lap. Just a little faster out of the gate, a little tighter on a corner, a little more aero on the straight-aways and Leipheimer would have won.

Bernard Van Ulden of Jelly Belly came in third, by 1.12 seconds.

Day 2 of the USA Cycling Pro Championship will be held Sunday. George Hincapie will attempt to defend his national championship in the road race

See the Web USA nat.@: http://www.bikingbis.com/blog/_archives/2006/9/6/2300864.html

 

[DAOTEC]

The top three for the TT: Levi Leipheimer, Taylor Phinney and Bernard Van Ulden.

DrugPharm! doesn't seem to be that happy on the left, looks like he is about to start crying isn't he ?

 

[Christian]

My question is:

Is that sparkling cider or do I smell an M.I.P. ??!

 

[Oldman]

The top three for the TT: Levi Leipheimer, Taylor Phinney and Bernard Van Ulden.

DrugPharm! doesn't seem to be that happy on the left, looks like he is about to start crying isn't he ?

He appears to have notice how much "bigger" Phinney is without the benefit of 20 years PED use and he still has hair.

 

[RedheadDane]

My question is:

Is that sparkling cider or do I smell an M.I.P. ??!

Surely he can be allowed some champagne even though he's underage. After all; he just won the championship...

Hmm... apparently someone has referred to him as "Crassus" (You know, the killer of Spartacus, think we all know what that implies!)

 

[Christian]

Surely he can be allowed some champagne even though he's underage. After all; he just won the championship...

Hmm... apparently someone has referred to him as "Crassus" (You know, the killer of Spartacus, think we all know what that implies!)

Lol unfortunately I don't think they thought of national TT championships when they wrote that law

Plus it has been rumoured that Team Luxembourg is interested in him ... Spartacus and Crassus on the same team next year ?!

 

[shouldawouldacoulda]

My question is:

Is that sparkling cider or do I smell an M.I.P. ??!

Is he wearing Oakley Factory Pilot glasses from around 1987? If so, that is kind of cool.

 

[RedheadDane]

Lol unfortunately I don't think they thought of national TT championships when they wrote that law

What are the authorities gonna do? Jump onto the podium and arest him?

(That... didn't happen. I think we would've known!)

 

[Kwibus]

Anyone read his blog about the Tour de l'Avenir? Great read if you ask me.
Nice insight into what a rider is going through in a race like that.

 

[flicker]

Lol unfortunately I don't think they thought of national TT championships when they wrote that law

Plus it has been rumoured that Team Luxembourg is interested in him ... Spartacus and Crassus on the same team next year ?!

Oh yeah ,that would be awesome.