For the first time in 13 years, an American cyclist won a Gold at the UCI Track World Championships.  Taylor Phinney, the 18-year-old son of Olympic gold medalist Connie Carpenter-Phinney and Tour de France stage winner Davis Phinney, won Gold in the Individual Pursuit.
Phinney only took up track cycling about 17 months ago, but he broke his own U.S. record this past weekend with a 4:15:160 during a qualifying round.  His winning time during the finals was 4:17:631, besting Jack Bobridge (Australia) and Dominique Cornu (Belgium) who finished in 2nd and 3rd with times of 4:20:091 and 4:22:347 respectively.
The last American rider to take gold was Marty Nothstein who onw the Keiren Title in 1996.  Photo from Cycling News’ Flickr stream…check it out, they’ve got some good ones, and interviews on their website.
