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Phinney wins world junior TT title

Published: Aug. 9, 2007
Taylor Phinney, the new world junior TT champion
Taylor Phinney, the new world junior TT champion

American Taylor Phinney (TIAA-CREF-5280) rode to a world time trial title on Thursday with a victory in the race against the clock at the 2007 UCI Junior Road and Track World Championships in Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Phinney clocked a time of 37 minutes, 28.10 seconds over the 28-kilometer course to beat silver medalist John Degenkolb of Germany by 24 seconds. Nikita Novikov of Russia was third, 30 seconds off the pace of Phinney.

Phinney’s world championship was the second medal for the U.S. National Team on Thursday after Californian Jerika Hutchinson won the bronze medal in the 14-kilometer women’s race. Hutchinson finished 26 seconds off the pace of world champion Josephine Tomic of Australia and just three seconds back from silver medalist Valeriya Kononenko of the Ukraine.

Also in the men’s event, Benjamin King (Hot Tubes) placed 21st, 2:15 back, while Sinead Miller (UPMC) finished 17th in the women’s contest, 1:43 off the pace.