Video: Goal achieved for Phinney at World Championships

Taylor Phinney (USA)

Taylor Phinney (USA) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Taylor Phinney came into the UCI Road World Championships as an unknown quantity, having only recently come back from a nearly career-ending leg injury, but on Wednesday he achieved his number one goal, to qualify the USA for the 2016 Olympic Games time trial in Rio.

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