Taylor Phinney with the stars n stripes on his collar and sleeves to recognise his previous national US titles
Daniel Eaton (UnitedHealthcare) on the way to the turn around at the US time trial championship.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Mac Brennan (Holowesko-Citadel) passes by at the US time trial championship. (Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Evan Huffman (Rally Cycling) stays tucked in at the US time trial championship.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Greg Daniel (Axeon Hagens Berman) heads out for his run at the US time trial championship.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Tom Zirbel (Rally Cycling) makes his way through the rolling hills at the the 2016 USA Cycling pro time trial championship.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Taylor Phinney en route to winning the 2016 USA Cycling pro time trial championship.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Tom Zirbel (Rally Cycling) heads out at the 2016 USA Cycling pro time trial championship.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Alexey Vermeulen (LottoNL-Jumbo) comes back from the turn around during the US time trial championship(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Alexey Vermeulen keeps his focus during the US time trial championship.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Brent Bookwalter (BMC) finished 4th at the US time trial championship(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Alexey Vermeulen (LottoNL-Jumbo) warms up before the start of the US time trial championships.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Daniel Eaton (UnitedHealthcare) gets ready for the start of the US time trial championships.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Evan Huffman (Rally Cycling) and teammate Tom Zirbel spend some time on the trainers before the US time trial championships(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Taylor Phinney (BMC) on his first lap of the US time trial championship.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Joshua Berry (Jelly Belly-Maxxis) comes through on the first lap of the US time trial championship.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Alexey Vermeulen (LottoNL-Jumbo) closes in on the finish of the US time trial championship.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Daniel Eaton (UnitedHealthcare) comes up one of the rolling hills at the US time trial championships.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Robin Carpenter (Holowesko-Citadel) during one of his passes at the US time trial championships.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
2016 US pro time trial championship podium: Tom Zirbel (2nd), Taylor Phinney (1st), Alexey Vermeulen (3rd)(Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)
Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) claimed the third professional US time trial championship of his career in a dominant performance on the 42km undulating course in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
The 25-year-old topped Tom Zirbel (Rally Cycling) by more than a minute, with Zirbel narrowly defeating LottoNl-Jumbo's Alexey Vermeulen by two seconds to claim silver.
"It was super difficult and I didn't really have a lot of fun," Phinney said after scraping himself off the ground following his Herculean effort. "But that's how it is with a time trial and I signed myself up for this event, so I knew what I was getting myself into. Honestly I didn't really feel very good. It was a tough mental battle the whole way. I started out super confident and then lost almost all of my confidence, and then gained it back and then lost it again, and then by the time I was on the way to the finish I had my confidence back.
"It's easy to say that now but that's what happened. I thought I was going super slow and started to get a bit down. The course was also three kilometers longer than what it was supposed to be."
Phinney last won the title in 2014, just two days before a devastating crash in the championship road race took him out of action for more than a year. He's shown that he is back on track and worthy of the Olympic selection, should the national coaches give him the nod.
Full Results
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Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team
1:02:46
2
Thomas Zirbel (USA) Rally Cycling
0:01:09
3
Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team Lotto NL - Jumbo
0:01:12
4
Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
0:01:35
5
Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling
0:01:51
6
Mac Brennan (USA) Holowesko | Citadel Racing Team p/b Hincapie Racing
0:02:13
7
Benjamin Wolfe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
0:02:33
8
David Williams (USA) Astellas Cycling Team
0:02:48
9
Gregory Daniel (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman
0:02:58
10
Eamon Franck (USA) Astellas Cycling Team
0:03:40
11
Robin Carpenter (USA) Holowesko | Citadel Racing Team p/b Hincapie Racing
0:03:41
12
Taylor Shelden (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
0:05:19
13
Michael Olheiser (USA) Lupus Racing Team
0:05:49
14
Bryan Lewis (USA) Lupus Racing Team
0:07:21
15
Julian Kyer (USA) UnitedHealthcare
0:07:41
16
Cory Greenberg (USA) Cylance-Cannondale Pro Cycling p/b Incycle
0:08:26
DNF
Johnathan Freter (USA) Astellas Cycling Team
Row 16 - Cell 2
DNS
Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare
Row 17 - Cell 2
DNS
Joshua Berry (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
Row 18 - Cell 2
DSQ
Brendan Rhim (USA) Holowesko | Citadel Racing Team p/b Hincapie Racing
Row 19 - Cell 2
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