Davis Phinney

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Medal record
Competitor for the Flag of the United States United States
Road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
Bronze Los Angeles 1984 Team Time Trial

Davis Phinney (born July 10, 1959 in Boulder, Colorado) is a former professional road bicycle racer from the United States. Phinney claims to have won the most race wins in American history [1] and was the first American, riding on an American based team, to win a stage at the Tour de France in 1986. His racing career spanned two decades and include two stage victories in the Tour de France, a USPRO National Road Championship title, and the 1984 Olympic Bronze Medal in the Men's 100K Team Time Trial, alongside Ron Kiefel, Clarence Knickman, and Andrew Weaver.

Since retiring from cycling, Davis has remained active as a cycling sports commentator, public speaker, journalist, and avid Nordic ski racer. He is married to Connie Carpenter-Phinney, with whom he has two children, Taylor Phinney and Kelsey Phinney. On Thursday, August 9, 2007, Taylor became the junior world time trial champion at the 2007 UCI Junior World Road and Track Championships held in Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Davis was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at the age of 40, and established the Davis Phinney Foundation (DPF) in Cincinnati in 2003 to raise money for research into this disease. The foundation is now based in Denver and is devoted to improving the lives of people living with Parkinson's through collaborative research. Its signature fund-raising event, the Sunflower Revolution, is a gala, auction, bike ride, and educational symposium held in Cincinnati.

In June 2006, the Davis Phinney Foundation named the first two national Davis Phinney Research Centers for Parkinson’s disease: The Neuroscience Institute at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and University Hospital, and Stanford University. These national research centers are committed to collaborative laboratory research and the sharing of clinical data with each other and future research centers. The Davis Phinney centers’ structure will serve as “a model for the country,” says Joseph Broderick, M.D., Vice Chair of DPF’s Scientific Advisory Board.

[edit] Major results

1993
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
  • 1st, Stage 12, Tour de France
  • 1st, Points classification, Coors Classic
1986
  • 1st, Stage 3, Tour de France
  • 1st, Points classification, Coors Classic
1985
  • 1st, Points classification, Coors Classic
1984
1983
  • 1st (Gold), Pan American Games - Team time trial
  • 1st, Points classification, Coors Classic
1982
  • 1st, Points classification, Coors Classic
1981
  • 1st, Points classification, Coors Classic

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