GENEVA — Track cycling world champion Taylor Phinney of Boulder has been promoted to ride for Lance Armstrong’s Team RadioShack for the rest of the road race season.
The 20-year-old will step up from Armstrong’s Trek-Livestrong development squad to compete in the Aug. 4-8 Tour of Denmark.
Team manager Johan Bruyneel said Thursday he was giving Phinney and teammates Jesse Sergent and Clinton Avery the opportunity to ride in stage and one-day races in France and Belgium over the next two months.
“All three are classy young riders,” Bruyneel said. “We believe in them and are hoping this and can lead to something permanent next year.”
Phinney is a two-time pursuit world champion on the track, and won the past two under-23 editions of the famed Paris-Roubaix event.
