Racing a bicycle can lead to a lot of questions. Mainly ‘why’, which is never answered by any amount of training, motivation or talent. The question always remains, even for those infinitely better at pedalling a bike fast than the normal folk.

Besides possessing arguably the best cycling genes of anyone ever, Taylor Phinney doesn’t let ‘work’ stop reminding him of the real reasons why he gets on a bike every day, and how things that may seem important really aren’t in the grand scheme.