Phinney pips Dowsett in Tour de l'Avenir prologue

Taylor Phinney, Tour of Denmark 2010, stage one

They have spent the season as team-mates on the Trek-Livestrong squad but today they were fierce competitors.

Taylor Phinney, the American, pipped Britain's Alex Dowsett by six seconds to win the prologue of the Tour de l'Avenir – who translates as Tour of the Future. It's a week-long stage race for rider aged under 23.

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