Boulder, based coach Neal Henderson is a very busy man and among his flock of athletes Cameron Dye, Bermuda’s Flora Duffy and Taylor Phinney. Slowtwitch.com was able to pin him down in between trips around the world to speak to him about Duffy.
Henderson commented, “It was also nice to have Flora Duffy make a successful transition into non-drafting racing and post the fastest run split of the event. She’s got a great pedigree in ITU racing (Silver Medal as a junior, two-time Olympian, winner of a Continental Cup & a World Cup, top 10 at Commonwealth Games, etc., and is also a very strong cyclist. She has competed in some pro cycling races, but is better at mass start racing (Road Racing & Criterium) than in time trialing. She had a bit of a disappointment in London due to a crash on the bike, and though she was ready to run like she did in LA, it just didn’t come together in London. I’m still trying to convince her to keep on the path to Rio in 2016. They say it often takes 3 Olympics to get it right.”
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