David Zabriskie

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David Zabriskie
David Zabriskie (cropped).jpg
Zabriskie at the 2006 Tour de Georgia
Personal information
Full name David Zabriskie
Nickname "The Green Hornet",[1]
DZ, DZNuts, Dizzy, Captain America, Zup
Born (1979-01-12) January 12, 1979 (age 34)
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 67 kg (150 lb; 10.6 st)
Team information
Current team Garmin-Sharp
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Time-Trialist
Professional team(s)
1999–2000
2001–2004
2005–2007
2008–		 7-UP/Colorado Cyclist
US Postal
Team CSC
Slipstream-Chipotle
Major wins
Tour de France, 1 Stage (TTT)
Giro d'Italia, 1 Stage
Tour of Missouri (2009)
U.S. National Time Trial Champion (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012)

Infobox last updated on
January 6, 2013

David Zabriskie (born January 12, 1979) is a professional road bicycle racer from the United States who rides for Garmin-Sharp.[2] His main strength is individual time trials and his career highlights include stage wins in all three Grand Tour stage races and winning the US National Time Trial Championship seven times. Zabriskie is known for his quirky nature, including singing before stages and the interviews he does with fellow riders in the professional peloton which are posted on his web site.

In 2005, he could have become the second or third American to wear the leader's jersey at the Tour de France, after three-time Tour winner Greg LeMond. However, later admissions of drug use during that time strip him of a racing record for that year.[3]

On October 10, 2012 it was announced by USADA that he would be suspended for six months for admissions of doping during his time with the US Postal Cycling Team.[4] Later that day a statement was released confirming his acceptance of a six-month ban from September 1, 2012 ending on March 1, 2013 along with a stripping of all race results between May 13, 2003 and July 31, 2006.[5]

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Biography [edit]

Zabriskie was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and graduated from Olympus High School in 1997, and made his professional debut with the Colorado Cyclist team in 1999. After displaying his talent for time trials by winning the US National Time Trial Championships (junior and under-23 age categories) and the Grand Prix des Nations (under-23 category), Zabriskie moved on to the US Postal team in 2001. Following a year plagued by crashes and injuries, he returned to form in 2004, winning the Elite US National Time Trial Championships. He also won stage 11 of the Vuelta a España in an astonishing 162 km solo breakaway, marking his first Grand Tour stage win—especially notable among his victories for not being a time trial. In the 2005 season Zabriskie switched to Team CSC, where he racked up another Grand Tour stage victory by winning the 8th stage of the 2005 Giro d'Italia.

Zabriskie at the 2007 Tour de France.

Despite success on the international cycling scene, Zabriskie did not receive much attention in his native United States until the 2005 Tour de France, when he won the stage 1 time trial—making him the first American to win stages in all three Grand Tours. Zabriskie beat Lance Armstrong by two seconds clocking an average speed of 54.676 km/h. He wore the leaders yellow jersey, until the team time trial on stage 4, where he crashed within the final two kilometres, a crash determined as a chain slip though Zabriskie himself did not know what had happened.[6] After the crash, Zabriskie suffered from his injuries and on stage 8, he arrived last, 51'12" after winner Pieter Weening. Zabriskie abandoned in the 9th stage (from Gérardmer to Mulhouse), after 11 km. Before Zabriskie had fully recovered from his crash in the Tour de France, a swinging glass door at a restaurant shattered on his hand, injuring him badly enough to end his 2005 season.[7] Back home from the Tour de France, Zabriskie was honored in the American state of Utah by the declaration of "Dave Zabriskie Day" by both Salt Lake County mayor Peter Corroon and Salt Lake City mayor Rocky Anderson.

Zabriskie's 2006 season started out well, with a strong 2nd place finish in the February stage race Amgen Tour of California, 29 seconds after the winner, countryman Floyd Landis. He was initially placed 3rd in the April stage race Ford Tour de Georgia, but as he lost time to the favourite riders on the Brasstown Bald mountain stage, he finished 6th place overall. Dave Zabriskie won two time trials in the Dauphiné Libéré in May, beating Floyd Landis in the prologue by two seconds, and winning Stage 3 by 53 seconds, again ahead of Landis, further proving Zabriskie's outstanding time trialing skills. Following several mountain stages, including a ride up the Mont Ventoux, Zabriskie finished the race in 32nd place, behind winner Levi Leipheimer.

Upon completing the 2006 Tour de France in 74th place, Zabriskie became the second American behind Christian Vande Velde to finish all three Grand Tours.

2007 [edit]

On September 1, 2007, Zabriskie won the US National Time Trial Championship for the third time. He finished The Cliffs South Carolina 18.7 mile course in 39 minutes, 34 seconds (28.4 miles/hour average speed) which was just one second ahead of second place finisher Danny Pate.

2008 [edit]

After helping his team win the Giro d'Italia first stage team time trial, Zabriskie crashed on May 11, 2008, in the second stage with several riders and had to abandon the race due to a fractured first vertebrae. Zabriskie was selected as one of the five riders for the US Olympic road race team and one of the two for the time trial.

Zabriskie placed 12th at 1:05:17.82, sans moustache, in the men's time trial at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, 3:06 behind race winner Fabian Cancellara.

2011 [edit]

Zabriskie won stage 6, the Individual Time Trial in the Tour of California. Zabriskie was also key to Garmin-Cervélo's successes in the 2011 Tour de France. Garmin-Cervélo win in the second stage team time trial propelled team leader Thor Hushovd into the yellow jersey. Thor stayed in the yellow jersey until stage 9, the stage Zabriskie seriously injured his wrist in a crash during a descent that also caused the withdrawal of Alexandre Vinokourov, Jurgen van den Broeck and Frederik Willems.

Personal life [edit]

In 2005, Zabriskie married Randi Reich, a 2005 University of California at Berkeley alumna. In February 2009, thieves entered Zabriskie's home while he was away competing in the Tour of California and stole thousands of dollars worth of racing equipment and Olympic memorabilia[8] and his Marvel Action Figure collection.[9] Three men were charged in connection with the burglary.[10] David Zabriskie confirmed at the end of the 2010 cycling season that he is following a vegan diet,[11] albeit with the addition of salmon.[12]

Results [edit]

2000
1st MaillotUSA.PNG U-23 National Time Trial Championships
2002
1st Stage 1 Sea Otter Classic
2006
2nd Silver medal blank.svg World Time Trial Championships
2007
1st MaillotUSA.PNG USPRO National Time Trial Championship
1st Eindhoven Team Time Trial
5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
2008
1st MaillotUSA.PNG USPRO National Time Trial Championship
1st Stage 1 TTT Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 4 TTT Tour de Georgia
1st Stage 1 Tour of the Bahamas
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg UCI Road World Championships Time Trial
2009
Champion 2009 USA Cycling Professional Tour
1st MaillotUSA.PNG USPRO National Time Trial Championship
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of Missouri
1st Stage 5 ITT
2nd Overall Tour of California
3rd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
2010
2nd Overall Tour of California
1st Stage 3
2011
1st MaillotUSA.PNG USPRO National Time Trial Championship
1st Stage 4 ITT Tour of Romandie
1st Stage 6 ITT Tour of California
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Tour de France
2012
1st MaillotUSA.PNG USPRO National Time Trial Championship
1st Stage 1 ITT Tour de Langkawi
1st Stage 2 TTT Tour of Utah
2nd Overall Tour of California
1st Stage 5 ITT

Grand Tour General Classification results timeline [edit]

Grand Tour 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Pink jersey Giro - - - 104 - 58 - 152 - - - -
Yellow jersey Tour - - - WD 74 WD - 77 101 WD 100 ?
red jersey Vuelta 120 - WD - - - - - WD - - ?

WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP; Voided results = struck through.

Footnotes [edit]

  1. ^ Christian Vande Velde, Vande Velde's View: My ability to discern..., VeloNews, July 9, 2006
  2. ^ "Team Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda Unveils 2013 Roster". Garmin-Sharp (Boulder, Colorado: Slipstream Sports LLC). December 28, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2013. 
  3. ^ Rhiannon Potkey, Cyclist Zabriskie pedals to the beat of a different drummer, Active, February 21, 2006
  4. ^ Benson, Daniel (October 10, 2012). "Six former Armstrong USPS teammates receive bans from USADA". cyclingnews. Retrieved 17 May 2013. 
  5. ^ a b http://d3epuodzu3wuis.cloudfront.net/Acceptance+of+Sanction.+Zabriskie.executed.pdf%7C David Zabriskie acceptance of sanction
  6. ^ Shane Stokes, DZ's back for more, CyclingNews, February 20, 2006
  7. ^ PezCycling News – What's Cool In Pro Cycling
  8. ^ Olympic Momentos, Bikes Stolen from Racer NY Times, February 24, 2009
  9. ^ Marvel statues stolen from David Zabriskie's home
  10. ^ Charges Filed in Burglary of Cyclist's Home SI.com, March 13, 2009
  11. ^ http://davezabriskie.com/?p=323
  12. ^ Albergotti, Reed (June 29, 2011). "Riding the Tour De Vegetable: David Zabriskie Plans to Race in France on (Almost) Vegan Diet - WSJ.com". The Wall Street Journal (New York: Dow Jones). ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved July 2, 2011. 

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Chris Baldwin		 USA National Time Trial Champion
2004		 Succeeded by
Chris Baldwin
Preceded by
Chris Baldwin		 USA National Time Trial Champion
2006–2009		 Succeeded by
Taylor Phinney
Preceded by
Taylor Phinney		 USA National Time Trial Champion
2011–2012		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Riders on Garmin-Sharp
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