Dave Zabriskie

Personal information
Full name	David Zabriskie
Nickname	"The Green Hornet",[1] DZ, Dizzy
Date of birth	January 12, 1979 (1979-01-12) (age 28)
Country	United States
Height	1.83 m
Weight	67 kg
Team information
Current team	Team CSC
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time trialist
Professional team(s)
1999-2000 2001-2004 2005-	7-UP/Colorado Cyclist US Postal Team CSC
Major wins
1 stage, Tour de France 1 stage, Giro d'Italia 1 stage, Vuelta a España  United States National Time Trial Champion (2004 and 2006)
Infobox last updated on:
March 4, 2007

David Zabriskie (born January 12, 1979 in Salt Lake City) is a professional road bicycle racer from the United States who rides for Team CSC. His main strength is individual time trials and his career highlights include stage wins in all three Grand Tour stage races, as well as the US National Time Trial Championship. 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 homepage. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 532 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 681 pixel, file size: 238 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) (All user names refer to en. ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. ... Road bicycle racing is a popular bicycle racing sport held on the road (following the geography of the area), using racing bicycles. ... Riders from Team CSC in Danmark Rundt, August 2006. ... An Individual Time Trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: contre la montre - literally against the watch). There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials (TTT). ... A stage in road bicycle racing is a part of a multi-day event, such as the Tour de France or the Giro dItalia. ... In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour refers to one of the three major European professional cycling stage races: Tour de France - Tour of France Giro dItalia - Tour of Italy Vuelta a España - Tour of Spain Collectively they are termed the Grand Tours, and all three are similar... The peloton (from French, literally meaning ball and related to the English word platoon), bunch or pack is the large main group in a road bicycle race. ...

He became the third American ever to wear the leader's jersey at the 2005 Tour de France, after the three-time Tour winner Greg Lemond, and seven-time winner Lance Armstrong. George Hincapie and Floyd Landis became the fourth and fifth Americans in 2006. He is considered by some to be the heir-apparent to Armstrong as the greatest American cyclist.^[2] For a list of Tour de France winners, see Detailed list of Tour de France winners. ... Gregory James Greg LeMond (born June 26, 1961 in Lakewood, California) is a former professional road bicycle racer from the United States and a three time winner of the Tour de France. ... Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. ... George Hincapie (born June 28, 1973 in Queens, New York City) is an American professional road bicycle racer residing in Greenville, South Carolina. ... Floyd Landis (born October 14, 1975) is an American cyclist. ...

Biography

Zabriskie at the 2006 Tour de Georgia.

Zabriskie 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 Service cycling 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 Danish Team CSC, where he racked up another Grand Tour stage victory by winning the 8th stage of the 2005 Giro d'Italia. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Tour de Georgia is a U.S. professional cycling stage race across the state of Georgia. ... The Grand Prix des Nations was an individual time trial (a race against the clock or contre la montre) for Europes leading professional racing cyclists. ... The US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team presented by Berry Floor operated from 1996 through 2004, and during its time fielded one of the biggest names in modern cycling: Lance Armstrong. ... The Vuelta a España bicycle race is one of the three Grand Tours of Europe and, after the Tour de France and the Giro dItalia, is the third most important road cycling stage race in the world. ... The 2005 ProTour was the first year of the newly-introduced UCI ProTour system, in which the ProTour teams are guaranteed, and obliged to, participate in the series of ProTour races. ... The 88th Giro dItalia was held in 2005 from May 7 to May 29, running for about 3500 kilometers. ...

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 and set the record for the fastest ever time trial in the Tour de France, clocking an average speed of 54.676 km/h. He wore the leader's jersey, the maillot jaune, until the team time trial on stage 4, where he crashed within the final two kilometres, a crash diagnosed as a chain slip though Zabriskie himself didn't know what had happened.^[3] 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. ^[4] 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 Carroon and Salt Lake City mayor Rocky Anderson. The 92nd Tour de France was held from July 2 to July 24, 2005. ... Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. ... Commercial version of maillot jaune, 2004 Maillot jaune (French for yellow jersey, pronounced my-oh zhohn) is the jersey worn by the current overall leader of many bicycle races, originally and most notably the Tour de France. ... A Team Time Trial (TTT) is a road-based bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). ... Pieter Weening (born April 1, 1981) is a road bicycle racer from Harkema, Friesland, the Netherlands. ... Official language(s) English Capital Salt Lake City Largest city Salt Lake City Area  Ranked 13th  - Total 84,889 sq mi (219,887 km²)  - Width 270 miles (435 km)  - Length 350 miles (565 km)  - % water 3. ... Salt Lake County is a county located in the state of Utah. ... Is the Democratic Mayor of Salt Lake County in Utah. ... The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Salt Lake Citys top tourist draw. ... Ross C. Rocky Anderson (born September 9, 1951) is the current mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah. ...

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, fellow 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. The Amgen Tour of California is a professional cycling stage race on the UCI America Tour and USA Cycling Professional Tour that made its debut on February 19, 2006. ... Floyd Landis (born October 14, 1975) is an American cyclist. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Brasstown Bald is the highest point in the state of USA, with a summit elevation of 4784 feet (1458 metres) above mean sea level. ... The Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré is an annual cycling road race, run over eight stages in the Dauphiné region in France during the first half of June. ... Mont Ventoux is a mountain in the Provence region of southern France, located some 20 km north-east of Carpentras, Vaucluse. ... Levi Leipheimer (born October 24, 1973 in Butte, Montana) is an American professional cyclist who rides with the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. ...

Upon completing the 2006 Tour de France in 74th place, Zabriskie became the second American behind Christian Vandevelde to finish all three Grand Tours. The 2006 Tour de France was the 93rd Tour de France, taking place from July 1 to July 23, 2006. ... Vandevelde in his Liberty Seguros outfit. ...

In 2005, David married Randi Zabriskie, formerly Randi Reich. Randi graduated with honors from the University of California at Berkeley in 2004.

Results

Zabriskie winning US time trial championship

David Zabriskie in the prologue of the 2006 Tour of California

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Quotes

• David Zabriskie (DZ) has conducted a number of flash-interviews in the peloton with various riders, displaying them on his website. They usually go down like the following interview of Alessandro Petacchi (AP):

DZ: Could I ask you a question?
AP: Yes.
DZ: Do you like Star Wars?
AP: Star Wars?
DZ: The movies.
AP: Yes.
DZ: Thank you.
Alessandro Petacchi is a professional road cyclist born on January 3, 1974 in La Spezia, Italy. ... Star Wars is an epic science fantasy saga and fictional universe created by George Lucas during the late 1970s. ...

• "Rock and Roll dude",^[5] comment on his stage 9 time trial win at the 2004 Giro d'Italia.

Footnotes

1. ^ Christian Vande Velde, Vande Velde's View: My ability to discern..., VeloNews, July 9, 2006
2. ^ Rhiannon Potkey, Cyclist Zabriskie pedals to the beat of a different drummer, Active, February 21, 2006
3. ^ Shane Stokes, DZ's back for more, CyclingNews, February 20, 2006
4. ^ http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=3403
5. ^ Anthony Tan, Rock and roll, dude: Dave Z enters the record books, CyclingNews, May 17, 2005

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External links

• Official Website
• Team CSC profile
• Zabriskie Podcasts