David Zabriskie: Rider Profile

David Zabriskie, Tour de France 2009, stage 19

DAVID ZABRISKIE
Date of Birth: 12/01/1979
From: Salt Lake City
Team: Garmin-Cervelo
Previous teams: Team CSC (2005-2007); US Postal (2001-2004); 7UP/Colorado cyclists (1999-2000)

Career profile
David Zabriskie has won stages in all three Grand Tours and won the US National Time Trial Championship six times. In 2005, he became the third American to wear the leader's jersey at the Tour de France.

Making his professional debut in 1999, Zabriskie's early career was plagued with injury as a member of the US Postal team.  In 2004 he returned to form winning the Elite US National Time Trial Championships emphatically.

Despite success on the international cycling scene Zabriskie did not receive much attention in his native USA. This all changed at the 2005 Tour de France when he won the stage one time trial, beating Lance Armstrong by two seconds and setting the record for the fastest time trial in the Tour de France, clocking an average speed of 54.676 km/h. Zabriskie describes this as one of his proudest racing moments.

Zabriskie was honoured in the American state of Utah by the declaration of "Dave Zabriskie Day" by the mayor of Salt Lake City. In 2008 he was selected to ride both the road race and time trial for the US Olympic team in Beijing.

Race results
2011
Tour de Romandie; stage four ITT
Tour of California; stage six ITT
National time trial championships

2010
Tour of California; stage three

2009
Tour of Missouri; stage five
Tour of Missouri; overall
National time trial championships

2008
Giro d'Italia, team time trial
Tour de Georgia, team time trial
National time trial championships

2007
National time trial championships

2006
Dauphine Libere, prologue
Dauphine Libere, stage three
National time trial championships

2005
Tour de France, Prologue
Giro d'Italia, stage eight

2004
Vuelta a Espana, stage 11
National time trial championships

2002
Sea Otter Classic, stage one

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