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My Take
David Zabriskie is a rider I find quietly fascinating. A time trial specialist from Salt Lake City, he raced from 1999 to 2013, won stages in all three Grand Tours, and took the US National Time Trial Championship seven times. The time trial is cycling's loneliest discipline, a solitary war against the clock and the wind with no wheel to follow, and excelling there demands a monk-like focus most of us could never sustain. That austere, self-punishing kind of greatness appeals to me far more than the chaos of a bunch sprint. He is a craftsman of pure, measured suffering, and I admire it.
Overview
David Zabriskie (born January 12, 1979) is a retired professional road bicycle racer from the United States, who competed as a professional between 1999 and 2013. 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- David Zabriskie
- Name (Japanese)
- デヴィッド・ザブリスキー
- Reading
- でゔぃっど・ざぶりすきー
- Born
- January 12, 1979 (age 47)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Goat
- Origin
- Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 183 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- sport cyclist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Olympus High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.