1. David Zabriskie was born on January 12,1979 and is a retired professional road bicycle racer from the United States, who competed as a professional between 1999 and 2013.
14 Facts About David Zabriskie
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Later that day, David Zabriskie confirmed 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.
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David 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.
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David Zabriskie seriously injured his left leg and wrist in 2003 while descending Mill Creek Canyon near Salt Lake City when a vehicle pulled into his lane and collided with him.
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David Zabriskie wore the leader's 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.
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On September 1,2007, David Zabriskie won the US National Time Trial Championship for the third time.
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David Zabriskie finished The Cliffs South Carolina 18.7 mile course in 39 minutes, 34 seconds which was just one second ahead of second-place finisher Danny Pate.
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David 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.
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Later that year, David Zabriskie placed 12th at 1:05:17.82 in the men's time trial at the Beijing Olympics, 3:06 behind race winner Fabian Cancellara.
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David Zabriskie won stage 6, the Individual Time Trial in the Tour of California.
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Thor stayed in the yellow jersey until stage 9, the stage David Zabriskie seriously injured his wrist in a crash during a descent that caused the withdrawal of Alexander Vinokourov, Jurgen van den Broeck and Frederik Willems.
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In 2005, David Zabriskie married Randi Reich, a 2005 University of California at Berkeley alumna.
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David Zabriskie confirmed at the end of the 2010 cycling season that he is following a vegan based diet, albeit with the addition of salmon.
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At the beginning of the 2013 Giro di Lombardia David Zabriskie announced his retirement after 13 years as a professional cyclist.