Source : 2011 USA Cycling Pro Time Trial Championships
2011 USA Cycling Pro Time Trial Championships Dave Zabriskie Rocks the Clock to Claim 6th Gold Medal and Stars & Stripes Jersey
An on form Dave Zabriskie (Garmin-Cervélo) claimed his sixth national time trial championship today at the in Greenville, South Carolina at the 2011 Greenville Hospital Systems -USA Cycling Professional Time Trial Championships.
Zabriskie who recently won the Tour of California Solvang time trial, setting a new course record, smoked the 30.7-mile rolling course in a time of 40:23.47 averaging over 30 miles per hour.
Zabriskie was only a spare 5 seconds off the mark he set on the course in 2009 (39:37.14).
In a case of deja vu, Tom Zirbel, the 2009 silver medalist to Zabriskie, posted a 40:54.79 to take his second silver medal. The Jamis-Sutter Home rider rode a blazing fast ITT finishing only 30 seconds off the winning pace.
“I came here for one reason, to win and take that jersey back and I accomplished that,” said Zabriskie, a two-time world championship medalist in the discipline. “I really love this event and wearing the Stars-and-Stripes – I take a lot of pride in that.”
“It’s definitely an emotional day for me,” explained Zirbel. “Before the race I was pretty focused but I didn’t really know what to expect because I didn’t have a time trial (due to mechanical difficulties) in California (AMGEN Tour of California). Now that I have a chance to reflect I’m getting a bit choked up.”
Moving up from fifth last year, Matthew Busche (Las Cruces, N.M./Team RadioShack) rounded out the podium, edging Brent Bookwalter (Athens, Ga./BMC Racing) by approximately a tenth of a second for the bronze with a time of 41:22.06.
“Coming in, I really had no expectations; I was honestly focused on the road race.” said Busche. “Coming out of California I knew I had pretty good form, but I knew Dave was riding like lightning and guys like Brent (Bookwalter) and Tejay (VanGarderen) are tough.”
Zabriskie looked to be in strong form posting a course record opening lap time of 13:10, putting him comfortably in the lead with only defending champion, Taylor Phinney (Boulder, Colo./BMC Racing) remaining. Also coming off the tough Tour the young Phinney couldn’t match those times posting only the sixth best opening lap at 13:45.
“Last year, when I found out I was going to miss (this event), I took that kinda personally,” said Zabriskie at the post-race press conference. “When I saw Taylor (Phinney) in the jersey, I was kinda, grrr, but he represented it well. It feels good to have it back.”
Following Bookwalter’s podium near-miss, reigning USA Cycling Professional Road Race National Champion Ben King (North Garden, Va./Team RadioShack) finished fifth with a time of 41:42. Former time trial junior world champion Danny Pate (Colorado Springs, Colo./HTC-Highroad) turned in the sixth best time at 42:00, just ahead of Phinney in seventh (42:13).
Zabriskie who recently won the Tour of California Solvang time trial, setting a new course record, smoked the 30.7-mile rolling course in a time of 40:23.47 averaging over 30 miles per hour.
Zabriskie was only a spare 5 seconds off the mark he set on the course in 2009 (39:37.14).
In a case of deja vu, Tom Zirbel, the 2009 silver medalist to Zabriskie, posted a 40:54.79 to take his second silver medal. The Jamis-Sutter Home rider rode a blazing fast ITT finishing only 30 seconds off the winning pace.
“I came here for one reason, to win and take that jersey back and I accomplished that,” said Zabriskie, a two-time world championship medalist in the discipline. “I really love this event and wearing the Stars-and-Stripes – I take a lot of pride in that.”
“It’s definitely an emotional day for me,” explained Zirbel. “Before the race I was pretty focused but I didn’t really know what to expect because I didn’t have a time trial (due to mechanical difficulties) in California (AMGEN Tour of California). Now that I have a chance to reflect I’m getting a bit choked up.”
Moving up from fifth last year, Matthew Busche (Las Cruces, N.M./Team RadioShack) rounded out the podium, edging Brent Bookwalter (Athens, Ga./BMC Racing) by approximately a tenth of a second for the bronze with a time of 41:22.06.
“Coming in, I really had no expectations; I was honestly focused on the road race.” said Busche. “Coming out of California I knew I had pretty good form, but I knew Dave was riding like lightning and guys like Brent (Bookwalter) and Tejay (VanGarderen) are tough.”
Zabriskie looked to be in strong form posting a course record opening lap time of 13:10, putting him comfortably in the lead with only defending champion, Taylor Phinney (Boulder, Colo./BMC Racing) remaining. Also coming off the tough Tour the young Phinney couldn’t match those times posting only the sixth best opening lap at 13:45.
“Last year, when I found out I was going to miss (this event), I took that kinda personally,” said Zabriskie at the post-race press conference. “When I saw Taylor (Phinney) in the jersey, I was kinda, grrr, but he represented it well. It feels good to have it back.”
Following Bookwalter’s podium near-miss, reigning USA Cycling Professional Road Race National Champion Ben King (North Garden, Va./Team RadioShack) finished fifth with a time of 41:42. Former time trial junior world champion Danny Pate (Colorado Springs, Colo./HTC-Highroad) turned in the sixth best time at 42:00, just ahead of Phinney in seventh (42:13).
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