American road bicycle racer

Tom Zirbel (born October 30, 1978) is an American former road bicycle racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2016 for the Bissell, Jamis–Sutter Home and Rally Cycling teams.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Major results
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Career

Born in Clear Lake, Iowa, Zirbel rode for Priority Health from 2006 to 2009. He came fourth in the UCI Road World Championships time trial in September 2009, and had signed to join UCI ProTour team Garmin–Transitions the following season.

In December 2009, a urine test taken at the United States National Time Trial Championships the previous August, in which Zirbel came second, tested positive for dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). Zirbel denied having taken the substance knowingly, but he nevertheless voluntarily accepted a two-year suspension, and immediately announced his retirement. His suspension was reduced in March 2011 to 18 months, which had already been served, in recognition of *istance given to the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). He suggested that, despite earlier comments about retiring, he would seek to resume his racing career. He maintains that he ingested the banned product inadvertently.

In 2011, Zirbel rode for Jamis–Sutter Home. On May 28, 2011, he placed 2nd in the United States National Time Trial Championships, behind David Zabriskie. He joined Optum–Kelly Benefit Strategies for the 2012 season. In an interview with cyclingnews.com in early 2016, Zirbel confirmed that the upcoming season would be his last as a professional cyclist before retiring. In September of that year, he set a new American national hour record in Aguascalientes, Mexico, completing 53.037 kilometres (32.956 miles) to break the 1997 record of 51.505 kilometres (32.004 miles) set by Norman Alvis.

Major results

2007Tour of Southland1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 910th Tour de Leelanau20081st Stage 3 Tour of the Gila1st Stage 5 Tour of Utah2nd Time trial, National Road Championships3rd Overall Tour of Elk Grove1st Prologue8th Overall Cascade Cycling Cl*ic20092nd Time trial, National Road Championships2nd Overall Redlands Bicycle Cl*ic2nd Overall Nature Valley Grand Prix1st Stage 1 (ITT)4th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships4th Overall Tour of Missouri20112nd Time trial, National Road Championships3rd Univest Grand Prix20122nd Overall Vuelta del Uruguay5th Chrono Champenois6th Overall Tour of Elk Grove1st Stage 1 (ITT)7th Duo Normand (with Scott Zwizanski)20131st Time trial, National Road Championships1st Stage 4 Volta ao Alentejo9th Overall Tour of the Gila1st Stage 3 (ITT)20142nd Time trial, National Road Championships20151st Stage 3 (ITT) Tour of the Gila20161st Stage 3 (ITT) Tour of the Gila2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

References

External links

• Team Profile
• Tom Zirbel at Cycling Archives
• Tom Zirbel at ProCyclingStats
• Tom Zirbel at Cycling Quotient