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Tom Zirbel

Key Stats

Team: Bissell
Nationality: American
Born: October 30, 1978
Residence: Boulder, Colorado
Height: 6-foot-4
Weight: 195 pounds
Strengths: time trialing
Turned Pro: 2006
Hobbies: reading, hiking

Palmares

Career Highlights:

2008
1st, time trial stage, Tour of Utah
1st, time trial stage, Tour of the Gila
2nd, USPRO Time Trial Championships

2007
1st, stage 1, Tour of Southland
1st, stage 9, Tour of Southland
4th overall, Central Valley Classic
4th, U.S. time trial championship
5th, stage 96, Jayco Herald Sun Tour

2006
1st, stage 2, Cascade Classic
1st, stage 1, Tour de Nez
1st overall, Valley of the Sun

2005
4th, elite national time trial

Biography

Zirbel is a former runner who turned pro with the team in 2006. Despite being a relative newcomer to bike racing, he can time trial with some of the best in the country.