End of Season Fun with Garmin's David Zabriskie at Paris-Tours

Zabriskie in his skin suit at Paris-Tours

I'll admit that for me, David Zabriskie's style of humor sometimes misses its mark with me, but this post by Zabriskie's teammate Christian Meier about his exploits at the recent Paris-Tours is straight up hilarious! I wish I could have been there to see it on TV live as it was happening.

Rarely do cycling fans see examples of the lighter side of cycling. Riders are usually so wrapped up in trying to get results that they usually don't have the time to clown around. However, with his recent third consecutive win at the US Pro time trial championship, Zabriskie can relax a bit and go have some fun. That he did it the way he did at Paris-Tours makes it even more funny.

Who else but Zabriskie would have the guts to kit up in his skinsuit for a road stage? Further, who would have the stones to tweak his bike set up just to make his teammates laugh? Zabriskie can come off as quirky and downright strange, but this exploit should be celebrated as one of the funniest moves by a cyclist in recent history.

Another part about the post by Meier that should be remembered is the description of Zabriskie's style of attack. Meier writes, "How the DZ attack works is you have to ride 1-2 kph faster than the pack until you have gotten a small and what seems an unthreatening gap, then you hit the afterburners. 'They are like animals(the pack), any sort of violent movements and they go crazy', [Zabriskie said -ed.]referring to the most common form of attacked used by cyclists, the hard fast acceleration." Again, absolutely side splitting to learn that Zabriskie regularly uses such an attack.

One thing I will always say about David Zabriskie: he is his own man. He does what he wants to do and makes no apologies for his behavior or antics. While he can be frustrating to have to interview, these types of actions do nothing but make me laugh. The icing on the cake would have been if he had managed to win the race in his get up. Maybe next time!