David Zabriskie Makes It Three Straight At USA Cycling Pro Time Trial Champion

For the third year in a row, David Zabriskie proved his talents as the American super hero of time trials by winning this year's US Pro individual time trial. This will mark his fourth title as US national time trial champion with his first win coming in 2004.

Zabriskie who rides on the outstanding Garmin-Chipotle Pro Cycling Team remains the only athlete to win a USA Cycling professional time trial championship after successfully defending his national title on Saturday, Aug. 30th, 2008 - his third straight since the event’s inception in 2006 and his fourth overall

The ride marked a huge comeback for David who had only competed in two races since his back injury during stage 2 of the Giro d’Italia before today’s ride.

Zabriskie edged runner-up Tom Zirbel (Boulder, Colo./Bissell) by just five seconds to maintain his monopoly on the stars-and-stripes jersey, completing the 33.4-kilometer course in 40 minutes, 39.40 seconds. Zabriskie’s Garmin-Chipotle teammate, Christian Vande Velde (Boulder, Colo.), took home the bronze medal, finishing 10 seconds off the pace.

Fresh off a 12th-place finish in the time trial at the Olympic Games in Beijing, Zabriskie once again illustrated his reputation as the fastest American in the individual race against the clock. Remarkably, his 2008 title comes only three months after fracturing a vertebrae in a crash at the Giro d’Italia last May.