Interview: Tom Zirbel, Bissell Pro Cycling

by lyne on Sep 18, 2008 11:57 PM EDT

The 2008 road season is coming to a close, and with it, comes time of looking back and thinking about the future. I caught up with 6′ 4″, 194-pound Tom Zirbel of the Bissell Pro Cycling Team on the eve of the Tour of Missouri where we chatted about his season and his wish to go "race the best and biggest races" in Europe.

via lynelamoureux.com

Returning from an almost aborted 2007 season due to a blood clot, his third season as a professional started off strong for the 29-year old rider nicknamed Thor (or as I prefer Zirbelicious). In May, he was leading the Tour of the Gila when he crashed and broke his collarbone amongst other injuries and had to take a break to recover. The time trial specialist came back to win the Tour of Elk Grove prologue, the Tour of Utah time trial and he topped it off with a second place finish, just 5 seconds behind winner David Zabriskie (Garmin-Chipotle) in the US Pro Time Trial Championship.

"I just want to try it, I want to race the best and biggest races in the world and see how I stack up." said Tom about racing in Europe.

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What the feck ...

… is that on his lip?

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Sep 19, 2008 11:16 AM EDT reply actions

A Pozzatto

by australopithecine on Sep 19, 2008 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions

ROFL

by lyne on Sep 19, 2008 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions

so well-played

lol :-)

by Jen See on Sep 19, 2008 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions

On being courted by other teams

I guess courted would be a good way to say it. Just keeping the options open because of the Europe thing, if I race domestically it will be with Bissell.

Too soon to start the Cervélo talking to Zirbel rumour?

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Sep 19, 2008 11:23 AM EDT reply actions

lol

only if you don’t fear the wrath ;-)

together with rollin, it would be another good signing for both sides.

by Jen See on Sep 19, 2008 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions

blood clots and broken bones

you know, this guy could be just what the american peloton really needs … the new tyler hamilton

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Sep 19, 2008 5:59 PM EDT reply actions