Comments on: Zirbel waits, riding the wave of support

By: Name Abby

Name Abby — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:14:37 +0000

Brock said it all. Zirbs is one of my former teammates and a forever friend-he didn’t look like a distance runner either but he excelled at that sport too. Someone with the heart and drive such as Zirbel will excel at whatever they do; they also participate in sports such as running and cycling for the CHALLENGE of the process of continuous improvement. If you haven’t participated in a sport like this you wouldn’t understand. People like Zirbel don’t want the easy way to the top, they revel in the challenges and rising to the occasion. It pisses me off to watch as people seem to want to believe the negative and use the anonymous internet at as a way to spout their negativity. Its a problem in cycling and it is a problem with sports in general. There really are hard working, honest, athletes with integrity who are amazing examples to young athletes out there, but the sports community doesn’t recognize them when they see them. Zirbel is successful because he works his ass off and pushes himself more then anyone I have met, he was an inspiration to me as a teammate and continues to be a inspiration as a human being. If you don’t know him, don’t comment on his integrity. Because if you did know him, you would never question it. Suck a fat one doubters!!!

By: David

David — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:56:33 +0000

I hadn’t heard of Tom until the 2008 TOC.

His awesome solo in stage 7 — after which there was no positive test — proves the man has legs and heart. And kind of a goofy smile.

By: Brock

Brock — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:27:44 +0000

Anyone who can immediately proclaim, “Still guilty” has their head shoved up their @$$. Too many people simply see Tommy as an aberration who shouldn’t be successful because he doesn’t look like a biker. I’ll let you in on a little secret: This guy can outwork and withstand more pain than anyone I’ve ever met. If you can’t handle that thought and want to credit his success to performance enhancing drugs then that’s your business but keep it to yourself. Something like this just allows dirtbags like you to revel in someone else’s living hell. Meet the man and know where he stands; it’s awful easy to proclaim someone ‘guilty’ out of pure jealousy.

Trials of miles, Tommy, miles of trials.

By: Thursday Short Takes | Rant Your Head Off

Thursday Short Takes | Rant Your Head Off — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:45:37 +0000

[...] fateful meeting. (True story. And I still have the t-shirt.) Over at Podium Insight, Lyne posted a good interview with Zirbel. Will he eventually figure out what happened? Will the B sample confirm the initial findings? Hard [...]

By: jedi knights

jedi knights — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:37:21 +0000

give the guy a brake, i dont think he’s guilty of taking anything. he has always come across as a honest person and cyclist. comments like the first one is part of the problem with cycling, your obviously not truly passionate about the sport and want to see it progress. you just want to point your finger and bring positivity of the sport down insted of supporting someone and hoping for the best.
least Zirbel is not like the sh#t head ricco or basso or veno or, i can go on and on that just ignore what they did, sing to another team and act like nothing they did was wrong.
i wish you the best Zirbel, your one of my favorites and inspire me for my hopeful career in cycling.

By: Name Delilahdriver

Name Delilahdriver — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:18:39 +0000

Lyne–great interview. Thank you for helping to get Tom Zirbel’s story out there. It’s easy to see that you know what you are doing. I enjoy Podium Insight very much, and appreciate your hard work.

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uberVU - social comments — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:39:18 +0000

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Name (required) — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:54:17 +0000

Still guilty.