The overwhelming outpouring of support from cycling fans all over the world has been an enormous help to myself and my family…

Cycling was a refuge for me. Long, hard training rides were cathartic and provided an escape from the difficult home life associated with a parent with an addiction…

Check out the article on VeloNews about today’s Team Time Trial!

Dave Z rides through France this month sporting his favorite race number, 69. Celebrate the Tour DZ style with a new limited edition T-shirt design commemorating his good fortune and your good taste!

I’ve found that my body responds well to the dry heat of the sauna. The therapeutic results are quite extraordinary. I’m sometimes in the sauna for inordinate periods of time.

On Sunday I stood backstage at the conclusion of the Amgen Tour of California secretly hoping for the battle to continue…

A few photos from the final stage at the Tour of California.

A few photos from the 2012 Tour of California – Time Trial victory!

After a Sunday at home it was time to hit the road again. The flight was out of Girona which made things pretty easy. I had to wear the sunglasses on the Ryan air flight though, as their plane interiors are such a bright yellow. We got to our hotel in France…

The logistics to get to and from this race were way too complicated, so I wanted to help. I asked the team to rent me a van and I would drive myself, Kreder, Talansky, and Howes to the race…

After Langkawi I made my way back to Girona. I had been gone a long time, more than eight months. The family would be meeting up with me in 10 days…

First race of the year couldn’t have started out better than with a win in the opening Time Trial at the Tour of Langkawi. It was a fast course. I wanted to cut loose, go fast, so that’s what I did…

VeloNews has posted an interview with DZ after his TT win at the Tour of Langkawi.

The kids are into crafts and we’re encouraging their artwork. Maybe too much. A little graffiti on the house tends to add a not-so-subtle touch to the décor…

It’s hard to imagine a better way to bring in the new year than to be profiled in the current issue of Velo, the print version of Velonews.com. But there I am, posed and exposed in my alternate persona as a Super Hero…

Headed north up the California coast last month to celebrate the wedding of my buddy Tejay van Garderen. I was happy to see the young stud start a new chapter in his life…

DZ attended an event to introduce the 2012 Garmin-Cervelo WorldTour squad.

Need to know when to turn right? Left? Go straight? Let DZ tell you how…

I’ve always enjoyed the British publication ProCycling. They have some insightful writers, stellar photographers and celebrate the sport with passion and respect…

My month-long absence here hasn’t been intentional. Rumors of my possible abduction by aliens have been exaggerated. In truth I’ve simply been struggling with some of life’s essential questions. OK, maybe not essential, to you…

Where exactly am I? The last few weeks have been a dizzying blend of travel, training and racing…

They say life gives and life takes. In the great flow of things I hadn’t been back to Utah for over two years. Not by design, its just the way it’s worked out. I was excited to go home and see family and friends and do some racing…

It’s with mixed emotions that I flew from LA to Salt Lake City last night. Earlier in the year I’d been excited about the Tour of Utah, looking to show off some Tour de France form and bust it open a bit for the home town fans…

I appreciate you, the kind words of encouragement and support and all the well wishes I’ve received over the past few weeks. It’s been helpful…

So many miles from France and I still had a most spectacular day yesterday. I’m back home in Los Angeles to see the noted specialist, Dr. Ramin Modabber…

A big thanks for all the well wishes, messages, tweets, emails and postings of support and concern. It’s helpful with the healing process when you know that people care about you and are willing to openly express their empathy for you…

I arrived in Gois on Monday with the rest of the team in argyle style, that style being a private jet. It’s a luxury to fly this way and it happens rarely for us so when it does its hard not to be excited about it…

DZ gave an interview to ‘The Wall Street Journal’ about riding in the Tour de France as a Vegan.

First of all Congratulations to Wiggins. It was an extremely hard version of the Dauphine this year and he pulled out the big W…

After Nationals I flew straight out to Barcelona. I was traveling with the tools of my profession. I had 4 bikes with me. Moving those through an airport is no easy task even with the best of the luggage carts…

DZ was named ‘USA TODAY’s Olympic Athlete of the Week’!

My flight from LA was early last Thursday and my routing was through Atlanta. My plane was significantly delayed in Atlanta and I would not arrive into Greenville until…

Well the ATOC has come and gone. The lead-up to the race is anxious. The training methodical. And then, literally, in the blur of a week its over.

Check out some photos of the team celebrating after final stage at the Tour of California.

On a glorious day in southern California, the sun shined down on DZ and he shined back, winning the Time Trial stage of the 2011 Tour of California!

Dave gives his thoughts about the cancellation of Stage 1 to the Tour of California due to snow.

The wind is starting blow pretty hard, something is coming our way and I’m pretty sure it’s not Mary Poppins.

DZ recently gave an interview to 805 Living Magazine.

Yesterday was a hard day…the hardest in a very long time. The loss of a fellow cyclist is not easy to take and my mood is altered as a result…

When I was selected by the team for the Tour de Romandie my immediate thought was of the 2007 edition. That year was my first visit to the Swiss stage race…

I returned home from racing La Sarthe and was reviewing my race schedule. I had a bit more than two weeks until my next race at Romandie and a day with the family was on the immediate schedule…

A good week of racing it was. I needed it and enjoyed the competition. There were a few highlights for me from the stages that I’m happy to share with you…

I never make plans. When I saw that Roger Waters was going to be performing ‘The Wall’ at the Staples Center in Los Angeles I made plans…

Set my alarm for 4am and got in the taxi at 4:30. We’re heading over to David Millar’s house. We’re traveling together for the infamous Criterium International a three stage event typically held in France but this year hosted by the tiny Italian island of Corsica…

All done with Tirreno-Adriatico now.  It was really quite nice to be able to come and do the race. I had wanted to hook up with the guys since I missed a lot of the team camp in Girona…

Yesterday I received an email from the team that said, “if you go you, leave at 2:00″. Now I guess I too can be accused of sending out the occasionally cryptic email but this one was taking it to a new level…

Finally got to go race and the body was able to handle the load. My back is nearly right again and I’ve been feeling much better than I have in awhile. The Vuelta a Murcia is a good test for the body as it’s a shorter 3 day stage race…

The team asked me if I was ready for the Algarve race. My back was not completely healed and I was still in some pain. My family had been sick for two weeks and there wasn’t much I was going to be able to do for them…

Before I left the states I ordered the box set of Lost, the popular TV series. I never got to watch any of the shows when they were originally airing so I thought it would be a good series to get into while in Spain…

Well our Girona camp has come and gone but a few days before the camp even started something bad happened to me.  I woke up in the middle of the night with nasty stuff coming out of both ends…

For many years I’ve eyed the countless dirt roads here that shoot off the paved roadways and I’ve always wondered where they go. I’m an adventurer at heart so I brought over from the States a bike that is capable of any terrain…

Most of my time in Europe I have been content to just train and hang out in my apartment. I appreciate the simple life when my job is to train…

All done with Camp #1 in beautiful Calpe, Spain. There’s a short break and then there will be Camp #2 coming up in a week in Girona. That should be a fun one.

Took the big trip to Spain.  The flight was delayed from Los Angeles. First there was something wrong with the flaps on the wings and they were trying to fix this problem while we were on the plane…

Within hours I head to the airport after a fantastic off-season. I’m off to Spain to meet up with the team and the start of our campaign…

A few months ago I was doing a ride from Win’s Wheels here in Westlake Village. It was a celebration of sorts…

DZ won Mr. Universe’s ‘Tweet of the Week’ contest on universalsports.com!

The first get together of the newly merged Garmin Cervelo team is finished.  It took place in the Grand Cayman islands.

DZ: The off season is the time to try and get everything in my life in order so I don’t have to worry about as many things when the racing hits…

DZ recently did an interview with Peloton Magazine about his Vegan lifestyle and off season training.

Today I did the Mike Nosco Memorial ride that began in Thousand Oaks, CA.  The event was in memory of Mike but all the money raised is going to the young, Andreas Knickman…

Yes it’s true the racing season of 2010 has come to an end.  Off-season is now underway…

This hotel is getting pretty old at this point so we have to venture out.  Tonight the men’s team is going out for dinner in the small town of Tourqay where we are staying…

Tejay Van something is my roommate. We rode to a coffee shop down the coast today. They had meat pies and I made some Sweeny Todd references that they really didn’t understand…

Here’s a link to the announcement about DZ’s participation at the World Championships.

The road race before the the rest day turned out to be very hard. They called it the queen stage, which typically means it’s the hardest one of the race, on paper…

One thing I left out about yesterday’s update was that when I blew I hid in a driveway until the field passed. As a result some people never thought I got caught until everything was done…

Millar and I had a plan today to not waste energy going with all the attacks but to wait until all that business was over with and then simply roll off the front nice and easy as a two man attack…

Yesterday was super fast and we put our secret weapon, Tom Peterson, on the front to pull back the break for Tyler. Tom loves to get up there and put the hurt on people…

Today was the big trip up to Andorra.  It was a nice race day.  My favorite part of these tours is coming up to the mountains, the air so cool and clean, and I love the trees too. I’m a nature boy at heart…

Coming back to life a bit here at the Vuelta.  Something real bad happened to me a few days ago.  Not sure if I had a touch of the virus that Team Sky had or the heat just got the best of me…

Yesterday’s stage was one for the books.  It was the hottest bike race I have ever done.  I started the stage with a 1.5 liter Camelbak on my back full of ice water.  Shade was in short supply…

Last night we left the hotel at 8:45 pm to get a few laps on the course before our start. When we got there in the cars it was all barricaded off and we had to slice and dice the downtown…

The Tour of Spain starts tonight for me at 11:04 pm. That’s right, 11:04 pm. It’s a 13km TTT in Sevilla Spain. It seems a bit late to start a race that late but this is Spain…

Up close and personal with Frankenstein!

I raced the Brentwood GP on Sunday.  It was nice to blow out the legs and have some fun.  I got a few primes…

More fun at Sideshow Collectibles!

I went to the airport Monday morning, the day after the race. I was there about 4 hours before my flight was to leave, quite anxious to get home because my wife was super pregnant…

Yesterday was the last long road stage of the TDF. Long it was. I had to change the data screens on my Garmin because the km’s were passing by so slow…

Ok so only like one person is still mad about that attack a few days ago. And there were attacks today too. It is how bikes are raced…

Yesterday was a very hard stage. It started out on an uphill and everyone was very nervous in the neutral. I’m not sure if there was an agreement or not between the riders to go easy up the first climb.

Matt White keeps telling me to sniff around for breaks at the front. I guess my sense of smell was working today because I found myself in the break. At first it was a large group and then it looked like we were going to get caught so I gave it quite a bit of gas to get another gap…

DZ was named Versus rider of the day in stage 14!…

We’re closing in on Paris, only 11 stages left in this year’s TDF. Bad new yesterday as Robbie Hunter was in a crash and broke his arm…

Fun with the Predator!

Today is the first rest day of the TDF. I woke up expecting a nice plate of crispy hash browns but our chef forgot to make them…

Done 5 stages of the TDF now. Feels like a lot more than that. The field is pretty busted up we had a few bad days with a lot of crashes…

My last day before the start of the big Tour de France.  It was pure isolation for me after the Tour of Suisse.  I was alone in Spain and haven’t had that kind of time to myself in a long time…

All finished up with a wet Tour of Swiss. I don’t think I’ve done a race that wet since the Tour of Willamette up in Oregon years ago…

Woke up today to the nice sweet sound of pounding rain. It didn’t matter if your shoes didn’t dry overnight because they are going to get wet today anyway…

Today most people knew that the breakaway would make it to the finish…

The last two days have been pretty intense. The rain really strings out the field and makes everyone stressed…

Yesterday the stage finished with a steep grade that was almost 2km long, I believe. We got to see it before the final because we were doing a circuit…

Yesterday was the prolog. I got unlucky with the rain. The rain here has been on and off all day. Today was the same: rain on, rain off…

Leaving for the Tour of Switzerland in a few hours after a hectic week here in Girona. I haven’t been alone over here in a long time…

Sitting in my apartment in Spain with a little bit of jet-lag. My last few days in California were like every other day in California–awesome…

DZ reflects on his Stage win at the Tour of California in his USA Today Blog…

DZ took first place at today’s Stage 3 of the Amgen Tour of California!…

DZ is blogging for USA TODAY from the Amgen Tour of California!…

Today was the first stage of the Amgen TOC. It was very similar to the past California tours with an amazing amount of fans lining the road throughout the entire stage…

Left the house at 6:30 am for my ride today. I had to go early because I had to get back to hand off my bikes to the Jelly Belly team who agreed to drive them up to Nor-Cal for me…

Today was the first stage of the Gila. It’s not easy to breathe up here at altitude, but it’s super fun to be racing here…

Woke up super early for a 6:40 flight to Tucson for the Tour of the Gila. It was a good flight…

Finally, the wife and I got to see a movie together. We were invited to the Iron Man 2 Premiere in Hollywood…

Left the house for an early morning ride in an attempt to beat the rain that was scheduled for today…

Today I woke up still a little sleepy, but had to get into the lab for my UCI second quarterly test. It’s so much easier getting a blood test done in Europe than in the States…

All finished up with Volta Catalunya. It’s one of the oldest bike races in the world and one I especially like partaking in…

Woke up feeling good today and that’s good because I needed to do some Time Trial work…

Today I went out training and ran into Pete Stetina. I like this kid. But the roads here are wet, icy, and snowy and Pete slipped out on some ice and we parted ways soon after that…

All done with a two week training camp in Calpe, Spain. A lot of teams find Calpe to be a good place to come and train…

Got back up to Girona and took a few easy days. Hopped on the bike for the first real training ride since camp. I got an hour out of town…

The camp we had in Calpe was my first get together with the entire team of the year. It was a pretty intense, and a well put together camp…