Erik Zabel: Cycling's iron man

Erik Zabel (Germany)

Erik Zabel (Germany) (Image credit: Andrea Hübner)

Erik Zabel is going into his 15th year as a professional cyclist, has nearly 200 career victories, with palmares better than most teams could offer, rides from the first race of the season to the last and fills in the off-season by riding (and of course winning) six-day races. Cyclingnews' Susan Westemeyer tracked him down to ask if there is anything he can't do.

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