Personal information | |
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Born | [1] Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | February 16, 1984
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type |
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Amateur teams | |
2005–2006 | Advantage Benefits–Endeavour |
2007 | USA Cycling National Development Team |
Professional teams | |
2008–2018 | BMC Racing Team |
2019–2021 | Mitchelton–Scott[2][3] |
Brent Bookwalter (born February 16, 1984) is an American former professional cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam Team BikeExchange.[4]
Career
Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, Bookwalter was a member of the Lees–McRae College (Banner Elk, NC) cycling team from 2003–2006. While a member they won 7 national titles as a team and Bookwalter won nine individual national titles in Mountain Bike, Road and Cyclo-Cross disciplines.[5] He graduated from Lees-McRae in 2006 with a BS in Biology. Bookwalter was crowned United States national under-23 time trial champion the following year. In 2009 he won the prologue in the Tour of Utah.[5]
He came to the attention of many cycling fans for the first time when he finished second behind Bradley Wiggins in the opening time trial at the 2010 Giro d'Italia.[6]
He has competed at (amongst others) the 2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège[7] and the 2009 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. He also competed at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships in the Men's Road Race. Across his career he competed in seven UCI world championships. In addition he was part of the BMC squad that helped deliver Cadel Evans to victory in the 2011 Tour de France.[5]
In 2013, Bookwalter won the first stage of the Tour of Qatar, which was marked by strong winds, creating breaks in the peloton. Bookwalter and two other riders escaped from the leading group with 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) to cover and successfully defended their lead, and Bookwalter outsprinted the pair. The chasers were on their heels as they crossed the line and were awarded the same time as him.[8] A team time trial victory in stage two allowed Bookwalter to keep the yellow jersey through stage three before ultimately finishing in second overall to Mark Cavendish. Bookwalter would go on to finish runner-up in the U.S. National Time Trial and Road Race that spring as well as runner-up to Rohan Dennis in the inaugural Tour of Alberta.
In 2015, Bookwalter captured his first classification title by winning the points classification at the Tour of Utah, where he also finished on the overall podium.[5] He won the second stage of the 2015 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, a mountaintop finish, to claim the yellow jersey[9] which he would wear for two days before ultimately finishing second overall to teammate Rohan Dennis. The following year he would take another podium finish on home soil in the Tour of California. That year he would also compete for Team USA at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the road race and time trial.[5]
Bookwalter joined Mitchelton–BikeExchange in 2019, where he took on the role of road captain, helping the team to stage victories in all three Grand Tours and taking a seventh place finish in the 2020 Strade Bianche. In June 2021 Bookwalter announced that he would retire from competition at the end of the season.[5]
Broadcasting career
In 2023, Bookwalter joined the team of broadcaster NBC for their coverage of the Tour de France, acting as a commentator,[10]
Major results
- 2005
- 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2006
- 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2008
- 7th Tour de Leelanau
- 2009
- 1st Prologue Tour of Utah
- 2010
- 1st Fall Tour Invitational
- 2011
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2012
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2013
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 2nd Overall Tour of Qatar
- 1st Stages 1 & 2 (TTT)
- 2nd Overall Tour of Alberta
- 2014
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro del Trentino
- 2015
- 2nd Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge
- 1st Stage 2
- 3rd Overall Tour of Utah
- 1st Sprints classification
- 4th Overall Tour of Austria
- 7th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 2016
- 3rd Overall Tour of California
- 8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 2017
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Volta a Catalunya
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 4th Overall Tour of California
- 4th Overall Tour de Yorkshire
- 5th Overall Tour of Utah
- 1st Stage 2
- 7th Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 7th Overall Colorado Classic
- 2018
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 4th Overall Tour of Utah
- 2019
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour
- 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 8th Overall CRO Race
- 2020
- 7th Strade Bianche
- 2021
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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Giro d'Italia | 95 | — | — | — | 68 | 66 | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
Tour de France | 147 | 114 | — | 91 | — | — | 117 | — | — | — | — |
Vuelta a España | — | — | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ↑ BMC Racing Team Profile, BMC Racing Team
- ↑ "Mitchelton-Scott finalise 25-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. November 15, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
- ↑ "Wins from January to October: Mitchelton-Scott men confirm roster and goals for 2020". Mitchelton–Scott. New Global Cycling Services. December 11, 2019. Archived from the original on January 2, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
- ↑ "GreenEDGE Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Brent Bookwalter to retire at end of 2021 season". VeloNews. June 17, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
- ↑ Andrew Hood (May 8, 2010). "Bookwalter beaming after runner-up ride". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
- ↑ 2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège standings, Liège–Bastogne–Liège website.
- ↑ Shane Stokes (February 3, 2013). "Bookwalter races to stage win and first leader's jersey in Tour of Qatar". VeloNation. Velo Nation LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
- ↑ Day, Ben (August 19, 2015). "USA Pro Challenge: The Day Report Stage 2". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
- ↑ Malach, Pat (June 15, 2023). "Brent Bookwalter is Joining NBC's Tour de France Broadcast". velo.outsideonline.com. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
External links
Media related to Brent Bookwalter at Wikimedia Commons
- Brent Bookwalter at UCI
- Brent Bookwalter at Cycling Archives
- Brent Bookwalter at ProCyclingStats
- Brent Bookwalter at Cycling Quotient
- Brent Bookwalter at CycleBase
- Brent Bookwalter at Olympedia
- Official website
- Interview with Brent Bookwalter