Brent Bookwalter
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Bookwalter at the 2013 Critérium du Dauphiné
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| Personal information | |
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| Born | February 16, 1984 Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States |
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| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | BMC Racing Team |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time trialist/ Domestique |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2005–2006 | Advantage Benefits–Endeavour |
| 2007 | USA Cycling National Development Team |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2008– | BMC Racing Team |
| Infobox last updated on January 4, 2015 |
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Brent Bookwalter (born February 16, 1984[1] in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States) is an American professional cyclist riding for the BMC Racing Team.[2]
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Career
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 multiple individual national titles in Mountain Bike, Road and Cyclo-Cross disciplines. He graduated from Lees-McRae in 2006 with a BS in Biology.
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.[3]
He has competed at (amongst others) the 2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège[4] and the 2009 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. He also competed at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships in the Men's Road Race.
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.[5] 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. He won the second stage of the 2015 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, a mountaintop finish, to claim the yellow jersey [6] which he would wear for two days before ultimately finishing second overall to teammate Rohan Dennis.
Palmares
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- 2009
- 1st Prologue Tour of Utah
- 2010
- 1st Fall Tour Invitational
- 2012
- 3rd National Time Trial Championships
- 2013
- 2nd Overall Tour of Qatar
- 1st Stages 1 & 2 (TTT)
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 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
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro |
95 | — | — | — | 68 | 66 |
 Tour |
147 | 114 | — | 91 | — | — |
 Vuelta |
— | — | 78 | — | — |
WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP
References
- ↑ BMC Racing Team Profile, BMC Racing Team
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- ↑ 2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège standings, Liège–Bastogne–Liège website.
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Brent Bookwalter profile at ProCyclingStatsLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Brent Bookwalter at Cycling ArchivesLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Official website
- Interview with Brent Bookwalter
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- Official website not in Wikidata
- American male cyclists
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Lees–McRae College alumni
- Giro d'Italia cyclists
- Tour de France cyclists
- Vuelta a España cyclists
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