Brent Bookwalter (born February 16, 1984) is an American former professional cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam .

Career

Born in

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, United States, Bookwalter was a member of the

Lees–McRae College Lees–McRae College is a private college in Banner Elk, North Carolina, affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). Lees–McRae College sits in the Appalachian Mountains at above sea level, the highest elevation of any American college or un ...

(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. 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. 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 The 2010 Giro d'Italia was the 93rd edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race started off in Amsterdam on 8 May and stayed in the Netherlands for three stages, before leaving the country. The route included climbs ...

. He has competed at (amongst others) the

2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège The 2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège monument classic cycling race took place on April 25, 2010. This race was won by Alexander Vinokourov after slipping into a breakaway with Alexandr Kolobnev. Vinokourov attacked on the last hill with under 500m ...

and the

2009 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré The 2009 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 61st edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré stage race. It took place from 7 June to 14 June, and was part of both the 2009 UCI ProTour and the inaugural 2009 UCI ...

. He also competed at the

2009 UCI Road World Championships The 2009 UCI Road World Championships were held in Mendrisio, Switzerland, between September 23 and September 27, 2009. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23. Qualification Schedule Individual time ...

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

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to victory in the

2011 Tour de France The 2011 Tour de France was the 98th edition of the race. It started on 2 July at the Passage du Gois and ended on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 24 July. The cyclists competed in 21 stages over 23 days, covering a distance of . The route en ...

. 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 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. 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

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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. He won the second stage of the

2015 USA Pro Cycling Challenge The 2015 USA Pro Cycling Challenge was the fifth edition of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge stage race. Once again, the race was included on the UCI America Tour, with a UCI classification of 2.HC. The race took place between August 17–23, 2015 as ...

, a mountaintop finish, to claim the yellow jersey which he would wear for two days before ultimately finishing second overall to teammate

. 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 The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in the road race and time trial. Bookwalter joined in 2019, where he took on the role of

road captain A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation. There are many types of ...

, helping the team to stage victories in all three Grand Tours and taking a seventh place finish in the

2020 Strade Bianche The 14th edition of the Strade Bianche was held on 1 August 2020. Starting and finishing in Siena, Italy, it was the sixth event of the 2020 UCI World Tour. The race was originally scheduled for 7 March 2020 but was postponed to 1 August 2020 du ...

. In June 2021 Bookwalter announced that he would retire from competition at the end of the season.

Major results

;2005 : 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2006 : 1st MaillotUSA

Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2008 : 7th

Tour de Leelanau Tour de Leelanau was a USA Cycling road bicycle racing event held annually from 2005 to 2008 in Leelanau County, Michigan (near Traverse City). Starting in 2007, the men's event is sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and serves a ...

;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 The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino ( en, Tour of Trentino) until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...

;2015 : 2nd Overall

USA Pro Cycling Challenge The USA Pro Cycling Challenge, also known as USA Pro Challenge, was an annual multi-day professional road bicycle racing stage race that first took place in Colorado in 2011. Originally announced on August 4, 2010 by Colorado Governor Bill Ritter ...

::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Overall Tour of Utah ::1st Jersey white

Sprints classification : 4th Overall

Tour of Austria The Tour of Austria (german: Internationale Österreich Rundfahrt) is a stage cycling race held in Austria. From 1949 to 1995 it was a race for amateur cyclists, turning into a professional event in 1996. In 2005 and 2006 it was organised as a 2 ...

: 7th

Trofeo Laigueglia The Trofeo Laigueglia is an early season road bicycle race held annually in Liguria, Italy. From 2005 to 2014, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is held about ten days after the opening to the Italian season, the Gr ...

;2016 : 3rd Overall Tour of California : 8th Overall

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI P ...

;2017 : 1st Stage 2 ( TTT)

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of th ...

: 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships : 4th Overall Tour of California : 4th Overall Tour of Yorkshire : 5th Overall Tour of Utah ::1st Stage 2 : 7th Overall

Tour du Haut Var The Tour du Haut Var ( en, Tour of the Haut Var) is an early-season two-day road bicycle race in the Var department region in the south of France. Until 2008 it was run as a one-day race, part of the UCI Europe Tour. In 2009, the race transformed ...

: 7th Overall Colorado Classic ;2018 : 1st Stage 3 ( TTT)

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; en, Tour of the Valencian Community or Tour of Valencia) is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often ...

: 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 The Czech Cycling Tour is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in the Olomouc region in the Czech Republic. It was created in 2010 and was initially part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 2.2, but in 2015 moved up to 2.1 The Union Cycli ...

: 1st Stage 1b ( TTT)

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ( en, International Week of Coppi and Bartali), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle sport, cycle Road bicycle racing, road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in t ...

: 8th Overall CRO Race ;2020 : 7th Strade Bianche ;2021 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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Interview with Brent Bookwalter
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bookwalter, Brent American male cyclists 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Albuquerque, New Mexico Lees–McRae College alumni Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of the United States St. Christopher's School (Richmond, Virginia) alumni Cyclists from New Mexico