Brooke Miller (born March 21, 1976) is an American former professional

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and U.S. national team member. In 2008, she won both the women's criterium and road race national championships.

Biography

Brooke Miller was born in

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. She did not start to cycle until she was in graduate school, having been an elite

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player at the University of California at Berkeley. It was not until Miller was invited to attend the

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Women’s Talent ID camp in 2005, that she learned that women peak older than men, and she then started to take cycling seriously. Miller became a member of the US National Team in 2007, and competed in

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, coming second in the first stage and winning the third stage of the Tour de l'Ardèche in

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. She also came third in the third stage of the

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. She graduated with a PhD in

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from the

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in spring 2007, and began racing full-time in 2008, although she does work as a

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in her spare time. Following her successful racing season in 2007, Miller continued to ride for

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in 2008, and is also the team's Marketing Director, managing "sponsor relations and strategic development, establishing and strengthening growth-oriented industry partnerships." She is the 2008 United States National Road Race and Criterium Champion. Miller won the first women's criterium to be held alongside the men's Tour of California, the race was sponsored by the Redwood Regional Breast Center. She also competed in the Tour de l'Aude and the Tour of New Zealand. Miller's ultimate goal was an Olympic gold medal, she had dreamed of this since she was a child. She began chasing her dream in volleyball before switching to cycling. However, she retired from the sport in August 2010 following the Chris Thater Memorial Classic, the official end of the women's NRC calendar. Miller cited difficulty living away from home in Europe and not wanting to make the sacrifices necessary to secure her spot on the 2012 Olympic team as the main reasons behind her retirement.

Major results

;2006 :1st Stage 2, Nature Valley Grand Prix, Cannon Falls :1st Stage 5,

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, Martinsburg ;2007 :1st Martinez :1st Santa Clarita :2nd Stage 1, Central Valley Classic :2nd Indio Grand Prix :1st Stage 2, Nature Valley Grand Prix, Cannon Falls :3rd Stage 4, Nature Valley Grand Prix, Minneapolis :3rd Stage 6, Holland Ladies Tour, Denekamp (NED) :2nd Stage 1, Tour de l'Ardèche (FRA) :1st Stage 3, Tour de l'Ardèche, Cruas (FRA) ;2008 :1st

United States National Road Race Championships The United States National Professional Road Race Championships began in 1985. They are run by the governing body, USA Cycling. Until 2006 the race was open to all nationalities, the first American to finish being named the winner and given a di ...

:1st

United States National Criterium Championships The United States National Criterium Championships are held annually and run by the national governing body, USA Cycling. The event has formerly been held at venues including Denver, Colorado, Downers Grove, Illinois, and Glencoe, Illinois. The 201 ...

:1st Tour of California Women's Criterium, Santa Rosa :2nd Central Valley Classic, Fresno :2nd Stage 5, Le Tour du Grand Montréal, Mont-Saint-Hilaire (CAN) :2nd Liberty Classic :3rd Stage 1, Nature Valley Grand Prix, St. Paul Lowertown :1st Stage 4, Nature Valley Grand Prix, Minneapolis :1st Manhattan Beach GP :1st Davis :3rd Stage 2, Cascade Classic, Three Creeks Snow Park :1st Stage 4, Cascade Classic, Oregon :3rd Chicago :2nd Bank of America Invitational :1st Hanes Park Classic ;2010 :1st

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Brooke 1976 births Living people American female cyclists Sportspeople from Huntington Beach, California 21st-century American sportswomen