Trent Lowe (born 8 October 1984, in

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) is a professional

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from

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. He rode for on the UCI ProTour from 2008 to 2010. Lowe was one of only two Australians on the Slipstream Squad, the other being Chris 'CJ' Sutton who came from Cofidis in 2007. The former full-time professional mountain biker had a breakthrough year on the road in 2005 riding for the US domestic team, Jittery Joe's, where he caught eye of Discovery Channel sports manager

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. He was signed for Discovery Channel for his superior climbing abilities. In 2002 he won the UCI MTB World Junior XC Championship, then he won the under-23 Australian National Mountain Bike Championship in 2003 and 2004. Following two seasons of injury and chronic fatigue, the young climber signed with the new Australian team, Pegasus,Trent Lowe Interview
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UCI World Tour The UCI WorldTour (2009–2010: ''UCI World Ranking'') is the premier men's elite road cycling tour, sitting above the UCI ProSeries and various regional UCI Continental Circuits. It refers to both the tour of 38 events and, until 2019, an annual ...

license.

Major awards

;2000 : 1st MaillotAustralia

U-17 XC National Mountain Bike Champion ;2001 : 1st MaillotAustralia

U-19 XC National Mountain Bike Champion ;2002 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Junior World Mountain Bike XC Champion : 1st MaillotAustralia

U-19 XC National Mountain Bike Champion ;2003 : 1st MaillotAustralia

U-23 XC National Mountain Bike Champion ;2004 : 1st MaillotAustralia

U-23 XC National Mountain Bike Champion ;2005 : 1st Stage 3

Sea Otter Classic The Sea Otter Classic is a bicycling and outdoor sports festival and exposition held each spring since 1991 at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. The four-day event is considered the world's largest cycling festival, ...

: 2nd Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic ::1st Stage 1 : 11th Overall

Tour de Georgia The Tour de Georgia was a U.S. professional road cycling stage race across the state of Georgia. The race began in 2003 and was contested six times until 2008. It was one of the three events in North America ranked as Hors Classe (2.HC) stage rac ...

::1st

Young Rider Competition ;2006 : 6th Overall

Herald Sun Tour The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event. It is now held annually ...

::1st

U-23 Rider Competition : 15th Overall Volta ao Algarve ;2007 : 2nd Stage 2

Deutschland Tour The Deutschland Tour (English: ''Tour of Germany'' and sometimes ''Deutschland-Rundfahrt'' in German) is the most important multi-stage road bicycle race in Germany. Initially the race was held in May/June, but from 2005 until 2008 it was moved to ...

: 3rd Overall

::1st

U-23 Rider Competition ;2008 : 2nd Overall,

::1st Stage 4 TTT ::1st Jersey white

Young Rider Competition : 13th Overall

Critérium International The Critérium International was a two-day bicycle stage race held in France every spring from 1932 until 2016, typically the last weekend of March. It was formerly known as the Critérium National de la Route, first run in 1932. For many years ...

: 20th Overall

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlookin ...

::10th Prologue

References

External links

Cycling Australia profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lowe, Trent 1984 births Living people Australian male cyclists Cross-country mountain bikers Cyclists from Melbourne Sportsmen from Victoria (state)