Bart Bowen

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Bart Bowen
Personal information
Born (1967-04-22) April 22, 1967 (age 54)
Austin, Texas, U.S.
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1990Alpine - Colorado [1]
1991-1994 Subaru-Montgomery
1995-2000 Saturn Cycling Team
Major wins
United States National Road Race Championships (1992, 1997)

Bart Bowen (born April 22, 1967 in Austin, Texas) is an American former cyclist. Professional from 1990 to 2000, he was most notably the National Road Champion in 1992 and 1997. He also won the Herald Sun Tour in 1992 and the Tour of Japan in 1997. Bowen participated six times at the World Road Championships with the American team.

In the 1993 Tour DuPont he was the second to fall in a twenty-man crash. [2]

Today he trains other racers. [3]

Palmarès

1992

United States National Road Race Championships
Philadelphia International Championship
Herald Sun Tour
2nd overall, Japan Cup
3rd overall, Giro dell' Etna

1993

Cascade Cycling Classic
2nd overall, Redlands Bicycle Classic

1994

1st stage of the Tour of Willamette

1995

2nd stage of West Virginia Classic
2nd overall, Lancaster Classic
3rd overall, Cascade Cycling Classic

1996

14th and 17th stages of the Fresca Classic

1997

United States National Road Race Championships
Tour of Japan:
General classification
1st stage
Tour of the Gila
4th stage of the Cascade Cycling Classic

1998

4th and 6th stages of the Cascade Cycling Classic

1999

Fitchburg Longsjo Classic

2000

2nd of the United States National Cyclo-cross Championships

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References

  1. "Bart Bowen". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  2. Ron Reid. "Defending Champ Expects To Draw A Crowd This Year Bart Bowen Used Unusual Tactics To Win The U.s. Pro Race By 1:20. He Said The Competition Was Better Now.". The Philadelphia Inquirer , June 5, 1993.
  3. Jason Sumner. " Retired champion Bart Bowen turns to helping others win races". Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine VeloNews, December 8, 2012.