Brent Bookwalter

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Brent Bookwalter
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Bookwalter at the 2013 Critérium du Dauphiné
Personal information
Born (1984-02-16) February 16, 1984 (age 39) [1]
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Time trialist
  • Domestique
Amateur teams
2005–2006 Advantage Benefits–Endeavour
2007USA Cycling National Development Team
Professional teams
2008–2018 BMC Racing Team
2019–2021 Mitchelton–Scott [2] [3]

Brent Bookwalter (born February 16, 1984) is an American former professional cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam Team BikeExchange. [4]

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Career

Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 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 nine individual national titles in Mountain Bike, Road and Cyclo-Cross disciplines. [5] 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. [5]

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. [6]

He has competed at (amongst others) the 2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège [7] and the 2009 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. He also competed at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships 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 Cadel Evans to victory in the 2011 Tour de France. [5]

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. [8] 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, where he also finished on the overall podium. [5] He won the second stage of the 2015 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, a mountaintop finish, to claim the yellow jersey [9] which he would wear for two days before ultimately finishing second overall to teammate Rohan Dennis. 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 in the road race and time trial. [5]

Bookwalter joined Mitchelton–BikeExchange in 2019, where he took on the role of road captain, helping the team to stage victories in all three Grand Tours and taking a seventh place finish in the 2020 Strade Bianche. In June 2021 Bookwalter announced that he would retire from competition at the end of the season. [5]

Broadcasting career

In 2023, Bookwalter joined the team of broadcaster NBC for their coverage of the Tour de France, acting as a commentator, [10]

Major results

2005
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
2006
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
2008
7th Tour de Leelanau
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
2015
2nd Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge
1st Stage 2
3rd Overall Tour of Utah
1st Jersey white.svg Sprints classification
4th Overall Tour of Austria
7th Trofeo Laigueglia
2016
3rd Overall Tour of California
8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
2017
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Volta a Catalunya
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Overall Tour of California
4th Overall Tour de Yorkshire
5th Overall Tour of Utah
1st Stage 2
7th Overall Tour du Haut Var
7th Overall Colorado Classic
2018
1st Stage 3 (TTT) Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
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
1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
8th Overall CRO Race
2020
7th Strade Bianche
2021
2nd Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 20102011201220132014201520162017201820192020
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 95 ——— 68 66 ——— DNF DNF
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 147 114 — 91 —— 117 ————
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España —— 78 ————— 66 ——
Legend
—Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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References

  1. ↑ BMC Racing Team Profile, BMC Racing Team
  2. ↑ "Mitchelton-Scott finalise 25-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com . Immediate Media Company. November 15, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Wins from January to October: Mitchelton-Scott men confirm roster and goals for 2020". Mitchelton–Scott . New Global Cycling Services. December 11, 2019. Archived from the original on January 2, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  4. ↑ "GreenEDGE Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Brent Bookwalter to retire at end of 2021 season". VeloNews . June 17, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
  6. ↑ Andrew Hood (May 8, 2010). "Bookwalter beaming after runner-up ride". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  7. ↑ 2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège standings, Liège–Bastogne–Liège website.
  8. ↑ Shane Stokes (February 3, 2013). "Bookwalter races to stage win and first leader's jersey in Tour of Qatar". VeloNation. Velo Nation LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  9. ↑ Day, Ben (August 19, 2015). "USA Pro Challenge: The Day Report Stage 2". Cyclingnews.com . Immediate Media Company . Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  10. ↑ Malach, Pat (June 15, 2023). "Brent Bookwalter is Joining NBC's Tour de France Broadcast". https://velo.outsideonline.com/ . Retrieved June 15, 2023.{{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

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