Trent Lowe

Trent Lowe (born 8 October 1984, in Melbourne) is a professional road bicycle racer from Australia. He rode for Garmin–Transitions 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 Johan Bruyneel. 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.

Trent Lowe
Lowe in 2007
Personal information
Full nameTrent Lowe
Nickname'Treva', 'T-Lowe', 'The T-Dog'
Born (1984-10-08) 8 October 1984
Melbourne, Australia
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad (formerly MTB)
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber/All Rounder
Professional teams
2005Jittery Joe's
2006–2007Discovery Channel
2008–2010Garmin-Transitions
2011–Pegasus (provisional)
Major wins
Junior World XC Champion (2002)
Young Rider Competition Tour de Georgia (2005, 2008)
U-23 XC National Mountain Bike Champion (2003, 2004)

Following two seasons of injury and chronic fatigue, the young climber signed with the new Australian team, Pegasus,[1] before the announcement that they had failed to obtain a 2011 UCI World Tour license.

Major results
2000
1st U-17 XC National Mountain Bike Champion
2001
1st U-19 XC National Mountain Bike Champion
2002
1st Junior World Mountain Bike XC Champion
1st U-19 XC National Mountain Bike Champion
2003
1st U-23 XC National Mountain Bike Champion
2004
1st U-23 XC National Mountain Bike Champion
2005
1st Stage 3 Sea Otter Classic
2nd Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
1st Stage 1
11th Overall Tour de Georgia
1st Young Rider Competition
2006
6th Overall Herald Sun Tour
1st U-23 Rider Competition
15th Overall Volta ao Algarve
2007
2nd Stage 2 Deutschland Tour
3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour
1st U-23 Rider Competition
2008
2nd Overall, Tour de Georgia
1st Stage 4 TTT
1st Young Rider Competition
13th Overall Critérium International
20th Overall Paris–Nice
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References
  1. Trent Lowe Interview
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