Brent Bookwalter

Brent Bookwalter (born February 16, 1984) is an American professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Mitchelton–Scott.[3]

Brent Bookwalter
Personal information
Born (1984-02-16) February 16, 1984[1]
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current teamMitchelton–Scott
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trialist/ Domestique
Amateur teams
2005–2006Advantage Benefits–Endeavour
2007USA Cycling National Development Team
Professional teams
2008–2018BMC Racing Team
2019–Mitchelton–Scott[2]

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 multiple individual national titles in Mountain Bike, Road and Cyclo-Cross disciplines. He graduated from Lees-McRae in 2006 with a BS in Biology.

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.[4]

He has competed at (amongst others) the 2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège[5] and the 2009 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. He also competed at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships in the Men's Road Race.

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.[6] 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. He won the second stage of the 2015 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, a mountaintop finish, to claim the yellow jersey [7] which he would wear for two days before ultimately finishing second overall to teammate Rohan Dennis.

Career achievements

Major results
2006
1st Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships
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
2nd Overall Tour of Qatar
1st Stages 1 & 2 (TTT)
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
2nd Road race
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 Sprints classification
4th Overall Tour of Austria
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 of Yorkshire
5th Overall Tour of Utah
1st Stage 2
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 Coppi e Bartali
8th Overall CRO Race
2020
7th Strade Bianche

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Giro d'Italia 95 — — — 68 66 — — — DNF
Tour de France 147 114 — 91 — — 117 — — —
Vuelta a España — — 78 — — — — — 66 —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  4. 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.
  5. 2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège standings, Liège–Bastogne–Liège website.
  6. 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.
  7. Day, Ben (August 19, 2015). "USA Pro Challenge: The Day Report Stage 2". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved August 19, 2015.

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