Brent Bookwalter

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

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.

He has competed at (amongst others) the 2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège 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. 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.

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

Major results

2005 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships 2006

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

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

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish