Brooke Miller

Brooke Miller (born March 21, 1976)

Miller became a member of the US National Team in 2007, and competed in Europe, coming second in the first stage and winning the third stage of the Tour de l'Ardèche in France. She also came third in the third stage of the Holland Ladies Tour in Denekamp.

She graduated with a PhD in Evolutionary Biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz in spring 2007, and began racing full-time in 2008, although she does work as a software developer in her spare time.

She is the 2008 United States National Road Race and Criterium Champion. Miller won the first women's criterium to be held alongside the men's Tour of California, the race was sponsored by the Redwood Regional Breast Center. She also competed in the Tour de l'Aude and the Tour of New Zealand.

Miller's ultimate goal was an Olympic gold medal, she had dreamed of this since she was a child. She began chasing her dream in volleyball before switching to cycling. However, she retired from the sport in August 2010 following the Chris Thater Memorial Classic, the official end of the women's NRC calendar. Miller cited difficulty living away from home in Europe and not wanting to make the sacrifices necessary to secure her spot on the 2012 Olympic team as the main reasons behind her retirement.

Major results

2006 1st Stage 2, Nature Valley Grand Prix, Cannon Falls 1st Stage 5, Tour de Toona, Martinsburg

2007 1st Martinez 1st Santa Clarita 2nd Stage 1, Central Valley Classic 2nd Indio Grand Prix 1st Stage 2, Nature Valley Grand Prix, Cannon Falls 3rd Stage 4, Nature Valley Grand Prix, Minneapolis 3rd Stage 6, Holland Ladies Tour, Denekamp (NED) 2nd Stage 1, Tour de l'Ardèche (FRA) 1st Stage 3, Tour de l'Ardèche, Cruas (FRA)

2008 1st United States National Road Race Championships 1st United States National Criterium Championships 1st Tour of California Women's Criterium, Santa Rosa 2nd Central Valley Classic, Fresno 2nd Stage 5, Le Tour du Grand Montréal, Mont-Saint-Hilaire (CAN) 2nd Liberty Classic 3rd Stage 1, Nature Valley Grand Prix, St. Paul Lowertown 1st Stage 4, Nature Valley Grand Prix, Minneapolis 1st Manhattan Beach GP 1st Davis 3rd Stage 2, Cascade Classic, Three Creeks Snow Park 1st Stage 4, Cascade Classic, Oregon 3rd Chicago 2nd Bank of America Invitational 1st Hanes Park Classic

2010 1st Clarendon Cup