Trent Lowe

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

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

Major awards

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005 1st Stage 3 Sea Otter Classic 2nd Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic 1st Stage 1 11th Overall Tour de Georgia

2006 6th Overall Herald Sun Tour

15th Overall Volta ao Algarve 2007 2nd Stage 2 Deutschland Tour 3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour

2008 2nd Overall, Tour de Georgia 1st Stage 4 TTT

13th Overall Critérium International 20th Overall Paris–Nice 10th Prologue