# Nathan Haas

Nathan Peter Haas (born 12 March 1989) is an Australian cyclist. He competed as a professional road racer until the end of 2021. He started competing full time in gravel events 2022.

## Career
### Early career

Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Haas was originally a mountain biker, and represented Australia in two UCI World Championships. However, in 2009, Haas switched to road racing.

### Praties (2009–2011)

In 2011, after dominating Australia's domestic National Road Series with Genesys Wealth Advisers teammate Steele Von Hoff, Haas won the Herald Sun Tour. Haas also won the Japan Cup, a race featuring numerous UCI ProTeams. After his victory, Haas turned professional, signing with Garmin–Barracuda.

### Garmin–Barracuda (2012–2015)

During Haas' first professional season, he struggled with severe saddle sores. Following Jonathan Tiernan-Locke's doping ban, Haas was retroactively awarded the 2012 Tour of Britain title; he originally finished second to Tiernan-Locke. During the 2013 season, Haas finished sixth overall at the Tour de Langkawi, and competed in his first Grand Tour, the Giro d'Italia. While riding the 2014 Tour Down Under, Haas garnered his first UCI World Tour point, before finishing the race fifth overall.
He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.

### Dimension Data (2016–2017)

In the autumn of 2015 Team Dimension Data announced that Haas had signed with them for the 2016 season, joining former team-mate Tyler Farrar at the South African outfit.

### Team Katusha–Alpecin (2018–2019)

In February 2018, Haas won stage 2 of the Tour of Oman in an uphill sprint finish and moved into the overall leader's jersey. It was his first victory since 2016 and his first for Team Katusha–Alpecin. He finished fifth overall in the race, winning the points classification in the process. He also recorded a podium placing at the Tour of Turkey.

## Personal life

Haas currently resides in Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

## Major results

Sources:

### 2009

    5th Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

### 2010

    4th Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

### 2011

    1st Overall Herald Sun Tour
    1st Overall Tour of Tasmania
    1st Japan Cup
    Oceania Under-23 Road Championships
       2nd Road race
       5th Time trial
    2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

### 2012

    1st Overall Tour of Britain
    1st Stage 2 (TTT) Tour of Utah
    10th Japan Cup

### 2013

    6th Overall Tour de Langkawi

### 2014

    1st Japan Cup
    4th Overall Herald Sun Tour
       1st Stage 1
    5th Overall Tour Down Under
    6th Brabantse Pijl

### 2015

    3rd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
    5th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
    6th Brabantse Pijl

### 2016

    1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Burgos
    1st Mountains classification, Tour de Yorkshire
    4th Road race, National Road Championships
    5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
    6th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
    6th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race

### 2017

    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    4th Overall Tour Down Under
    4th Amstel Gold Race
    7th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
    10th Overall Tour of Oman

### 2018

    3rd Overall Presidential Tour of Turkey
    National Road Championships
       5th Road race
       5th Time trial
    5th Overall Tour of Oman
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 2
    8th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec

### 2019

    4th Time trial, National Road Championships
    9th Rund um Köln

### 2020

    5th Time trial, National Road Championships

### 2021

    10th Paris–Camembert

### 2022

    UCI Gravel World Series
       2nd Seven Gravel Race
       2nd La Monsterrato

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Giro d'Italia | DNF | 104 | — | — | DNF | — | — | 119 |
| Tour de France | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | — | 143 | — | DNF | — | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |