# Brent Bookwalter

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

## 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 graduated from Lees-McRae in 2006 with a BS in Biology. Bookwalter was crowned United States national under-23 time trial champion the following year. In 2009 he won the prologue in the Tour of Utah.
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.
He has competed at (amongst others) the 2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the 2009 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. He also competed at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships in the Men's Road Race. Across his career he competed in seven UCI world championships. In addition he was part of the BMC squad that helped deliver Cadel Evans to victory in the 2011 Tour de France.
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. 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. He won the second stage of the 2015 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, a mountaintop finish, to claim the yellow jersey 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.
Bookwalter joined Mitchelton–BikeExchange in 2019, where he took on the role of road captain, helping the team to stage victories in all three Grand Tours and taking a seventh place finish in the 2020 Strade Bianche. In June 2021 Bookwalter announced that he would retire from competition at the end of the season.

## 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

    1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

### 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
       1st Sprints classification
    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

| Grand Tour | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Giro d'Italia | 95 | — | — | — | 68 | 66 | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Tour de France | 147 | 114 | — | 91 | — | — | 117 | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |