Brent Bookwalter is an American professional cyclist riding for the Business Service Management Racing Team.
Education
He graduated from Lees–McRae in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. 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.
Career
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. 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 United States. 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.
Views
Bookwalter and two other riders escaped from the leading group with 11 kilometres (68 mi) to cover and successfully defended their lead, and Bookwalter outsprinted the pair.
Membership
Bookwalter was a member of the Lees–McRae college (Banner Elk, North Carolina) cycling team from 2003–2006.