Trent Lowe
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Trent Lowe 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 2 seasons of injury and chronic fatigue, the young climber signed with the new Australian team, Pegasus, before the announcement that they has failed to obtain an 2011 UCI World Tour license.
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Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. 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
Christopher Sutton (cyclist)
Christopher Sutton is professional cyclist from Australia, for UCI ProTour team .Born in Caringbah, Sydney, New South Wales, Sutton trained as a carpenter. He is the son of NSW Institute of Sport's head cycling coach, Gary Sutton, and nephew of British Cycling track coach, Shane Sutton; both...
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
Johan Bruyneel
Johan Bruyneel is a former road bicycle racer in professional cycling and a directeur sportif for UCI ProTour team . Retiring from racing in 1998, he became director of , a US-based UCI ProTour cycling team...
. 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 2 seasons of injury and chronic fatigue, the young climber signed with the new Australian team, Pegasus, before the announcement that they has failed to obtain an 2011 UCI World Tour license.
Palmarès
2000- 1st
U-17 XC National Mountain Bike Champion
2001
- 1st U-19 XC National Mountain Bike Champion
2002
- 1st
Junior World Mountain Bike XC Champion - 1st U-19 XC National Mountain Bike Champion
2003
- 1st U-23 XC National Mountain Bike Champion
2004
- 1st U-23 XC National Mountain Bike Champion
2005
- 1st Stage 3 Sea Otter ClassicSea Otter ClassicSea Otter Classic is a bicycling and outdoor life sports festival and trade show held on the former Fort Ord in Monterey, California since 1990. The classic is named in honor of the sea otter, an indigenous mammal which flourishes on the neighboring Pacific Coast.The Sea Otter Classic offers...
- 2nd Overall Redlands Bycicle Classic
- 1st Stage 1
- 11th Overall Tour de Georgia
- 1st
Young Rider Competition
- 1st
2006
- 6th Overall Herald Sun TourHerald Sun TourThe Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale . The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six day event and it is held annually in October. It is named after the Herald Sun, Melbourne's...
- 1st U-23 Rider Competition
- 1st
- 15th Overall Volta ao Algarve
2007
- 2nd Stage 2 Deutschland TourDeutschland TourThe Deutschland Tour was the most important multi-stage road bicycle race in Germany. Initially the race was held in May/June. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI ProTour and has been moved to August...
- 3rd Overall Herald Sun TourHerald Sun TourThe Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale . The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six day event and it is held annually in October. It is named after the Herald Sun, Melbourne's...
- 1st U-23 Rider Competition
- 1st
2008
- 2nd Overall, Tour de Georgia2008 Tour de GeorgiaThe 2008 Tour de Georgia was a seven-stage professional bicycle race held from April 21 through April 27, 2008 across the state of Georgia. The race was part of the 2008 USA Cycling Pro Tour and 2007-2008 UCI America Tour, and was presented by AT&T....
- 1st Stage 4 TTT
- 1st Young Rider Competition
- 13th Overall Critérium InternationalCritérium InternationalThe Critérium International is a two-day bicycle stage race held in France every spring. It was formerly known as the Critérium National de la Route, first run in 1932....
- 20th Overall Paris–Nice
- 10th Prologue