Trent Lowe

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Trent Lowe
Lowe in 2007
Lowe in 2007
Personal information
Full name Trent Lowe
Nickname 'Treva', 'T-Lowe', 'The T-Dog'
Date of birth October 8, 1984 (1984-10-08) (age 23)
Country Flag of Australia Australia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Weight 64 kg (140 lb)
Team information
Current team Team Slipstream
Discipline Road (formerly MTB)
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2005
2006–2007
2008–
Jittery Joe's
Discovery Channel
Team Slipstream
Major wins
2002 UCI MTB World Junior XC Championship
Infobox last updated on:
January 25, 2008

Trent Lowe (born 8 October 1984 in Melbourne) is a professional road bicycle racer from Australia. He currently rides for Team Slipstream on the UCI Pro Continental. Lowe is 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.

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2002
1st UCI MTB World Junior Men XC Champion[1]
2003
1st Flag of Australia Australia U23 National Mountain Bike Champion
2004
1st Flag of Australia Australia U23 National Mountain Bike Champion
2005 - Jittery Joe's
1st Stage 1, Redlands Bycicle Classic
1st, Young Rider Competition, Tour de Georgia
2006 - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
15th Volta ao Algarve
6th Jayco Herald Sun Tour
1st Overall U23, Jayco Herald Sun Tour[2]
2007 - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
3rd Jayco Herald Sun Tour
1st Overall U23, Jayco Herald Sun Tour[3]
2008 - Slipstream-Chipotle
2nd Overall, Tour de Georgia
1st, Young Rider Competition
2nd, Stage 6
2nd Stage 7, Jayco Herald Sun Tour[4]

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NAME Lowe, Trent
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH 1984-10-08
PLACE OF BIRTH Melbourne, Australia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH