{{Short description|Australian road bicycle racer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Trent Lowe | image = Trent Lowe 2007SunTour Stage7 podium 1.jpg | caption = Lowe in 2007 | fullname = Trent Lowe | nickname = 'Treva', 'T-Lowe', 'The T-Dog' | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|10|8}} | birth_place = Melbourne, Australia | height = {{height|m=1.72|precision=0}} | weight = {{convert|64|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | currentteam = | discipline = Road (formerly MTB) | role = Rider | ridertype = Climber/All Rounder | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = 2005 | proteam1 = Jittery Joe's | proyears2 = 2006–2007 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|DSC|2006}} | proyears3 = 2008–2010 | proteam3 = Garmin-Transitions | majorwins = 20px Junior World XC Champion (2002) <br /> 20px Young Rider Competition Tour de Georgia (2005, 2008) <br /> 20px U-23 XC National Mountain Bike Champion (2003, 2004) | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}} {{MedalSport|Men's mountain bike racing}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2002 Kaprun|Junior Cross Country}} }} '''Trent Lowe''' (born 8 October 1984, in Melbourne) is a professional road bicycle racer from Australia. He rode for {{UCI team code|GRM|2010}} 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 two seasons of injury and chronic fatigue, the young climber signed with the new Australian team, Pegasus,<ref>[http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/5881/Trent-Lowe-Interview-Ready-to-get-back-on-track-with-aspiring-Australian-ProTour-team.aspx Trent Lowe Interview]</ref> before the announcement that they had failed to obtain a 2011 UCI World Tour license.
==Major awards== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;2000 : 1st 20px U-17 XC National Mountain Bike Champion ;2001 : 1st 20px U-19 XC National Mountain Bike Champion ;2002 : 1st 20px Junior World Mountain Bike XC Champion : 1st 20px U-19 XC National Mountain Bike Champion ;2003 : 1st 20px U-23 XC National Mountain Bike Champion ;2004 : 1st 20px U-23 XC National Mountain Bike Champion ;2005 : 1st Stage 3 Sea Otter Classic : 2nd Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic ::1st Stage 1 : 11th Overall Tour de Georgia ::1st 20px Young Rider Competition ;2006 : 6th Overall Herald Sun Tour ::1st 20px U-23 Rider Competition : 15th Overall Volta ao Algarve ;2007 : 2nd Stage 2 Deutschland Tour : 3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour ::1st 20px U-23 Rider Competition ;2008 : 2nd Overall, Tour de Georgia ::1st Stage 4 TTT ::1st 20px Young Rider Competition : 13th Overall Critérium International : 20th Overall Paris–Nice ::10th Prologue
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==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://archive.today/20121128210333/http://www.cycling.org.au/default.asp?id=8922 Cycling Australia profile] * [http://velobios.com/riders.slipstream2008.lowe.htm VELOBIOS profile]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lowe, Trent}} Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Australian male cyclists Category:Cross-country mountain bikers Category:Cyclists from Melbourne Category:Sportsmen from Victoria (state) Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen