Nathan Brown (cyclist)

Nathan "Nate" Brown (born July 7, 1991) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. A professional from 2010 to 2022,^[4] Brown competed for the Bontrager Cycling Team, Garmin–Sharp and Rally Cycling.

Nathan Brown

Brown at the 2015 Tour of Alberta
Personal information
Full name	Nathan Brown
Nickname	Downtown Nate Brown
Born	(1991-07-07) July 7, 1991 (age 33) Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur teams
2002–2003	VeloClips–Sun&Ski
2004–2006	SyMed–MOAB
2007	Juris–MorePartnersIncome.com
2007–2009	Hot Tubes Cycling
Professional teams
2010–2013	Trek–Livestrong
2014–2019	Garmin–Sharp[1]
2020–2022	Rally Cycling[2][3]

Biography

Brown was born on July 7, 1991, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, but spent his adolescence in Covington, Tennessee, United States. Brown divides his time between Austin, Texas, United States and Girona, Catalonia, Spain.^[4][5][6]

Brown competed with Trek–Livestrong, a UCI Continental team, for the 2010,^[7][8] 2011,^[9][10] 2012,^[11][12] and 2013 seasons.^[13][14]

In August 2013, Brown signed with Garmin–Sharp, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.^[15][16] He remained with the squad for the 2016 season.^[17][18] In June 2017, he was named in the start list for the 2017 Tour de France, making Brown the first Tennessean to compete in the Tour de France.^[19][6]

Major results

2006

2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships

2008

1st Overall Coupe des Nations Abitibi

1st Stage 3 (ITT)

2009

5th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg

2010

4th Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

7th La Côte Picarde

2011

1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

1st Prologue Tour de Guadeloupe

7th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay

2012

3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

4th Time trial, Pan American Road Championships

9th Chrono Champenois

2013

National Under-23 Road Championships

1st Time trial

2nd Road race

1st Overall Tour de Beauce

1st Points classification

2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs

3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

9th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay

2017

Tour de France

Held after Stages 3–4

2019

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour Colombia

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Giro d'Italia	—	67	48	—	52	67
Tour de France	—	—	—	43	—	—
Vuelta a España	85	—	—	—	—	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DSQ	Disqualified
DNF	Did not finish