Nathan Peter Haas (born 12 March 1989) is an Australian cyclist. He competed as a professional road racer until the end of 2021. He started competing full time in

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events 2022.

Career

Early career

Born in

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, Haas was originally a mountain biker, and represented Australia in two UCI World Championships. However, in 2009, Haas switched to

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Praties (2009–2011)

In 2011, after dominating Australia's domestic National Road Series with teammate Steele Von Hoff, Haas won the

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. Haas also won the

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, a race featuring numerous

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s. After his victory, Haas turned professional, signing with .

Garmin–Barracuda (2012–2015)

During Haas' first professional season, he struggled with severe saddle sores. Following

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's doping ban, Haas was retroactively awarded the

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title; he originally finished second to Tiernan-Locke. During the 2013 season, Haas finished sixth overall at the

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, and competed in his first Grand Tour, the

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. While riding the 2014 Tour Down Under, Haas garnered his first

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point, before finishing the race fifth overall. He was named in the start list for the

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Dimension Data (2016–2017)

In the autumn of 2015 announced that Haas had signed with them for the 2016 season, joining former team-mate Tyler Farrar at the South African outfit.

Team Katusha–Alpecin (2018–2019)

In February 2018, Haas won stage 2 of the Tour of Oman in an uphill sprint finish and moved into the overall leader's jersey. It was his first victory since 2016 and his first for . He finished fifth overall in the race, winning the points classification in the process. He also recorded a podium placing at the Tour of Turkey.

Personal life

Haas currently resides in

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Major results

Sources: ;2009 : 5th

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, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2010 : 4th

, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2011 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

: 1st

Overall Tour of Tasmania : 1st

: Oceania Under-23 Road Championships ::2nd Silver medal blank

Road race ::5th Time trial : 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2012 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

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: 1st Stage 2 ( TTT) Tour of Utah : 10th

;2013 : 6th Overall

;2014 : 1st

: 4th Overall

::1st Stage 1 : 5th Overall

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: 6th Brabantse Pijl ;2015 : 3rd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race : 5th Overall

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: 6th Brabantse Pijl ;2016 : 1st Stage 4

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: 1st

Mountains classification, Tour de Yorkshire : 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal : 6th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec : 6th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race ;2017 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 4th Overall

: 4th Amstel Gold Race : 7th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race : 10th Overall Tour of Oman ;2018 : 3rd Overall Presidential Tour of Turkey : National Road Championships ::5th Road race ::5th

: 5th Overall Tour of Oman ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 8th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec ;2019 : 4th

, National Road Championships : 9th

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;2020 : 5th

, National Road Championships ;2021 : 10th Paris–Camembert ;2022 : UCI Gravel World Series ::2nd Seven Gravel Race ::2nd La Monsterrato

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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Cycling Base: Nathan Haas

Cycling Quotient: Nathan Haas

Nathan Haas: Garmin-Sharp
{{DEFAULTSORT:Haas, Nathan 1989 births Living people Australian male cyclists Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games cyclists for Australia ACT Academy of Sport alumni Cyclists from Brisbane Sportsmen from Queensland Australian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland 21st-century Australian sportsmen