Nathan "Nate" Brown (born July 7, 1991) is an American former professional

road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most comm ...

. A professional from 2010 to 2022, Brown competed for the , and .

Biography

Brown was born on July 7, 1991, in

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, United States, but spent his adolescence in

Covington, Tennessee Covington is a city in central Tipton County, Tennessee, United States. Covington is the second largest city and county seat of Tipton County. The city is located in West Tennessee, east of the Mississippi River. The city's population was 9,038 a ...

, United States. Brown divides his time between

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, United States and

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, Spain. Brown competed with , a

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, for the 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 seasons. In August 2013, Brown signed with , a

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, for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. He remained with the squad for the 2016 season. In June 2017, he was named in the start list for the

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, making Brown the first Tennessean to compete in the

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Major results

;2006 : 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2008 : 1st Overall Coupe des Nations Abitibi ::1st Stage 3 (

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) ;2009 : 5th Overall

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;2010 : 4th

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, National Under-23 Road Championships : 7th

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;2011 : 1st MaillotUSA

, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Prologue

Tour de Guadeloupe The Tour de Guadeloupe (; ) is an annual men's stage race, multiple stage road bicycle racing, road bicycle race held each August in the Overseas region, French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Founded in 1948 under the name Tour Cycliste de la Gu ...

: 7th Overall

Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay The Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay was a bicycle stage race held annually in Saguenay, Quebec, Canada. It was part of the UCI America Tour and the race was reserved to riders between 19 and 22 of age and was rated 2.Ncup by the UCI. It was the ...

;2012 : 3rd

, National Under-23 Road Championships : 4th

Pan American Road Championships The Pan American Road Championships are the continental cycling championships for road bicycle racing held annually for member nations of the Pan American Cycling Confederation. Riders competing in the Pan American Cycling Championships are sel ...

: 9th

Chrono Champenois The Chrono Champenois is a European individual time trial bicycle race held around Bétheny in France, in the Champagne region. The race has been organised as a 1.2 event since 1989 for women's and since 1998 there is also a men's race which i ...

;2013 : National Under-23 Road Championships ::1st MaillotUSA

::2nd Road race : 1st Overall

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::1st Points classification : 2nd

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: 3rd

, National Road Championships : 9th Overall

;2017 :

::Held

after Stages 3–4 ;2019 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

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Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Nathan 1991 births Sportspeople from Tennessee Living people American male cyclists People from Covington, Tennessee Sportspeople from Tipton County, Tennessee Cyclists from Colorado 21st-century American sportsmen