Racing Bio

Stats

Born: March 9, 1976
Height: 71 in (1.80 m)
Weight: 151 lbs (68.5 kg)
Professional Since: 1999
Place of Birth: Augusta, Maine
Hometown: Harrisonburg, Virginia

Professional Trade Teams

• K2 New Sun
• MonaVie-Cannondale
• Trek Volkswagen
• Cannondale Factory Racing
• Sho-Air Cannondale
• Topeak-Ergon Racing Team
• Canyon Factory Racing

Career

Jeremiah Bishop has spent more than two decades racing at the highest levels of mountain biking, competing across cross-country, short track, marathon, stage racing, and ultra-endurance events.

A 16-time member of the USA Cycling National Team, Bishop represented the United States at World and Continental Championships and the Pan American Games. He served as team leader on eight occasions, achieving the highest result for the U.S. team at those competitions—including gold at the 2003 Pan American Games and eighth place at the 2006 UCI World Championships in Rotorua, New Zealand.

Bishop is a four-time USA National Champion, including national titles in both Short Track and Marathon Mountain Biking. His 2006 season was particularly notable: he finished the year as the highest-ranked U.S. male professional cross-country racer in the USA Cycling rankings and helped lead his team to the top position in the U.S. National Mountain Bike Series.

Over the course of his professional career, Bishop developed a reputation for versatility and endurance. He has won major mountain bike stage races and 100-mile events across the United States, including the American Mountain Classic, Pisgah Mountain Bike Stage Race, Trans-Sylvania Epic, Breck Epic, and Shenandoah Mountain 100. He has also competed internationally in events including the Cape Epic and TransAlp Challenge, winning stages along the way.

2008–2017: Endurance and Stage Racing

Bishop’s 2008 season included two USA National Championships—Short Track and Marathon Mountain Bike—along with victories in the American Mountain Classic, Fools Gold 100, Tahoe Sierra 100, and Firecracker 50.

In 2010, he established himself as one of the country’s most successful mountain bike stage racers, winning the Trans-Sylvania Epic, Breck Epic, and Pisgah Mountain Bike Stage Race in the same season. He also continued to win across cross-country, short track, marathon, and international competition, including the UCI Copa Cannondale in Chile.

Bishop won the National Ultra Endurance Series in 2012 and 2014, and in 2017 he delivered another standout endurance season with the Topeak-Ergon Racing Team. He won the Fairtree Capital Simonsburg Contour Stage Race in South Africa, finished third overall in the TransAlp Challenge with teammate Christian Hynak, and won every NUE 100-mile race in which he competed that season, including Pierre’s Hole 100, Marji Gesick, and Shenandoah Mountain 100.

Selected Career Highlights

• Pan American Games Gold Medalist — 2003
• Four-Time USA National Champion
• USA National Champion — Short Track
• USA National Champion — Marathon Mountain Bike
• 16-Time USA Cycling National Team Member
• 8th — 2006 UCI World Championships, Rotorua, New Zealand
• Highest-ranked U.S. male professional cross-country racer — 2006 USA Cycling Rankings
• Winner — American Mountain Classic Stage Race
• Winner — Pisgah Mountain Bike Stage Race
• Winner — Trans-Sylvania Epic
• Winner — Breck Epic
• Winner — Shenandoah Mountain 100
• Winner — Multiple National Ultra Endurance Series events
• Winner — Fairtree Capital Simonsburg Contour Stage Race, South Africa
• Stage winner — TransAlp Challenge
• UCI World Ranking — 21st, 2004

Early Career

Bishop’s international career began to accelerate in the early 2000s. In 2002, he won the Shenandoah Mountain 100, AMBC Showdown at Sugar, Tour de Burg Stage Race, and 24 Hours of Snowshoe, while also finishing sixth overall in the TransAlp Bike Challenge and winning a stage.

In 2003, Bishop won gold at the Pan American Games, finished second at the NORBA NCS Finals, fourth overall in the National Championship Series, and earned multiple podium finishes at major domestic and international events.

His 2004 season included victories at the NORBA National Series opener, Maxxis Cup International in Spain, Shenandoah Mountain 100, and Volkswagen Iron Cross. He finished the season ranked 21st in the UCI World Rankings.

By 2006, Bishop had reached the top of the U.S. professional rankings, combining elite cross-country results with marathon and endurance victories. He won the NORBA National cross-country race in Aspen/Snowmass, the Assault on Mount Mitchell, the Brian Head marathon, and the Shenandoah Mountain 100, while finishing eighth at the UCI World Championships in Rotorua.

“Jeremiah certainly is the revelation of the season.”
— VeloNews, August 2003