Nathan Haas is an Australian road cyclist who currently rides for the local Genesys Wealth Advisers Pro Cycling Team. In 2012 Haas will ride in the UCI WorldTour for Garmin-Cervélo.

Haas began cycling as a mountain biker, representing Australia in two World Championships. He switched to road racing in 2009.

In 2011, after he and teammate Steele von Hoff dominated the domestic National Road Series, Haas won the 2011 Herald Sun Tour

Herald Sun Tour

The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale . The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six day event and it is held annually in October. It is named after the Herald Sun, Melbourne's...

, a race which featured a number of UCI Pro Teams. After gaining an advantageous position in a six-man breakaway in stage 1, Haas finished second on the key fourth stag, beating GC rival and current Australian road racing champion Jack Bobridge

Jack Bobridge

Jack Bobridge is an Australian professional racing cyclist. He came fourth as part of the Australian team pursuit at the 2008 Olympics, losing the bronze medal race to New Zealand. In May 2009, Bobridge signed with , with his contract starting on 1 January 2010 and continuing until 2012...

 into second on the stage and sealing the win overall win.

Haas followed up with a win in the Japan Cup

Japan Cup (cycling)

The Japan Cup is a road bicycle racing one-day event held each October in Japan since 1992. The Japan Cup is a popular and early season stop on the UCI Asia Tour and often includes several teams from the UCI ProTour. It is currently part of the UCI Asia Tour....

, a race which also featured a number of Pro Teams whose previous winners include Gilberto Simoni

Gilberto Simoni

Gilberto Simoni is an Italian ex-professional road bicycle racer, most recently for . Simoni is twice winner of the Giro d'Italia cycling race...

, Damiano Cunego

Damiano Cunego

Damiano Cunego is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rides for the Italian UCI ProTeam . His biggest wins are the 2004 Giro d'Italia, the 2008 Amstel Gold Race, and the Giro di Lombardia in 2004, 2007, 2008. He finished second in the UCI Road World Championships in 2008 and in the...

 and Claudio Chiapucci.