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Luke Plapp

Luke Plapp

Australian cyclist (born 2000)


Lucas Plapp (born 25 December 2000) is an Australian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla.[2][3] He is an alumnus of Maribyrnong Sports Academy, class of 2018.[4]

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Career

Junior career

In August 2018, Plapp won the points race as well as the Madison with Blake Quick at the UCI Junior Track World Championships in Aigle, Switzerland.[5] Plapp also placed 2nd to Remco Evenepoel in the time trial at the 2018 UCI Junior Road World Championships in Innsbruck, Austria.[6] Plapp is part of the AusCycling High Performance Podium Academy and was selected to compete in the Team pursuit at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where they won the bronze medal.[7]

Professional career

Plapp rode as a stagiaire for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers in 2021 before joining them full-time in 2022.[8] On 16 January 2022, he won the Australian National Road Race Championships after chasing down and passing James Whelan with under 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) left, before finishing solo.[9] Plapp made his World tour debut in February 2022 at the UAE Tour where he rode in support of teammate Adam Yates who finished 2nd overall. Plapp himself managed his first World Tour top 5 on the 7th and final stage to Jebal Hafeet in which he finished in 5th place, 16 seconds behind winner Tadej Pogačar.

Major results

Sources:[10][11]

Road

2017
7th Time trial, Oceania Junior Championships
2018
1st Time trial, Oceania Junior Championships
1st Time trial, National Junior Championships
2nd Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships
2019
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
5th Time trial, Oceania Under-23 Championships
2020
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
2021
1st Time trial, National Championships
2nd Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships
2022
1st Road race, National Championships
3rd Team relay, UCI World Championships
3rd Overall Tour of Norway
Commonwealth Games
5th Time trial
6th Road race
9th Overall Tour de Romandie
2023
1st Road race, National Championships
2nd Overall UAE Tour
2024
National Championships
1st Time trial
1st Road race
6th Overall Paris–Nice
Giro d'Italia
Held after Stage 7

General classification results timeline

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Track

2018
UCI World Junior Championships
1st Points race
1st Madison (with Blake Quick)
3rd Team pursuit
National Junior Championships[12]
1st Team pursuit
1st Scratch
3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Hong Kong
2019
National Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Team pursuit
3rd Points race
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Brisbane
2021
3rd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
3rd Madison, National Championships (with Jensen Plowright)
2022
3rd Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games

References

  1. "Team". InForm Racing. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  2. "Team Jayco–AlUla". UCI. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  3. "Lucas PLAPP". UCI. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  4. "The Score 051223". MSA - Maribyrnong Sports Academy. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  5. "Track News". Australian Cycling Team. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  6. Benson, Daniel (30 July 2021). "Ineos Grenadiers announce signing of U23 sensation Luke Plapp". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  7. Giuliani, Simone (16 January 2022). "Luke Plapp secures Australian elite men's road race title". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  8. "Luke Plapp". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  9. "Luke Plapp - FirstCycling.com". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  10. "2018 National Elite & U19 Track Championships". liveresults.cycling.org.au. Retrieved 21 February 2019.

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