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. He is an alumnus of Maribyrnong Sports Academy, class of 2018.
01Career
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. Plapp also placed 2nd to Remco Evenepoel in the time trial at the 2018 UCI Junior Road World Championships in Innsbruck, Austria. 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.
Professional career
Plapp rode as a stagiaire for UCI WorldTeam INEOS Grenadiers in 2021 before joining them full-time in 2022. 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. 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.
02Major results
Sources:
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 (1 pro win)
- 1st Time trial, National Championships
- 2nd Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 2022 (1)
- 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 (1)
- 1st Road race, National Championships
- 2nd Overall UAE Tour
- 2024 (2)
- National Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Road race
- 6th Overall Paris-Nice
- Giro d'Italia
- Held after Stage 7
- 2025 (3)
- UCI World Championships
- 1st Team relay
- 7th Time trial
- National Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 2 International Tour of Hellas
- 6th Overall Tour Down Under
- 7th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 2026
- 2nd Road race, National Championships
- 3rd Overall UAE Tour
- 3rd Overall Tour de Hongrie
- 3rd Muscat Classic
- 5th Overall Tour de Romandie
General classification results timeline
| Grand Tour general classification results | ||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia | , | , | 52 | DNF | , | |||
| Tour de France | , | , | , | 121 | ||||
| Vuelta a España | 95 | , | , | , | ||||
| Major stage race general classification results | ||||||||
| Race | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |||
| Paris-Nice | , | , | 6 | , | , | |||
| Tirreno-Adriatico | , | , | , | , | , | |||
| Volta a Catalunya | DNF | DNS | , | , | , | |||
| Tour of the Basque Country | , | DNF | , | , | , | |||
| Tour de Romandie | 9 | , | DNF | 72 | 5 | |||
| Critérium du Dauphiné | , | , | , | , | ||||
| Tour de Suisse | , | , | , | , | ||||
| , | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
Track
- 2018
- UCI World Junior Championships
- 1st Points race
- 1st Madison (with Blake Quick)
- 3rd Team pursuit
- National Junior Championships
- 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
Sources and credits
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