Luke Plapp

Lucas Plapp (born 25 December 2000) is an Australian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.[2]

Lucas Plapp
Plapp at the 2018 UCI Junior Road World Championships in Innsbruck
Personal information
NicknamePlappy
Born (2000-12-25) 25 December 2000
Melbourne, Australia
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Team information
Current teamIneos Grenadiers
Discipline
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trialist
Amateur teams
2010–2017Brunswick Cycling Club
2017–2018Nero-Kom Racing
2019–2021Inform TM Insight Make[1]
Professional teams
2019–2020Australian Podium Potential Academy (Track)
2021Ineos Grenadiers (stagiaire)
2022–Ineos Grenadiers
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Time Trial Championships (2021)
National Road Race Championships (2022)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
2020 TokyoTeam pursuit
UCI Junior Track World Championships
2018 Aigle Points race
2018 Aigle Madison
2018 Aigle Team pursuit

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.[3] Plapp also placed 2nd to Remco Evenepoel in the time trial at the 2018 UCI Junior Road World Championships in Innsbruck, Austria.[4] 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.[5]

Professional career

Plapp rode as a stagiaire for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers in 2021 before joining them full-time in 2022.[6] 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.[7] 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:[8][9]

Road
2017
7th Time trial, Oceania Junior Road Championships
2018
1st Time trial, Oceania Junior Road Championships
1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
2nd Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
2019
2nd Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships
5th Time trial, Oceania Under–23 Road Championships
2020
1st Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships
2021
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Time trial, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships
2022
1st Road race, National Road Championships
9th Overall Tour de Romandie

Track
2018
UCI Junior World Championships
1st Points race
1st Madison (with Blake Quick)
3rd Team pursuit
National Junior Track Championships[10]
1st Team pursuit
1st Scratch race
UCI Track World Cup
3rd Team pursuit, Hong Kong
2019
UCI Track World Cup
1st Team pursuit, Brisbane
National Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Team pursuit
3rd Points race
2021
3rd Team pursuit, Olympic Games

References
  1. "Team". InForm Racing. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  2. "Lucas PLAPP". UCI. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  3. "Plapp now a dual event Junior World Champion | Victorian Institute of Sport". www.vis.org.au. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  4. "UCI Road World Championships - Men Junior individual time trial- | Tissot Timing". www.tissottiming.com. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  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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