Luke Plapp

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Lucas Plapp
File:20180925 UCI Road World Championships Innsbruck Men Juniors ITT Lucas Plapp 850 8421.jpg
Plapp at the 2018 UCI World Championships in Innsbruck
Personal information
NicknamePlappy
Born (2000-12-25) 25 December 2000 (age 25)
Melbourne, Australia
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Team information
Current teamTeam Jayco–AlUla
Discipline
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-Rounder, Time 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)
2022–2023Ineos Grenadiers
2024–Team Jayco–AlUla
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2025)

One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships
(2021, 2024, 2025)
National Road Race Championships
(2022, 2023, 2024)
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team pursuit
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham Team pursuit
UCI Junior Track World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Aigle Points
Gold medal – first place 2018 Aigle Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Aigle Team pursuit
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2025 Kigali Mixed team relay
Silver medal – second place 2021 Brugge Under-23 time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Wollongong Mixed team relay

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]

Career

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Junior career

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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

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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

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Road

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2017
7th Time trial, Oceania Junior Championships
2018
1st File:OceaniaChampionJersey.png Time trial, Oceania Junior Championships
1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial, National Junior Championships
2nd File:Silver medal uci.svg Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships
2019
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
5th Time trial, Oceania Under-23 Championships
2020
1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
2021 (1 pro win)
1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial, National Championships
2nd File:Silver medal uci.svg Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships
2022 (1)
1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Road race, National Championships
3rd File:Bronze medal uci.svg 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 File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Road race, National Championships
2nd Overall UAE Tour
2024 (2)
National Championships
1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial
1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Road race
6th Overall Paris–Nice
Giro d'Italia
Held File:Jersey white.svg after Stage 7
2025 (3)
UCI World Championships
1st File:Jersey rainbow.svg Team relay
7th Time trial
National Championships
1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG 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

General classification results timeline

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Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour 2022 2023 2024 2025
File:Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia — — 52 DNF
File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France — — — 121
File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 95 — — —
Major stage race general classification results
Race 2022 2023 2024 2025
File:Jersey yellow.svg Paris–Nice — — 6 —
File:MaillotAzul.PNG Tirreno–Adriatico — — — —
File:MaillotVolta.png Volta a Catalunya DNF DNS — —
File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour of the Basque Country — DNF — —
File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de Romandie 9 — DNF 72
File:Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg Critérium du Dauphiné — — — —
File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de Suisse — — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Track

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2018
UCI World Junior Championships
1st File:Jersey rainbow.svg Points race
1st File:Jersey rainbow.svg Madison (with Blake Quick)
3rd File:Bronze medal uci.svg Team pursuit
National Junior Championships[12]
1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Team pursuit
1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Scratch
3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Hong Kong
2019
National Championships
1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Individual pursuit
1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Team pursuit
3rd Points race
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Brisbane
2021
3rd File:Bronze medal olympic.svg Team pursuit, Olympic Games
3rd Madison, National Championships (with Jensen Plowright)
2022
3rd File:Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games

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