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]
 Plapp, 2018 UCI World Championships, Innsbruck. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Plappy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 December 2000 Melbourne, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Team Jayco–AlUla | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time trialist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2017 | Brunswick Cycling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Nero-Kom Racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Inform TM Insight Make[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2019–2020 | Australian Podium Potential Academy (track) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Ineos Grenadiers (stagiaire) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Ineos Grenadiers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Team Jayco–AlUla | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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One-day races and Classics
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Medal record
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Career
editJunior career
editIn 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
editPlapp 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
editRoad
edit- 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
- 1st
- 6th Overall Paris–Nice
- Giro d'Italia
- Held
after Stage 7
- Held
General classification results timeline
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| Grand Tour | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||
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 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | 52 | |||||
 Tour de France
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— | — | ||||||
 Vuelta a España
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95 | — | ||||||
| Major stage race general classification results | ||||||||
| Race | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||
| Paris–Nice
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— | — | 6 | |||||
 Tirreno–Adriatico
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— | — | — | |||||
 Volta a Catalunya
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DNF | DNS | — | |||||
| Tour of the Basque Country
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— | DNF | — | |||||
| Tour de Romandie
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9 | — | DNF | |||||
 Critérium du Dauphiné
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— | — | ||||||
| Tour de Suisse
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— | — | ||||||
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
Track
edit- 2018
- UCI World Junior Championships
- 1st
Points race - 1st Madison (with Blake Quick)
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 1st
- National Junior Championships[12]
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Scratch
- 1st
- 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Hong Kong
- 2019
- National Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Team pursuit
- 3rd Points race
- 1st
- 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
edit- ^ "Team". InForm Racing. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ "Team Jayco–AlUla". UCI. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Lucas PLAPP". UCI. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "The Score 051223". MSA - Maribyrnong Sports Academy. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Plapp now a dual event Junior World Champion | Victorian Institute of Sport". www.vis.org.au. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "UCI Road World Championships - Men Junior individual time trial- | Tissot Timing". www.tissottiming.com. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Track News". Australian Cycling Team. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ Benson, Daniel (30 July 2021). "Ineos Grenadiers announce signing of U23 sensation Luke Plapp". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ Giuliani, Simone (16 January 2022). "Luke Plapp secures Australian elite men's road race title". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ "Luke Plapp". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ "Luke Plapp - FirstCycling.com". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "2018 National Elite & U19 Track Championships". liveresults.cycling.org.au. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
External links
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- Lucas Plapp at UCI
- Lucas Plapp at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Lucas Plapp at ProCyclingStats
- Lucas Plapp at CycleBase
- Lucas Plapp at Olympedia
