Luke Durbridge

Luke Durbridge
	Durbridge in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Luke Durbridge
Nickname	Turbo Durbo
Born	9 April 1991 (age 30); Greenmount, Western Australia, Australia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb; 12 st 4 lb)
Team information
Current team	Team BikeExchange–Jayco
Disciplines	Road; Track;
Role	Rider
Rider type	Classics specialist ; Time trialist
Professional teams
2010–2011	Team Jayco–Skins
2012–	GreenEDGE
Major wins
	Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 2 TTT stages (2014, 2015) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2013) National Time Trial Championships; (2012, 2013, 2019, 2020)
Medal record
Representing Australia
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Men's track cycling
World Championships
Representing ; Orica–GreenEDGE (2012–14); Orica–BikeExchange (2016)
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships

Luke Durbridge (born 9 April 1991) is an Australian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team BikeExchange–Jayco.^[4] Durbridge specialises in the individual time trial, road races, and various track cycling events.^[5]^[6]

As well as winning the 2012 Australian National Time Trial Championships, Durbridge won both the time trial and the Australian National Road Race Championships in 2013. As a result, he became the first rider to win both titles in the same year at an elite level,^[7] Jonathan Hall had previously won both in 1997 but not at an elite level.^[8]

Early career[]

Durbridge was born in Greenmount, Western Australia, and started cycling at 14 years of age, competing in triathlons. In 2009 he became the World Junior Individual Time Trial Champion at the UCI Juniors World Championships in Moscow, Russia; he also won gold in the World Junior Madison Championship. In 2010 he became the youngest ever medal winner in the U23 Individual time trial event of the UCI Road World Championships.

Professional road career[]

Durbridge joined the GreenEDGE team ahead of the 2012 season, which coincided with him being dropped from the Australian track team.^[9]^[10] After winning the under-23 national time trial title in 2011, Durbridge became the elite national champion in January 2012,^[11] beating teammate and two-time defending champion Cameron Meyer by almost seven seconds. His first professional win came in April 2012, taking the overall title at the Circuit de la Sarthe despite being left with only two teammates for the final stage.^[12] In June he unexpectedly won the prologue of the Critérium du Dauphiné, beating Bradley Wiggins and world time trial champion Tony Martin.^[13] He subsequently finished fifth in the Eneco Tour before taking his second general classification win of the year at the 2.1-category Tour du Poitou-Charentes.^[14]

In 2021, Durbridge rode in the Olympic road race for the first time at the COVID-19 pandemic-delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where he finished in 72nd place.^[15]^[16]

Major results[]

2008

UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships

1st

Team pursuit

3rd

Points race

1st

Team pursuit, 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Melbourne

2009

UCI Juniors Track World Championships

1st

Madison

2nd

Team pursuit

1st

Time trial, UCI Juniors World Championships

1st

Team pursuit, 2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Melbourne

1st

Team pursuit, National Track Championships

National Junior Road Championships

1st

Time trial

4th Road race

2010

1st

Overall Mersey Valley Tour

1st Prologue

1st Memorial Davide Fardelli

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23

2nd

Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships

National Track Championships

2nd

Team pursuit

2nd

Points race

2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

3rd

Time trial, Commonwealth Games

3rd Chrono Champenois

2011

1st

Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships

1st

Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships

1st

Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

1st

Points race, National Track Championships

1st Chrono Champenois

3rd Memorial Davide Fardelli

7th Overall Olympia's Tour

1st Prologue & Stage 5 (ITT)

2012

1st

Time trial, National Road Championships

1st

Overall Circuit de la Sarthe

1st

Young rider classification

1st Stage 3 (ITT)

1st

Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes

1st

Young rider classification

1st Stage 4 (ITT)

1st Prologue Critérium du Dauphiné

1st Duo Normand (with Svein Tuft)

3rd

Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships

5th Overall Eneco Tour

1st Stage 2 (TTT)

7th Overall Three Days of De Panne

2013

National Road Championships

1st

Road race

1st

Time trial

1st Duo Normand (with Svein Tuft)

1st Bay Classic Series

1st Stage 3 (ITT) Circuit de la Sarthe

2nd

Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships

6th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes

7th Overall Three Days of De Panne

2014

Oceania Road Championships

1st

Road race

8th Time trial

Giro d'Italia

1st Stage 1 (TTT)

Held

after Stage 1

2nd

Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne

9th Time trial, Commonwealth Games

2015

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia

4th Time trial, National Road Championships

7th Overall Three Days of De Panne

2016

1st Duo Normand (with Svein Tuft)

3rd

Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships

6th Overall Three Days of De Panne

2017

1st Stage 3b (ITT) Three Days of De Panne

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

4th Dwars door Vlaanderen

4th E3 Harelbeke

6th Strade Bianche

2018

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

Combativity award Stage 18 Tour de France

2019

National Road Championships

1st

Time trial

4th Road race

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour

2020

National Road Championships

1st

Time trial

4th Road race

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour

2021

1st

Overall Santos Festival of Cycling^[17]

1st Stage 1

National Road Championships

2nd Time trial

7th Road race

6th Overall Benelux Tour

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Giro d'Italia	142	DNF	109	—	—	—	78	—	—
Tour de France	—	122	151	112	DNF	118	109	—	100
Vuelta a España	Has not contested during career

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish
IP	In progress

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Luke Durbridge". Orica–GreenEDGE. GreenEDGE Cycling. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
^ "Mitchelton-Scott finalise 25-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
^ "Wins from January to October: Mitchelton-Scott men confirm roster and goals for 2020". Mitchelton–Scott. New Global Cycling Services. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
^ "GreenEDGE Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ "Luke Durbridge". Team Jayco-Skins. Archived from the original on 16 May 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
^ "Luke Durbridge". Cycling Australia. Archived from the original on 1 March 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
^ "Dominant Durbridge adds road race gold to time trial success". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 13 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
^ "Australian Road Championships: Men's and Women's Road Race – Perth, November 8, 1997". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 8 November 1997. Retrieved 13 January 2013. He came 8th in the World ITT Championships in San Sebastian recently, won the ITT Championship last Wednesday and today won the Road Championship.
^ Kogoy, Peter (5 April 2012). "Luke Durbridge finds road to his liking". The Australian. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
^ "GreenEdge completes 2012 roster with Durbridge, Hepburn". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
^ Vaughan, Roger (10 January 2012). "Durbridge wins, Bobridge in hospital". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Australian Associated Press. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
^ Kogoy, Peter (7 April 2012). "Three-man GreenEDGE team scores at Circuit Cycliste Sarthe". The Australian. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
^ "Durbridge wins Dauphine prologue". ABC News. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
^ "Durbridge wins Poitou-Charentes". Sky News Australia. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
^ Benson, Daniel (24 July 2021). "Olympics: Richard Carapaz claims men's road race title". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
^ "Luke DURBRIDGE". Olympics.com. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
^ "Durbridge and Gigante take overall honours at the Santos Festival of Cycling". Cycling Tips. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

External links[]

Media related to Luke Durbridge at Wikimedia Commons

Luke Durbridge at Cycling Archives
Luke Durbridge at ProCyclingStats

[OGE_profile-1] "Luke Durbridge". Orica–GreenEDGE. GreenEDGE Cycling. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

[2] "Mitchelton-Scott finalise 25-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.

[3] "Wins from January to October: Mitchelton-Scott men confirm roster and goals for 2020". Mitchelton–Scott. New Global Cycling Services. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

[4] "GreenEDGE Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[5] "Luke Durbridge". Team Jayco-Skins. Archived from the original on 16 May 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

[Luke_Durbridge-6] "Luke Durbridge". Cycling Australia. Archived from the original on 1 March 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

[7] "Dominant Durbridge adds road race gold to time trial success". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 13 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

[8] "Australian Road Championships: Men's and Women's Road Race – Perth, November 8, 1997". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 8 November 1997. Retrieved 13 January 2013. He came 8th in the World ITT Championships in San Sebastian recently, won the ITT Championship last Wednesday and today won the Road Championship.

[9] Kogoy, Peter (5 April 2012). "Luke Durbridge finds road to his liking". The Australian. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

[10] "GreenEdge completes 2012 roster with Durbridge, Hepburn". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

[Durbridge-11] Vaughan, Roger (10 January 2012). "Durbridge wins, Bobridge in hospital". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Australian Associated Press. Retrieved 10 January 2012.

[12] Kogoy, Peter (7 April 2012). "Three-man GreenEDGE team scores at Circuit Cycliste Sarthe". The Australian. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

[13] "Durbridge wins Dauphine prologue". ABC News. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

[14] "Durbridge wins Poitou-Charentes". Sky News Australia. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

[15] Benson, Daniel (24 July 2021). "Olympics: Richard Carapaz claims men's road race title". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 15 December 2021.

[16] "Luke DURBRIDGE". Olympics.com. Retrieved 26 November 2021.

[17] "Durbridge and Gigante take overall honours at the Santos Festival of Cycling". Cycling Tips. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

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v t UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's team pursuit
1990s	: Australia Brett Aitken Stuart O'Grady Billy Shearsby Tim O'Shannessey : Germany Guido Fulst Andreas Bach Jens Lehmann Danilo Hondo : Australia Bradley McGee Stuart O'Grady Rodney McGee Tim O'Shannessey : Italy Adler Capelli Cristiano Citton Andrea Collinelli Mauro Trentini : Italy Cristiano Citton Mario Benetton Adler Capelli Andrea Collinelli : Ukraine Alexander Symonenko Sergiy Matveyev Oleksandr Fedenko Oleksandr Klymenko : Germany Robert Bartko Jens Lehmann Daniel Becke Guido Fulst
2000s	: Germany Guido Fulst Sebastian Siedler Daniel Becke Jens Lehmann : Ukraine Alexander Symonenko Serhiy Cherniavskiy Lyubomyr Polatayko Oleksandr Fedenko : Australia Peter Dawson Brett Lancaster Stephen Wooldridge Luke Roberts : Australia Graeme Brown Peter Dawson Brett Lancaster Luke Roberts : Australia Ashley Hutchinson Luke Roberts Peter Dawson Stephen Wooldridge : Great Britain Steve Cummings Rob Hayles Paul Manning Chris Newton : Australia Peter Dawson Matthew Goss Mark Jamieson Stephen Wooldridge 2007–08: Great Britain Ed Clancy Geraint Thomas Paul Manning Bradley Wiggins 2009: Denmark Casper Jørgensen Jens-Erik Madsen Michael Færk Christensen Alex Rasmussen Michael Mørkøv
2010s	2010: Australia Jack Bobridge Rohan Dennis Michael Hepburn Cameron Meyer 2011: Australia Jack Bobridge Rohan Dennis Michael Hepburn Luke Durbridge 2012: Great Britain Ed Clancy Peter Kennaugh Steven Burke Geraint Thomas Andy Tennant 2013: Australia Glenn O'Shea Alex Edmondson Mitchell Mulhern Alexander Morgan 2014: Australia Glenn O'Shea Alex Edmondson Luke Davison Miles Scotson 2015: New Zealand Pieter Bulling Dylan Kennett Alex Frame Marc Ryan 2016: Australia Sam Welsford Michael Hepburn Callum Scotson Miles Scotson Alexander Porter Luke Davison 2017: Australia Sam Welsford Cameron Meyer Alexander Porter Nick Yallouris Kelland O'Brien Rohan Wight 2018: Great Britain Ed Clancy Kian Emadi Ethan Hayter Charlie Tanfield 2019: Australia Sam Welsford Leigh Howard Alexander Porter Cameron Scott Kelland O'Brien
2020s	2020: Denmark Lasse Norman Hansen Julius Johansen Frederik Rodenberg Rasmus Pedersen 2021: Italy Liam Bertazzo Simone Consonni Filippo Ganna Jonathan Milan Francesco Lamon
Riders in italics took part in the qualifying rounds.

v t Australian National Road Race Champions (men)
1900–1919	Andrew Ralston, NZ (1901) HG O'Callaghan (1902) Jack Arnst, NZ (1903) Tom Larcombe (1904) (1905) H Mehrtens, NZ (1906) Tom Larcombe (1907) M Chappell (1908) Iddo Munro (1909) (1910) Phil O'Shea, NZ (1911)
1920–1939	Phil O'Shea, NZ (1922-1923) Hubert Opperman (1924) (1925) Hubert Opperman (1926–1927) Hubert Opperman (1929) Richard Lamb (1930) (1931) Richard Lamb (1932) Hefty Stuart (1933) (1935) Alan Angus (1936-1937) (1938-1939)
1940–1959	Keith Rowley (1947) (1948) Alby Saunders (1949) Keith Rowley (1950) John Beasley (1951) Neil Peadon (1952) Alby Saunders (1953) Eddie Smith (1954–1955) Russell Mockridge (1956–1958) Fred Roche (1959)
1960–1979	Fred Roche (1960) Neville Veale (1961) John O'Sullivan (1962) Warwick Dalton (1963) Barry Waddell (1964) Matt Martino (1965) Kerry Hoole (1966) Graeme Gilmore (1967) Barry Waddell (1968) Robert Whetters (1969) Graham McVilly (1970–1971) Kevin Spencer (1972) Kerry Hoole (1973) Graham Rowley (1974) Donald Wilson (1975) Peter Besanko (1976) Donald Wilson (1977) John Trevorrow (1978–1979)
1980–1999	John Trevorrow (1980) Clyde Sefton (1981) Wayne Hildred (1982) Terry Hammond (1983) Peter Besanko (1984) Laurie Venn (1985) Wayne Hildred (1986) Allan Dipple (1987) Paul Miller (1988) Gary Clively (1989) Damian McDonald (1990) Neil Stephens (1991) David McFarlane (1992) Edward Salas (1993) Neil Stephens (1994) Robbie McEwen (1995) Nick Gates (1996) Jonathan Hall (1997) David McKenzie (1998) Henk Vogels (1999)
2000–2019	Jamie Drew (2000) Steve Williams (2001) Robbie McEwen (2002) Stuart O'Grady (2003) Matthew Wilson (2004) Robbie McEwen (2005) Russell Van Hout (2006) Darren Lapthorne (2007) Matthew Lloyd (2008) Peter McDonald (2009) Travis Meyer (2010) Jack Bobridge (2011) Simon Gerrans (2012) Luke Durbridge (2013) Simon Gerrans (2014) Heinrich Haussler (2015) Jack Bobridge (2016) Miles Scotson (2017) Alex Edmondson (2018) Michael Freiberg (2019)
2020–2039	Cameron Meyer (2020–2021)