Luke Plapp

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Lucas Plapp
20180925 UCI Road World Championships Innsbruck Men Juniors ITT Lucas Plapp 850 8421.jpg
Plapp at the 2018 UCI Junior Road World Championships in Innsbruck
Personal information
NicknamePlappy
Born (2000-12-25) 25 December 2000 (age 21)
Melbourne, Australia
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Team information
Current teamInform TM Insight Make
Ineos Grenadiers (stagiaire)
Discipline
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trialist
Amateur teams
2010–2017Brunswick Cycling Club
2017–2018Nero-Kom Racing
2019–2021Inform TM Insight Make
Professional teams
2019–Australian Podium Potential Academy (Track)
2021Ineos Grenadiers (stagiaire)
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Time Trial Championships (2021)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team pursuit
UCI Junior Track World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Aigle Points race
Gold medal – first place 2018 Aigle Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Aigle Team pursuit

Lucas Plapp (born 25 December 2000) is an Australian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for Australian team Inform TM Insight Make.[1] He is currently a stagiaire and will join UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers for the 2022 season.[2]

Career[]

Junior career[]

In August 2018, Plapp won the points race as well as the madison with 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 Cycling Australia High Performance Podium Potential Academy and was selected to compete in the Team pursuit at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where they won the bronze medal.[5]

Major results[]

Sources: [6][7]

Road[]

2017
7th Time trial, Oceania Junior Road Championships
2018
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Time trial, Oceania Junior Road Championships
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
2nd Silver medal blank.svg 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 MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships
2021
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Time trial, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships

Track[]

2018
UCI Junior World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Points race
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Madison
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit
National Junior Track Championships[8]
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Team pursuit
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Scratch race
UCI Track World Cup
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Hong Kong
2019
UCI Track World Cup
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Brisbane
National Track Championships
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Individual pursuit
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Team pursuit
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Points race
2021
3rd Bronze medal olympic.svg Team pursuit, Olympic Games

References[]

  1. ^ "Team". InForm Racing. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
  2. ^ "Ineos Grenadiers announce signing of U23 sensation Luke Plapp". Cycling News.
  3. ^ "Plapp now a dual event Junior World Champion | Victorian Institute of Sport". www.vis.org.au. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  4. ^ "UCI Road World Championships - Men Junior individual time trial- | Tissot Timing". www.tissottiming.com. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  5. ^ "Track News". Australian Cycling Team. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
  6. ^ "Luke Plapp". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
  7. ^ "Luke Plapp - FirstCycling.com". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  8. ^ "2018 National Elite & U19 Track Championships". liveresults.cycling.org.au. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
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