# Luke Plapp

Lucas Plapp (born 25 December 2000) is an Australian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla. He is an alumnus of Maribyrnong Sports Academy, class of 2018.

## 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. Plapp also placed 2nd to Remco Evenepoel in the time trial at the 2018 UCI Junior Road World Championships in Innsbruck, Austria. 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.

### Professional career

Plapp rode as a stagiaire for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers in 2021 before joining them full-time in 2022. 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. 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:

### Road
#### 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 (1 pro win)

    1st Time trial, National Championships
    2nd Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships

#### 2022 (1)

    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 (1)

    1st Road race, National Championships
    2nd Overall UAE Tour

#### 2024 (2)

    National Championships
       1st Time trial
       1st Road race
    6th Overall Paris–Nice
    Giro d'Italia
       Held after Stage 7

#### 2025 (1)

    National Championships
       1st Time trial
       2nd Road race
    6th Overall Tour Down Under

### General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results :
| Grand Tour | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | 52 | |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | |
| Vuelta a España | 95 | — | — | |
| Major stage race general classification results |||||||||
| Race | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Paris–Nice | — | — | 6 | |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | — | |
| Volta a Catalunya | DNF | DNS | — | |
| Tour of the Basque Country | — | DNF | — | |
| Tour de Romandie | 9 | — | DNF | |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | — | — | — | |
| Tour de Suisse | — | — | — | |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |

### Track
#### 2018

    UCI World Junior Championships
       1st Points race
       1st Madison (with Blake Quick)
       3rd Team pursuit
    National Junior Championships
       1st Team pursuit
       1st Scratch
    3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Hong Kong

#### 2019

    National Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       1st Team pursuit
       3rd Points race
    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