# Lucas Hamilton

Lucas Hamilton (born 12 February 1996) is an Australian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.
Hamilton qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and rode in the Men's Road Race. The men's road racers had a tough time in the conditions and he finished 71st.

## Early years

Hamilton began cycling as a 12-years-old with the Ararat and Districts Cycling Club in Victoria. He performed so well that he was given a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship in 2014.
Hamilton gained his first national team selection at the age of 20, in 2016. He raced in the U19 World Road Race Championship and then went onto win the Mountains Classification at the 2016 Tour de l'Avenir. This event is widely regarded as the U23 Tour de France Overall he managed to finish the event as runner-up.

## Career

Hamilton signed a three-year deal with Mitchelton–Scott in 2017. In the same year he won the U23 Oceania Road Race Championships and finished an impressive second overall at the 2017 Giro Ciclistico d'Italia, GP Palio del Recioto and GP Marmo.
Hamilton was named Best Young Rider for Australia's World Tour one-day classic and the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. He joined the World Tour with Mitchelton–Scott in 2018, and has since continued to rise in the world standings. He won Stage 1 and Stage 2 at the 2018 Hammer Stavange, and in 2019 won Stage 1 and Stage 4 at the Czech Cycling Tour.
Returning to Australia for the 2020 Tour Down Under, Hamilton came ninth place. He went on to be placed second at the 2020 National Road Race Championships. That same year, Lucas won his maiden World Tour win on stage four of Tirreno Adriatico.
Hamilton began his fourth professional year signing with Team BikeExchange. He led the team at the 2021 Tour de France in their general classification campaign.

## Major results
### 2014

    1st Road race, Oceania Junior Road Championships
    1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships

### 2016

    2nd Overall An Post Rás

### 2017

    1st Road race, Oceania Road Championships
    1st Overall Tour Alsace
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Mountains classification
    2nd Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
       1st Stage 5b (ITT)
    2nd Trofeo Edil C
    2nd Giro del Belvedere
    2nd GP Palio del Recioto
    3rd Overall Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo
    3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
    4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
    7th Overall Herald Sun Tour

### 2018

    7th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

### 2019

    1st Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 1b (TTT)
    2nd Overall Czech Cycling Tour
       1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 4
    6th Overall Herald Sun Tour

### 2020

    1st Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico
    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour
    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    9th Overall Tour Down Under

### 2021

    4th Overall Paris–Nice
    5th Time trial, National Road Championships
    8th Overall Tour de Romandie
    10th Overall Volta a Catalunya

### 2023

    4th Maryland Cycling Classic

### General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results :
| Grand Tour | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | 25 | DNF | — | 13 | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | 54 | 78 | — | — |
| Major stage race general classification results ||||||||
| Race | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Paris–Nice | — | — | — | 4 | DNF | 22 | — |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | 32 | — | — | — | — |
| Volta a Catalunya | — | — | NH | 10 | — | — | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country | 61 | 15 | NH | — | DNF | — | 33 |
| Tour de Romandie | 28 | — | NH | 8 | — | — | — |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de Suisse | — | — | NH | DNF | — | — | — |