# Luka Mezgec

Luka Mezgec (born 27 June 1988) is a Slovenian road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla. After scoring numerous podium finishes in 2013, Mezgec finally tasted victory on the fifth stage of the Tour of Beijing. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España.
In September 2015 it was announced that Mezgec had signed an initial two-year contract with Orica–GreenEDGE to commence in 2016. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France.

## Major results

Source:

### 2009

    1st Vzpon na Mohor

### 2010

    1st Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
    5th Overall Course de la Solidarité Olympique

### 2011

    1st Memoriał Henryka Łasaka
    1st Stage 1 Istrian Spring Trophy
    2nd GP Kranj
    2nd VN HiFi-Color Studio
    3rd Banja Luka–Beograd II
    3rd Central European Tour Budapest GP
    6th Ljubljana–Zagreb
    8th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
    8th Banja Luka–Beograd I
    10th Central European Tour Miskolc GP

### 2012 (5 pro wins)

    2nd Memorijal Nevio Valčić
    2nd Banja Luka–Beograd I
    2nd Memoriał Henryka Łasaka
    3rd Poreč Trophy
    3rd Central European Tour Budapest GP
    3rd Ljubljana–Zagreb
    3rd Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin
    4th Banja Luka–Beograd II
    4th Grand Prix of Moscow
    5th Road race, National Road Championships
    5th Overall Five Rings of Moscow
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 5
    5th Grand Prix Südkärnten
    5th Central European Tour Miskolc GP
    5th Coupe des Carpathes
    6th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 2, 4, 6, 11 & 13

### 2013 (1)

    1st Stage 5 Tour of Beijing
    2nd Halle–Ingooigem
    7th Handzame Classic

### 2014 (6)

    1st Handzame Classic
    Volta a Catalunya
       1st Stages 1, 2 & 5
    1st Stage 21 Giro d'Italia
    1st Stage 1 Tour of Beijing
    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

### 2015 (1)

    1st Stage 2 Tour du Haut Var

### 2016

    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    9th Paris–Tours

### 2017 (3)

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st National MTB XC Championships
    1st National CX Championships
    1st Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic
    1st Stage 2 Tour of Slovenia
    5th Road race, UEC European Road Championships

### 2019 (3)

    Tour of Slovenia
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 2
    Tour de Pologne
       1st Stages 2 & 5
    3rd Clásica de Almería
    8th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
    8th Three Days of Bruges–De Panne

### 2020

    1st Sprints classification, Tour de Pologne
    2nd Bretagne Classic
    5th Clásica de Almería

### 2021

    3rd Road race, National Road Championships

### 2022

    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    6th Road race, UEC European Road Championships

### 2023

    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    4th Visit Friesland Elfsteden Race
    8th Super 8 Classic

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | 123 | 136 | 138 | DNF | 107 | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 88 | 102 | 101 | 112 | 116 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | 108 | — | — | 141 | DNF | — | 109 | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |