# Lachlan Morton

Lachlan David Morton (born 2 January 1992) is an Australian professional gravel and road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost.

## Career

Born and raised in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, Morton spent the 2011 and 2012 seasons in the Garmin–Sharp squad's development stable, Chipotle–First Solar Development Team.
Following a successful 2016 season including stage and overall wins at the Tour of the Gila and the Tour of Utah, in September 2016 Team Dimension Data confirmed that Morton would join them for 2017, reuniting him with former Garmin teammate Ben King. He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia.

### Ultra-distance cycling

Morton has participated in a number of ultra-distance cycling events and challenges. In 2014 he completed a 2,500-kilometre (1,600-mile) ride from Port Macquarie to Uluru with his brother Angus Morton. The brothers made a documentary film about the ride titled "Thereabouts". In 2015 "Thereabouts Reprise" was released about a 600-mile (970-kilometre) ride across the Colorado Rockies that Morton completed with his brother, and professional cyclists Taylor Phinney and Cameron Wurf. In 2017 the Morton brothers released a third documentary titled "Thereabouts Colombia" about cycling in Colombia.
In 2019 Morton participated in the Unbound Gravel, Leadville 100, GBDuro and Three Peaks Cyclocross races as part of EF Pro Cycling's alternative calendar. He was first to finish the 2019 GBDuro, a 2,000-kilometre (1,200-mile) challenge from Land's End to John o' Groats in the United Kingdom. In May 2020 he set a new record of 11 hours and 14 minutes for the 142-mile (229-kilometre) Kokopelli's Trail in the United States. In September 2020 he won the Badlands, a 700 kilometre race across the Iberian Peninsula.
He won Unbound Gravel in 2024 and rode the Tour Divide trail in 2023 in 12 days, 12 hours, and 21 minutes, becoming the fastest person ever to complete the storied route.

### Everesting

Morton held the Everesting world record, completing the feat in 7:29:57 on 20 June 2020. The feat garnered significant publicity, as Morton had made an attempt just days earlier which was disqualified by Hells 500, who stated that he had not reached the threshold to count as an Everesting. Since then, Alberto Contador and three other riders have surpassed Morton's time.

### 2021 Alt Tour

In 2021, Morton completed an "Alt Tour", riding the entire 2021 Tour de France route, including transfers, unsupported in aid of World Bicycle Relief. He started in Brittany on the same day as the regular Tour, but built up a lead on the peloton by riding for 12 hours a day. After 5,510-kilometre (3,420-mile) and 16 days, he finished the ride in Paris about 5 days ahead of the peloton.

### 2024 Australia lap

In 2024 Morton set out to break the record of cycling around Australia. In October it was reported he accomplished that feat by setting a new record of 30 days, nine hours and 59 minutes, an improvement to the 2011 record by David Alley of 37 days, 20 hours and 45 minutes.

## Major results
### 2009

    5th Time trial, National Junior Road Championships

### 2010

    1st Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
       1st Stages 3 (ITT) & 6
    7th Overall Tour of Utah

### 2011

    2nd Overall Cascade Cycling Classic
    3rd Overall Tour of the Gila
    6th Overall Tour de Langkawi
    7th Overall Giro do Interior de São Paulo

### 2012

    6th Overall Tour de Guadeloupe
       1st Young rider classification
    8th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta

### 2013

    Tour of Utah
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 3
    5th Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge
       1st Young rider classification

### 2015

    1st Mount Evans Hill Climb
    5th Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge
    9th Overall Tour de Beauce
    10th Overall Tour of Utah

### 2016

    1st Overall Tour of Utah
       1st Stages 3 & 7
    1st Overall Tour of the Gila
       1st Stage 1
    1st Stage 4 Tour de Hokkaido
    4th Overall Tour de Beauce

### 2017

    7th Overall Tour of California
       1st Young rider classification
    8th Overall Tour of Oman

### 2019

    1st GBDURO
    1st Stage 5 Tour of Utah
    3rd Leadville Trail 100 MTB
    4th Unbound Gravel 200

### 2021

    1st Telluride 100 MTB
    2nd Leadville Trail 100 MTB

### 2023

    1st Wild Horse Gravel
    2nd Overall Migration Gravel Race
    Record time of 12 days, 12 hours, and 21 minutes on Tour Divide trail
       1st Stage 2
    3rd Unbound Gravel 200

### 2024

    1st Unbound Gravel 200

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | 111 |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | 90 | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |