Luke Rowe

Luke Rowe (born 10 March 1990) is a Welsh racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam .
Biography
Born in Cardiff, Rowe began racing at a young age, initially riding with his parents on a tandem. He began to enjoy cycling and became a member of the Maindy Flyers, based at Maindy Centre. As a junior, he was a member of British Cycling's Olympic Development Programme, His father, Courtney Rowe, coaches the Paralympian Simon Richardson, while his brother Matthew Rowe and his sister-in-law Dani Rowe also competed professionally.
Track career
Rowe made his European debut as a member of the team pursuit squad who took the gold medal at the 2007 UEC European Track Championships. He finished second in the 2008 European Road Race Championships, and won the Madison, along with Mark Christian, and the silver in the team pursuit at the 2008 European Track Championships.
Team Sky (2012–)
Rowe joined for the 2012 season as a neo-pro, having signed a two-year deal. He took his first professional victory in September 2012 by winning the opening stage of the Tour of Britain. Rowe made his Grand Tour debut at the 2013 Vuelta a España.
Rowe represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, 2014, and finished sixth in the road race, which was won by teammate Geraint Thomas. Rowe rode the 2014 Vuelta a España, and helped Chris Froome to finish second overall.
Rowe enjoyed a strong start to the 2015 season with fourth place at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and seventh overall at the Tour of Qatar. Rowe then had a breakthrough classics campaign, placing ninth in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (which was won by teammate Ian Stannard, thirteenth in E3 Harelbeke (won by teammate Geraint Thomas) and an impressive eighth in Paris–Roubaix, ahead of Bradley Wiggins (18th) who was riding his final race for Sky. He was selected in Sky's team for the Tour de France, becoming the third Welsh rider to compete in the Tour after Colin Lewis and Geraint Thomas.
By finishing in 167th place in the 2017 Tour de France, Rowe earned the unofficial "lanterne rouge", a recognition reserved for the last rider to finish. In August 2017, Rowe fractured the tibia and fibula in his right leg, when he jumped into shallow water while whitewater rafting at his brother's stag party in Prague. Having feared he would be unlikely to race for up to a year, Rowe returned to racing earlier than expected, in late February at the 2018 Abu Dhabi Tour, having originally planned to return for the Commonwealth Games.
In February 2020, Rowe signed a new contract with , extending his contract with the team until the end of the 2023 season.
Major results
2007
1st Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Track Championships
1st Madison (with Adam Blythe), National Track Championships
1st Points classification, Junior Tour of Wales
2008
UEC European Junior Track Championships
1st Madison (with Mark Christian)
2nd Team pursuit
1st Derny, National Track Championships
2nd Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships
2009
1st ZLM Tour
2nd Madison (with Geraint Thomas), National Track Championships
6th Coppa Colli Briantei Internazionale
2010
1st Madison (with Mark Christian), National Track Championships
1st Gran Premio di Poggiana
3rd Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo
4th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
5th Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
6th Overall Tour de Berlin
8th Trofeo Franco Balestra Memorial Metelli
9th Road race, Commonwealth Games
2011
1st Madison (with Peter Kennaugh), National Track Championships
1st ZLM Tour
1st Stage 7 Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
5th Overall Tour de Normandie
8th La Côte Picarde
9th Overall Olympia's Tour
2012
1st Stage 1 Tour of Britain
Revolution Series, Round 3, Manchester
1st Australian pursuit
1st Scratch
2nd Duo Normand (with Alex Dowsett)
2013
National Road Championships
5th Road race
5th Time trial
9th Overall Tour of Qatar
2014
National Road Championships
4th Road race
4th Time trial
6th Road race, Commonwealth Games
2015
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour de Romandie
4th Road race, National Road Championships
4th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
7th Overall Tour of Qatar
8th Paris–Roubaix
9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2016
4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
5th Tour of Flanders
2017
1st Stage 2 Herald Sun Tour
3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
5th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
6th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2018
1st Stage 3 (TTT) Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
2019
6th Dwars door Vlaanderen
6th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Classics results timeline
References
External links
Luke Rowe profile at Team Sky
1990 births
Living people
British male cyclists
Welsh male cyclists
Sportspeople from Cardiff
Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales