Luke Plapp

Lucas Plapp (born 25 December 2000) is an Australian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla.^[2][3] He is an alumnus of Maribyrnong Sports Academy, class of 2018.^[4]

Lucas Plapp

Plapp at the 2018 UCI World Championships in Innsbruck
Personal information
Nickname	Plappy
Born	(2000-12-25) 25 December 2000 (age 24) Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Team information
Current team	Team Jayco–AlUla
Discipline	Road Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time trialist
Amateur teams
2010–2017	Brunswick Cycling Club
2017–2018	Nero-Kom Racing
2019–2021	Inform TM Insight Make[1]
Professional teams
2019–2020	Australian Podium Potential Academy (track)
2021	Ineos Grenadiers (stagiaire)
2022–2023	Ineos Grenadiers
2024–	Team Jayco–AlUla
Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2025) One-day races and Classics National Time Trial Championships (2021, 2024, 2025) National Road Race Championships (2022, 2023, 2024)
Medal record Representing  Australia Men's track cycling Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team pursuit Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Team pursuit UCI Junior Track World Championships 2018 Aigle Points 2018 Aigle Madison 2018 Aigle Team pursuit Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 2021 Brugge Under-23 time trial 2022 Wollongong Mixed team relay

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.^[5] Plapp also placed 2nd to Remco Evenepoel in the time trial at the 2018 UCI Junior Road World Championships in Innsbruck, Austria.^[6] 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.^[7]

Professional career

Plapp rode as a stagiaire for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers in 2021 before joining them full-time in 2022.^[8] 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.^[9] 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:^[10][11]

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 (3)

National Championships

1st Time trial

2nd Road race

1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia

1st Stage 2 International Tour of Hellas

6th Overall Tour Down Under

7th Clásica de San Sebastián

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^[12]

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