Lukas Nerurkar

Lukas Nerurkar (born 14 November 2003) is a British professional cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost.^[1][2][3]

Lukas Nerurkar

Nerurkar in 2024
Personal information
Born	(2003-11-14) 14 November 2003 (age 21)
Team information
Current team	EF Education–EasyPost
Disciplines	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team
2021	VC Londres
Professional teams
2022–2023	Trinity Racing
2024–	EF Education–EasyPost

Early life

Nerurkar grew up in Ethiopia before moving to Sussex in England. His godfather is Haile Gebrselassie.^[4] He took part in long distance running events until he was sixteen years-old. He attended Cardinal Newman Catholic School in Hove. He lives in Brighton, England, and in Andorra.^[5][6][7]

Career

As a junior rider, Nerurkar finished fourth overall in the Junior Tour of Wales and won a stage of the Junior Tour of Yorkshire. He was announced as joining Trinity Racing in December 2021.^[8]

Trinity Racing (2022–2023)

In February 2023, Nerurkar won the young rider classification as he finished sixth behind winner Jonas Vingegaard at the O Gran Camiño stage race in Spain. In May 2023, Nerurkar triumphed at the Orlen Nations Grand Prix, by winning stage 2.^[9] In June 2023, Nerurkar won stage five of the Giro Next Gen.^[10][11]

EF Education–EasyPost (2024–)

In September 2023, it was announced he signed a two-year contract with UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost for the following season.^[12] As a 20 year old, he finished 3rd on stage 3 of the 2024 Critérium du Dauphiné, having finished 7th the day before.^[13][14][15]

Personal life

He is the son of British Olympic marathon runner Richard Nerurkar.^[16] His mother Gail ran competitively at county level. His sister Almi is a long distance runner.^[17][4]

Major results

Sources:^[3][18][19]

2021

1st Circuito Villatuert

4th Overall Junior Tour of Wales

5th Road race, National Junior Road Championships

5th Overall Junior Tour of Yorkshire

1st Stage 2

2023

1st Stage 2 Orlen Nations Grand Prix

1st Stage 5 Giro Next Gen

5th Beaumont Trophy

6th Overall O Gran Camiño

1st Young rider classification

9th Overall Czech Tour

9th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia

2024

2nd Overall Tour de Kyushu

1st Young rider classification

4th Eschborn–Frankfurt

6th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana

9th Mercan'Tour Classic

9th Japan Cup

2025

3rd Clásica Terres de l'Ebre

6th Andorra MoraBanc Clàssica