Lukas Pöstlberger

Lukas Pöstlberger (born 10 January 1992) is an Austrian cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla.^[5] He won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 2012.^[6]

Lukas Pöstlberger

Pöstlberger in 2023
Personal information
Nickname	Pösti
Born	(1992-01-10) 10 January 1992 (age 33) Vöcklabruck, Upper Austria, Austria
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight	70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)[1]
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Rouleur
Amateur team
2015	Bora–Argon 18 (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2011–2013	RC Arbö–Gourmetfein–Wels
2014–2015	Tirol Cycling Team
2016–2022	Bora–Argon 18[2][3][4]
2023	Team Jayco–AlUla
Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2017) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2012, 2018)

Career

Born in Vöcklabruck, Pöstlberger was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia^[7] and won the opening stage,^[8] becoming the first Austrian rider to win a stage of the Giro^[9] and the first Austrian to lead the race.^[10] In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the 2018 Tour de France.^[11]

Major results

2011

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Sibiu Cycling Tour

5th Time trial, National Road Championships

2012

National Road Championships

1st Road race

4th Time trial

1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Avenir

2013

1st GP Kranj

5th Road race, National Road Championships

5th Overall Tour of Al Zubarah

6th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour

1st Young rider classification

9th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

9th Gran Premio San Giuseppe

2014

1st Tour Bohemia

2015

1st Overall An Post Rás

1st Stage 7 Tour of Austria

1st Mountains classification, Oberösterreich Rundfahrt

2nd Belgrade Banjaluka II

3rd Trofeo Edil C

4th Time trial, National Road Championships

10th Overall Istrian Spring Trophy

1st Prologue

Combativity award Overall Tour Alsace

2016

1st Stage 4 Oberösterreich Rundfahrt

10th Druivenkoers Overijse

2017

Giro d'Italia

1st Stage 1

Held & after Stage 1

Held after Stages 1–2

National Road Championships

2nd Road race

3rd Time trial

5th E3 Harelbeke

2018

National Road Championships

1st Road race

4th Time trial

2019

4th Dwars door Vlaanderen

8th Overall Okolo Slovenska

2021

1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné

2022

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

2023

1st Hong Kong Challenge

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

10th Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Giro d'Italia	114	—	—	—	—	—	95
Tour de France	—	132	DNF	DNF	116	—
Vuelta a España	—	DNF	—	—	—	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish