Luke Plapp

Lucas Plapp (born 25 December 2000) is an Australian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam. He is an alumnus of Maribyrnong Sports Academy, class of 2018.

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. Plapp also placed 2nd to Remco Evenepoel in the time trial at the 2018 UCI Junior Road World Championships in Innsbruck, Austria. 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.

Professional career
Plapp rode as a stagiaire for UCI WorldTeam in 2021 before joining them full-time in 2022. On 16 January 2022, he won the Australian National Road Race Championships after chasing down and passing James Whelan with under 10 km left, before finishing solo. 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
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Road

 * 2017
 * 7th Time trial, Oceania Junior Championships


 * 2018
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Time trial, Oceania Junior Championships
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial, National Junior Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal uci.svg Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships


 * 2019
 * 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
 * 5th Time trial, Oceania Under-23 Championships


 * 2020
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial, National Under-23 Championships


 * 2021
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial, National Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal uci.svg Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships


 * 2022
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Road race, National Championships
 * 3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Team relay, UCI World Championships
 * 3rd Overall Tour of Norway
 * Commonwealth Games
 * 5th Time trial
 * 6th Road race
 * 9th Overall Tour de Romandie


 * 2023
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Road race, National Championships
 * 2nd Overall UAE Tour


 * 2024
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Road race
 * 6th Overall Paris–Nice
 * Giro d'Italia
 * Held after Stage 7

Track

 * 2018
 * UCI World Junior Championships
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Points race
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Madison (with Blake Quick)
 * 3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Team pursuit
 * National Junior Championships
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Team pursuit
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Scratch
 * 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Hong Kong


 * 2019
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Individual pursuit
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Team pursuit
 * 3rd Points race
 * 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Brisbane


 * 2021
 * 3rd Bronze medal olympic.svg Team pursuit, Olympic Games
 * 3rd Madison, National Championships (with Jensen Plowright)


 * 2022
 * 3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games