Lucas 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.

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. 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 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 Sources:

Road

2017 7th Time trial, Oceania Junior Championships 2018

1st Time trial, National 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

2022 (1) 1st Road race, National 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) UCI World Championships 1st Team relay 7th Time trial 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 2026 2nd Road race, National Championships 3rd Overall UAE Tour 3rd Overall Tour de Hongrie 3rd Muscat Classic 5th Overall Tour de Romandie

General classification results timeline Grand Tour general classification results Grand Tour 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Giro d'Italia — — 52 DNF — Tour de France — — — 121 Vuelta a España 95 — — — Major stage race general classification results Race 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Paris–Nice — —6 — — Tirreno–Adriatico — — — — — Volta a Catalunya DNF DNS — — — Tour of the Basque Country — DNF — — — Tour de Romandie9 — DNF 725 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)

National Junior Championships 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 Madison, National Championships (with Jensen Plowright) 2022