Luke Plapp delivers a winning return from wrist surgery on stage 2 at the Tour of Hellas

Picture by Zac Williams/SWpix.com - 25/01/2025 - Cycling - 2025 Santos Tour Down Under, Stage 5 Mclaren Vale to Willunga Hill, Adelaide, Australia - Luke Plapp, Jayco Alula.
Luke Plapp (Jayco-AlUla) in a far sunnier day of racing at the Santos Tour Down Under (Image credit: Zac Williams/SWpix.com)

Luke Plapp (Jayco-AlUla) has begun his racing rebuild after wrist surgery and quickly found his way to the top step of the podium at the 2.1-ranked Tour of Hellas.

The opening day of racing in Greece was one for the sprinters but the climbing – and territory that suited Plapp –  started on Thursday's 177km stage 2 which delivered 3,107m of elevation gain, with the biggest challenge being the 22km ascent to the finish line in Arachova. 

Simone Giuliani
Australia Editor

Simone is a degree-qualified journalist that has accumulated decades of wide-ranging experience while working across a variety of leading media organisations. She joined Cyclingnews as a Production Editor at the start of the 2021 season and has now moved into the role of Australia Editor. Previously she worked as a freelance writer, Australian Editor at Ella CyclingTips and as a correspondent for Reuters and Bloomberg. Cycling was initially purely a leisure pursuit for Simone, who started out as a business journalist, but in 2015 her career focus also shifted to the sport.

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