Rider Profile
Luke Plapp
Jayco-AlUla
Personal Details:
Teams history:
- 2025 - Jayco-AlUla
- 2024 - Jayco-AlUla
- 2023 - Ineos Grenadiers
- 2022 - Ineos Grenadiers
- 2021 - Ineos Grenadiers
Biography:
Luke Plapp, born on December 25, 2000, began riding his bicycle as a 12 year old in his hometown of Melbourne, Australia. As his career developed from the amateur to pro ranks, Plapp has gone on to win a trio of gold medals at the Junior Track World Championships in 2018, represent his home country at two Olympic Games (Tokyo in 2021 and Paris in 2024), and secure five elite national titles (road race and time trial).
Plapp began his time on the WorldTour rider as a trainee with Ineos Grenadiers when he was 20 years old, having started the 2021 season winning his first elite time trial national title. That was the same year he helped Australia to a bronze medal at the Olympic Games in the men's Team Pursuit, and then won silver in the U23 time trial at Road World Championships.
In 2022 he competed on both track and road at his first Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, taking bronze in the Team Pursuit and finishing sixth in the men’s road race.
The next year he started with another Australian road race title followed by second overall in the UAE Tour. He closed his final season with Ineos with a GC title at Tour of Bright in December.
It was a big year in 2024 for Plapp. He had changed to the Jayco-AlUla WorldTour team and completed a historic hat-trick by winning his third Australian road race championship in a row, and added a second time trial national title, even having to make a bike swap.
After crashing in Tour Down Under on stage 3, he rode to a pair of podiums on stages at Paris-Nice and held the race lead after stage 4, finishing sixth overall. In his Giro d'Italia debut, he had four top 10s, including a third place at Rapolano Terme on stage 6.
However, all was not bright for his second Olympic Games, as he crashed in the time trial in Paris and had to have abdominal surgery.
Key Results
2024
🥇 National championship, time trial
🥇 National championship, road race
🥈 Two stages at Paris-Nice
🥉 One stage at Giro d'Italia
2023
🥇 National championship, road race
🥇 Two stages and GC at Tour of Bright
🥈 GC at UAE Tour
🥉 One stage at UAE Tour
2022
🥇 National championship, road race
🥈 Youth classification at Tour de Romandie
🥉 Two stages and GC at Tour of Norway
2021
🥇 National championship, time trial
🥈 World Championship men's U23 time trial
Related Articles

‘Every single stage and the GC’ - Plapp points to big Tour Down Under target list for Jayco-Alula
By Simone Giuliani published
News GC leader Simon Yates comes to Australia 'more relaxed' given wealth of options

'A class act, a gentleman' – Harper quick to back Plapp in Australian title hunt
By Simone Giuliani published
News Jayco-AlUla pair ride at front for more than 100km and celebrate at line as Plapp takes third title in row

Luke Plapp overcomes bike swap to win elite men's Australian time trial title
By Simone Giuliani published
Results Jayco AlUla makes it a clean sweep of podium with Chris Harper second and Michael Hepburn third

Can Luke Plapp help Jayco-AlUla reclaim the Australian road title he swiped?
By Simone Giuliani published
News Two-time road national champion targets TT, road race focus to bring title to team even if it means missing hat-trick chance

Finding the window to flourish – Luke Plapp comes home to take on the world
By Simone Giuliani published
Interview 'I still think Ineos was the best place for me to start ... it was just the right time now to make that switch to Jayco' says 22 year old Australian

Plapp and Yates join Ewan at Tour Down Under to create powerful Jayco AlUla trio
By Lyne Lamoureux published
News Stage win targets to combine with GC ambitions for Australian WorldTour team at home race

Tour of Bright - The day that Luke Plapp and Sarah Gigante broke Mount Buffalo
By Simone Giuliani published
News Claiming overall victory at Mount Buffalo's Dingo Dell with times that tore strips off former climb records

Strava records, a resurgent Gigante and Plapp, and a 17-year-old winner - Tour of Bright
By Simone Giuliani published
News A stage win and boasting rights for the WorldTour riders but Eddie Willis, 17, and Katelyn Nicholson also shine on two-stage opening day
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