| Lucas Plapp | |
| Nickname: | Plappy |
| Birth Date: | 25 December 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Melbourne, Australia |
| Height: | 1.81 m |
| Role: | Rider |
| Ridertype: | Time trialist |
| Amateuryears1: | 2010–2017 |
| Amateurteam1: | Brunswick Cycling Club |
| Amateuryears2: | 2017–2018 |
| Amateurteam2: | Nero-Kom Racing |
| Amateuryears3: | 2019–2021 |
| Amateurteam3: | Inform TM Insight Make[1] |
| Proyears1: | 2019–2020 |
| Proteam1: | Australian Podium Potential Academy (track) |
| Proyears2: | 2021 |
| Proteam2: | (stagiaire) |
| Proyears3: | 2022–2023 |
| Proyears4: | 2024– |
| Majorwins: | One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships |
Lucas Plapp (born 25 December 2000) is an Australian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[2] [3] He is an alumnus of Maribyrnong Sports Academy, class of 2018.[4]
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.[5] Plapp also placed 2nd to Remco Evenepoel in the time trial at the 2018 UCI Junior Road World Championships in Innsbruck, Austria.[6] 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.[7]
Plapp rode as a stagiaire for UCI WorldTeam in 2021 before joining them full-time in 2022.[8] 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.[9] 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.
| Grand Tour general classification results | ||||
| Grand Tour | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | 52 | |
| Tour de France | — | — | ||
| Vuelta a España | 95 | — | ||
| Major stage race general classification results | ||||
| Race | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
| Paris–Nice | — | — | 6 | |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | — | |
| Volta a Catalunya | DNF | DNS | — | |
| Tour of the Basque Country | — | DNF | — | |
| Tour de Romandie | 9 | — | DNF | |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | — | — | ||
| Tour de Suisse | — | — |
| — | Did not compete | |
|---|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |