Luke Lamperti Explained
Luciano "Luke" Lamperti (born December 31, 2002) is an American road cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[6]
On June 18, 2021, at the age of 18, Lamperti avoided several crashes in the final lap to take a surprise victory at the United States National Criterium Championships in Knoxville, Tennessee.[7] [8] In doing so, he became the youngest ever winner of the title.[9]
He competed in the under-23 road race at the 2021 UCI Road World Championships, where he originally finished 10th, but was disqualified afterwards by the UCI jury due to allegedly causing a Belgian rider to crash earlier in the race.[10]
Lamperti had a successful 2023 season, winning the National Criterium Championships a second time as well as the Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic and three stages of the Tour of Japan among other races. These results caught the attention of UCI WorldTeam, who signed him for the following season on a two-year contract.[11] In his first race with the team, he finished third at the Trofeo Ses Salines-Felanitx, followed up by a second place at the Muscat Classic two weeks later.
Early life
Lamperti originally raced motocross before switching to cycling at age 11.
Personal life
Lamperti's older brother, Gianni, is also a road cyclist, who won the 2019 United States National Junior Road Race Championships.
Major results
- 2019
1st Mountains classification, Tour de l'Abitibi
1st Stage 2a Grand Prix Rüebliland
10th Paris–Roubaix Juniors
- 2021
1st National Criterium Championships
1st Stage 2 Tour d'Eure-et-Loir
- 2022 (1 pro win)
National Road Championships
1st Criterium
5th Road race
Tour Series
1st Stranraer
1st Lincoln GP
4th Overall Tour de Taiwan
1st Points classification
1st Stage 3
5th Youngster Coast Challenge
10th Dorpenomloop Rucphen
- 2023 (3)
1st National Criterium Championships
1st Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic
Tour of Japan
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 (ITT), 4 & 7
1st Stage 1 Volta ao Alentejo
1st Stage 3 Giro Next Gen
1st Stage 4 Circuit des Ardennes
3rd Overall Tour de Bretagne
1st Points classification
1st Stage 1
5th Youngster Coast Challenge
10th Clássica da Arrábida
- 2024 (1)
1st Stage 1 Czech Tour
2nd Muscat Classic
3rd Trofeo Ses Salines-Felanitx
6th Tour of Leuven
7th Kuurne–Brussels–KuurneGrand Tour general classification results timeline
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Notes and References
- Web site: Lamperti, an Italian surname and a Yankee spirit. May 5, 2023 . bici.pro. July 27, 2024.
- Web site: Luke Lamperti LUX Cycling. August 30, 2018 . LUX Cycling. June 19, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210630014434/http://luxcycling.com/riders/luke-lamperti/. June 30, 2021.
- Web site: Trinity Racing launches mountain bike program around Americans Christopher Blevins and Haley Batten. VeloNews. Outside Interactive, Inc.. December 21, 2020. June 19, 2021.
- Web site: Luke Lamperti. UCI. February 25, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220225170840/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamMemberDetails?memberId=633930. February 25, 2022.
- Web site: Team - Trinity Racing. . February 25, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220114114234/https://trinityracing.co.uk/team/. January 14, 2022.
- Web site: Soudal Quick-Step . UCI.org . 8 January 2024.
- Web site: Luke Lamperti takes surprise victory in crash-marred criterium at US Pro Road Championships. Jackie. Tyson. Kirsten. Frattini. CyclingNews. Future plc. June 18, 2021. June 19, 2021.
- Web site: Luke Lamperti sprints to victory at 2021 U.S. national criterium championships. VeloNews. Outside Interactive, Inc.. June 18, 2021. June 19, 2021.
- Web site: L39ION of Los Angeles' dominance ends in crash at US Pro Championships men's criterium. Jackie. Tyson. CyclingNews. Future plc. June 19, 2021. June 19, 2021.
- Web site: UCI jury disqualifies USA's Luke Lamperti from U23 race. Andrew. Hood. VeloNews. Outside Interactive, Inc.. 24 September 2021. 27 September 2021.
- Web site: Lamperti, the American future of the Classics . UCI.org . 28 February 2024 . 24 April 2024.
