Luke Durbridge (born 9 April 1991) is an Australian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla.[4] Durbridge specialises in the individual time trial, road races, and various track cycling events.[5][6]
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As well as winning the 2012 Australian National Time Trial Championships, Durbridge won both the time trial and the Australian National Road Race Championships in 2013. As a result, he became the first rider to win both titles in the same year at an elite level,[7] Jonathan Hall had previously won both in 1997 but not at an elite level.[8]
Early career
editDurbridge was born in Greenmount, Western Australia, and started cycling at 14 years of age, competing in triathlons. In 2009 he became the World Junior Individual Time Trial Champion at the UCI Juniors World Championships in Moscow, Russia; he also won gold in the World Junior Madison Championship. In 2010 he became the youngest ever medal winner in the U23 Individual time trial event of the UCI Road World Championships.
Professional road career
editDurbridge joined the GreenEDGE team ahead of the 2012 season, which coincided with him being dropped from the Australian track team.[9][10] After winning the under-23 national time trial title in 2011, Durbridge became the elite national champion in January 2012,[11] beating teammate and two-time defending champion Cameron Meyer by almost seven seconds. His first professional win came in April 2012, taking the overall title at the Circuit de la Sarthe despite being left with only two teammates for the final stage.[12] In June he unexpectedly won the prologue of the Critérium du Dauphiné, beating Bradley Wiggins and world time trial champion Tony Martin.[13] He subsequently finished fifth in the Eneco Tour before taking his second general classification win of the year at the 2.1-category Tour du Poitou-Charentes.[14]
In 2021, Durbridge rode in the Olympic road race for the first time at the COVID-19 pandemic-delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where he finished in 72nd place.[15][16]
Major results
editRoad
edit- 2009
- 1st
Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships - National Junior Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 4th Road race
- 1st
- 2010
- 1st
Overall Mersey Valley Tour
- 1st Prologue
- 1st Memorial Davide Fardelli
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 2nd
Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships - 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
- 3rd
Time trial, Commonwealth Games - 3rd Chrono Champenois
- 2011
- 1st Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
- 1st Chrono Champenois
- 3rd Memorial Davide Fardelli
- 7th Overall Olympia's Tour
- 1st Prologue & Stage 5 (ITT)
- 2012 (6 pro wins)
- 1st Time trial, National Championships
- 1st Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 3 (ITT)
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 1st
- 1st Prologue Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Duo Normand (with Svein Tuft)
- 3rd
Team time trial, UCI World Championships - 5th Overall Eneco Tour
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT)
- 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2013 (3)
- National Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Duo Normand (with Svein Tuft)
- 1st Bay Classic Series
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Circuit de la Sarthe
- 2nd Team time trial, UCI World Championships
- 6th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2014 (1)
- Oceania Championships
- 1st
Road race - 8th Time trial
- 1st
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- Held after Stage 1
- 2nd Team time trial, UCI World Championships
- 2nd Time trial, National Championships
- 2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 9th Time trial, Commonwealth Games
- 2015
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
- 4th Time trial, National Championships
- 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2016
- 1st Duo Normand (with Svein Tuft)
- 3rd Team time trial, UCI World Championships
- 6th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2017 (1)
- 1st Stage 3b (ITT) Three Days of De Panne
- 2nd Time trial, National Championships
- 4th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 4th E3 Harelbeke
- 6th Strade Bianche
- 2018
- 2nd Time trial, National Championships
Combativity award Stage 18 Tour de France- 2019 (1)
- National Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 4th Road race
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour
- 2020 (1)
- National Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 4th Road race
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour
- 2021
- 1st
Overall Santos Festival of Cycling[17]
- 1st Stage 1
- 2nd Time trial, National Championships
- 6th Overall Benelux Tour
- 2022
- 2nd Time trial, National Championships
- 3rd Team relay, UCI World Championships
- 2023
- 2nd Time trial, National Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
142 | DNF | 109 | — | — | — | 78 | — | — | — | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | 122 | 151 | 112 | DNF | 118 | 109 | — | 100 | DNF | 130 |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 112 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
Track
edit- 2008
- UCI World Junior Championships
- 1st
Team pursuit - 3rd Points race
- 1st
- 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup Classics, Melbourne
- 2009
- UCI World Junior Championships
- 1st Madison (with Alex Carver)
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
- 1st Team pursuit, National Championships
- 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup Classics, Melbourne
- 2010
- National Championships
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 2nd Points race
- 2011
- 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
- 1st Points race, National Championships
References
edit- ^ a b "Luke Durbridge". Orica–GreenEDGE. GreenEDGE Cycling. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "Mitchelton-Scott finalise 25-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Wins from January to October: Mitchelton-Scott men confirm roster and goals for 2020". Mitchelton–Scott. New Global Cycling Services. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "GreenEDGE Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Luke Durbridge". Team Jayco-Skins. Archived from the original on 16 May 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ "Luke Durbridge". Cycling Australia. Archived from the original on 1 March 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ "Dominant Durbridge adds road race gold to time trial success". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 13 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ^ "Australian Road Championships: Men's and Women's Road Race – Perth, November 8, 1997". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 8 November 1997. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
He came 8th in the World ITT Championships in San Sebastian recently, won the ITT Championship last Wednesday and today won the Road Championship.
- ^ Kogoy, Peter (5 April 2012). "Luke Durbridge finds road to his liking". The Australian. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- ^ "GreenEdge completes 2012 roster with Durbridge, Hepburn". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ Vaughan, Roger (10 January 2012). "Durbridge wins, Bobridge in hospital". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Australian Associated Press. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ Kogoy, Peter (7 April 2012). "Three-man GreenEDGE team scores at Circuit Cycliste Sarthe". The Australian. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- ^ "Durbridge wins Dauphine prologue". ABC News. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- ^ "Durbridge wins Poitou-Charentes". Sky News Australia. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- ^ Benson, Daniel (24 July 2021). "Olympics: Richard Carapaz claims men's road race title". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Luke DURBRIDGE". Olympics.com. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ "Durbridge and Gigante take overall honours at the Santos Festival of Cycling". Cycling Tips. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
External links
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Media related to Luke Durbridge at Wikimedia Commons
- Luke Durbridge at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Luke Durbridge at ProCyclingStats
