Lucas Hamilton (born 12 February 1996) is an Australian cyclist, who currently rides for

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. Hamilton qualified for the

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and rode in the Men's Road Race. The men's road racers had a tough time in the conditions and he finished 71st.

Early years

Hamilton began cycling as a 12-years-old with the Ararat and Districts Cycling Club in

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. He performed so well that he was given a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship in 2014. Hamilton gained his first national team selection at the age of 20, in 2016. He raced in the U19 World Road Race Championship and then went onto win the Mountains Classification at the 2016

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. This event is widely regarded as the U23 Tour de France Overall he managed to finish the event as runner-up.

Career

Hamilton signed a three-year deal with Mitchelton–Scott in 2017. In the same year he won the U23 Oceania Road Race Championships and finished an impressive second overall at the 2017

Giro Ciclistico d'Italia Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23, also known as Baby Giro, Girobio or Giro Ciclistico d'Italia, is an Italian road bicycle racing amateur stage race created in 1970. Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23 is the most important race on Italy's U23 calendar, ...

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and GP Marmo. Hamilton was named Best Young Rider for Australia's World Tour one-day classic and the

Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race The Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race also known as Great Ocean Road Race or Cadel Road Race is an annual professional one-day road bicycle racing for both men and women starting and finishing in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and routed along th ...

. He joined the World Tour with Mitchelton–Scott in 2018, and has since continued to rise in the world standings. He won Stage 1 and Stage 2 at the 2018 Hammer Stavange, and in 2019 won Stage 1 and Stage 4 at the

Czech Cycling Tour The Czech Cycling Tour is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in the Olomouc region in the Czech Republic. It was created in 2010 and was initially part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 2.2, but in 2015 moved up to 2.1 The Union Cycli ...

. Returning to Australia for the

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, Hamilton came ninth place. He went on to be placed second at the 2020 National Road Race Championships. That same year, Lucas won his maiden World Tour win on stage four of Tirreno Adriatico. Hamilton has begun his fourth professional year signing with Team BikeExchange. He led the team at the

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in their general classification campaign.

Major results

;2014 : 1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Road race, Oceania Junior Road Championships : 1st MaillotAustralia

Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2016 : 2nd Overall

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;2017 : 1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Road race, Oceania Road Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

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::1st

Young rider classification ::1st Jersey red

Mountains classification : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 5b (

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) : 2nd

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: 2nd

Giro del Belvedere The Giro del Belvedere is a professional cycling race held annually in the Treviso province, Italy. It has been part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 20 ...

: 2nd

: 3rd Overall

Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo is a cycling race held annually in Italy. It was part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UC ...

: 3rd

Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs Liège–Bastogne–Liège, also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Monuments'' of the European professional r ...

: 4th Overall

: 7th Overall

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;2018 : 7th Overall

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;2019 : 1st Jersey green 2

Overall

::1st

Young rider classification ::1st Stage 1b ( TTT) : 2nd Overall

::1st Stages 1 ( TTT) & 4 : 6th Overall

;2020 : 1st Stage 4

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of the season, it is considered to be an important prep ...

: 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 9th Overall

Tour Down Under The Tour Down Under (branded as the Santos Tour Down Under under a partnership arrangement) is a cycling race in and around Adelaide, South Australia, and is traditionally the opening event of the UCI World Tour and features all 19 UCI WorldTe ...

;2021 : 4th Overall

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlookin ...

: 5th

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, National Road Championships : 8th Overall

Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. I ...

: 10th Overall

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General classification results timeline

References

External links

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