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Luke Durbridge (born 9 April 1991) is an Australian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Durbridge specialises in the individual time trial, road races, and various track cycling events. As well as winning the 2012 Australian National Time Trial Championships, Durbridge won both the time trial and the
Australian National Road Race Championships The Australian National Road Race Championships, are held annually with an event for each category of bicycle rider: Men, Women & under 23 riders. The event also includes the Australian National Time Trial Championships since 2002. The Australia ...
in 2013. As a result, he became the first rider to win both titles in the same year at an elite level, Jonathan Hall had previously won both in 1997 but not at an elite level.


Early career

Durbridge 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

Durbridge joined the team ahead of the 2012 season, which coincided with him being dropped from the Australian track team. After winning the under-23 national time trial title in 2011, Durbridge became the elite national champion in January 2012, beating teammate and two-time defending champion
Cameron Meyer Cameron Meyer (born 11 January 1988) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2022. Career Born in Viveash, Western Australia, Meyer started cycling at the age of 13 in 2001 and first rep ...
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. In June he unexpectedly won the prologue of the Critérium du Dauphiné, beating Bradley Wiggins and world time trial champion Tony Martin. 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 Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a road bicycle race held annually in the former region of Poitou-Charentes (now Nouvelle-Aquitaine) France. It was first held in 1987 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Eu ...
. In 2021, Durbridge rode in the Olympic road race for the first time at the COVID-19 pandemic-delayed
2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
in Tokyo, where he finished in 72nd place.


Major results

;2008 : UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships ::1st Team pursuit ::3rd Points race : 1st Team pursuit,
2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics The 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics was a multi race competition over a season of track cycling. The season ran from 31 October 2008 to 18 February 2009. The World Cup is organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale. The World C ...
, Melbourne ;2009 : UCI Juniors Track World Championships ::1st Madison ::2nd Team pursuit : 1st Time trial, UCI Juniors World Championships : 1st Team pursuit, 2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Melbourne : 1st Team pursuit,
National Track Championships National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...
: National Junior Road Championships ::1st Time trial ::4th Road race ;2010 : 1st Overall Mersey Valley Tour ::1st Prologue : 1st
Memorial Davide Fardelli Memorial Davide Fardelli — Cronometro Individuale was a women's senior and men's under-23 time trial cycle race which took place in Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a countr ...
: 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 : 2nd Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships :
National Track Championships National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...
::2nd Team pursuit ::2nd Points race : 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd Time trial, Commonwealth Games : 3rd
Chrono Champenois The Chrono Champenois is a European individual time trial bicycle race held around Bétheny in France, in the Champagne region. The race has been organised as a 1.2 event since 1989 for women's and since 1998 there is also a men's race which is ...
;2011 : 1st Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships : 1st Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Points race,
National Track Championships National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...
: 1st
Chrono Champenois The Chrono Champenois is a European individual time trial bicycle race held around Bétheny in France, in the Champagne region. The race has been organised as a 1.2 event since 1989 for women's and since 1998 there is also a men's race which is ...
: 3rd
Memorial Davide Fardelli Memorial Davide Fardelli — Cronometro Individuale was a women's senior and men's under-23 time trial cycle race which took place in Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a countr ...
: 7th Overall Olympia's Tour ::1st Prologue & Stage 5 (
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) ;2012 : 1st Time trial, National Road Championships : 1st Overall Circuit de la Sarthe ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 3 (
ITT ITT may refer to: Communication * Infantry-Tank Telephone, a device allowing infantrymen to speak to the occupants of armoured vehicles. Mathematics *Intuitionistic type theory, other name of Martin-Löf Type Theory *Intensional type theory B ...
) : 1st Overall
Tour du Poitou-Charentes Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a road bicycle race held annually in the former region of Poitou-Charentes (now Nouvelle-Aquitaine) France. It was first held in 1987 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Eu ...
::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 4 (
ITT ITT may refer to: Communication * Infantry-Tank Telephone, a device allowing infantrymen to speak to the occupants of armoured vehicles. Mathematics *Intuitionistic type theory, other name of Martin-Löf Type Theory *Intensional type theory B ...
) : 1st Prologue Critérium du Dauphiné : 1st Duo Normand (with Svein Tuft) : 3rd
Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...
, UCI Road World Championships : 5th Overall Eneco Tour ::1st Stage 2 ( TTT) : 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne ;2013 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Time trial : 1st Duo Normand (with Svein Tuft) : 1st
Bay Classic Series The Bay Classic Series (currently running as the Lexus of Blackburn Bay Crits) is a road cycling race held annually in and around Port Phillip Bay in Victoria, Australia. The race consists of both a men's and a women's competition over three stage ...
: 1st Stage 3 (
ITT ITT may refer to: Communication * Infantry-Tank Telephone, a device allowing infantrymen to speak to the occupants of armoured vehicles. Mathematics *Intuitionistic type theory, other name of Martin-Löf Type Theory *Intensional type theory B ...
) Circuit de la Sarthe : 2nd
Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...
, UCI Road World Championships : 6th Overall
Tour du Poitou-Charentes Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a road bicycle race held annually in the former region of Poitou-Charentes (now Nouvelle-Aquitaine) France. It was first held in 1987 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Eu ...
: 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne ;2014 :
Oceania Road Championships The Oceania Road Championships are a series of road cycling races held annually to determine the Oceanian champion in each event. The event has been held since 1995 and consists of an elite and under-23 men's and an elite women's road race and ...
::1st Road race ::8th Time trial : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 1 ( TTT) ::Held after Stage 1 : 2nd
Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...
, UCI Road World Championships : 2nd Time trial, National Road 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 Road Championships : 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne ;2016 : 1st Duo Normand (with Svein Tuft) : 3rd
Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...
, UCI Road World Championships : 6th Overall Three Days of De Panne ;2017 : 1st Stage 3b (
ITT ITT may refer to: Communication * Infantry-Tank Telephone, a device allowing infantrymen to speak to the occupants of armoured vehicles. Mathematics *Intuitionistic type theory, other name of Martin-Löf Type Theory *Intensional type theory B ...
) Three Days of De Panne : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships : 4th Dwars door Vlaanderen : 4th E3 Harelbeke : 6th Strade Bianche ;2018 : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships : Combativity award Stage 18 Tour de France ;2019 : National Road Championships ::1st Time trial ::4th Road race : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) Czech Cycling Tour ;2020 : National Road Championships ::1st Time trial ::4th Road race : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) Czech Cycling Tour ;2021 : 1st Overall Santos Festival of Cycling ::1st Stage 1 : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships : 6th Overall
Benelux Tour The Benelux Tour (previously known as the Eneco Tour and the BinckBank Tour) is a road bicycle racing stage-race that is part of the UCI World Tour. The race was established in 2005 and was originally known as the Eneco Tour, named after the orig ...
;2022 : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships : 3rd Team relay, UCI Road World Championships


Grand Tour general classification results timeline


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