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 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 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.
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.
Major results Road
2009 1st Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships National Junior Championships 1st Time trial 4th Road race 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 Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 4 (ITT) 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 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 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 Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour 2020 (1) National 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 Championships 6th Overall Benelux Tour 2022 2nd Time trial, National Championships 3rd Team relay, UCI World Championships 2023 2nd Time trial, National Championships 2025 (1) 1st Road race, National Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Giro d'Italia 142 DNF 109 — — — 78 — — — — — — Tour de France — 122 151 112 DNF 118 109 — 100 DNF 130 123 137 Vuelta a España — — — — — — — — — 112 — — —
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish IP In progress
Track
2008 UCI World Junior Championships 1st Team pursuit 3rd Points race 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup Classics, Melbourne 2009 UCI World Junior Championships 1st Madison (with Alex Carver) 2nd Team pursuit 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
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