American racing cyclist (born 2002)
Luciano "Luke" Lamperti (born December 31, 2002) is an American road cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step .[ 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] [ 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 Soudal–Quick-Step , who signed him for the following season on a two-year contract.[ 11] 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.[ 2]
Personal life
Lamperti's older brother, Gianni, is also a road cyclist, who won the 2019 United States National Junior Road Race Championships.[ 8]
Major results
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Legend
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Did not compete
DNF
Did not finish
References
^ "Lamperti, an Italian surname and a Yankee spirit" . bici.pro. May 5, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2024 .^ a b "Luke Lamperti | LUX Cycling" . LUX Cycling. August 30, 2018. Archived from the original on June 30, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2021 .^ "Trinity Racing launches mountain bike program around Americans Christopher Blevins and Haley Batten" . VeloNews Outside Interactive, Inc. December 21, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2021 .^ "Luke Lamperti" . UCI . Archived from the original on February 25, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022 .^ "Team - Trinity Racing" . Trinity Racing . Archived from the original on January 14, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022 .^ "Soudal Quick-Step" . UCI.org . Retrieved January 8, 2024 .^ Tyson, Jackie; Frattini, Kirsten (June 18, 2021). "Luke Lamperti takes surprise victory in crash-marred criterium at US Pro Road Championships" . CyclingNews Future plc . Retrieved June 19, 2021 . ^ a b "Luke Lamperti sprints to victory at 2021 U.S. national criterium championships" . VeloNews Outside Interactive, Inc. June 18, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2021 .^ Tyson, Jackie (June 19, 2021). "L39ION of Los Angeles' dominance ends in crash at US Pro Championships men's criterium" . CyclingNews Future plc . Retrieved June 19, 2021 . ^ Hood, Andrew (September 24, 2021). "UCI jury disqualifies USA's Luke Lamperti from U23 race" . VeloNews Outside Interactive, Inc. Retrieved September 27, 2021 . ^ "Lamperti, the American future of the Classics" . UCI.org . February 28, 2024. Retrieved April 24, 2024 .
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