Introduction
Luke Durbridge (born 9 April 1991) is an Australian road and track cyclist specialising in the individual time trial, road races, and various track cycling events. On the road he rides for the Australian Orica–Scott team. 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 U19 Road World Championships in Moscow, Russia, also winning gold in the World Junior Madison Championship at the UCI U19 Track World Championships that same year. 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 GreenEDGE 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 team-mate 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 Cycliste Sarthe despite being left with only two team-mates 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.
Career achievements
Major results
- 2006
- 2nd Under-17 Pairs Time Trial, Queensland
- 2007
- 1st Under-17 Team Pursuit, New South Wales
- 2nd Under-17 Individual Pursuit, New South Wales
- 2nd Under-17 Pairs Time Trial, Queensland
- 2008
- World Junior Track Championships
- 1st
Team pursuit - 3rd Points race
- 4th Individual pursuit
- 1st
- 1st Team Pursuit 2008–09 UCI Track World Cup
- 1st Under-19 Road Race, New South Wales
- 1st Under-19 Team Pursuit, New South Wales
- 3rd Under-19 Individual Pursuit, New South Wales
- 3rd Under-19 Individual Time Trial, New South Wales
- 4th Under-19 Madison, New South Wales
- 2009
- Junior Track World Championships
- 1st Madison
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
- 1st Under-19 World Time Trial Championships
- Junior Oceania Track Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 2nd Points race
- 1st
Team pursuit National Track Championships - Junior National Road Championships
- 1st Individual time trial
- 4th Road race
- 1st
- 2nd Individual pursuit National Junior Track Championships
- 1st Team Pursuit, 2009–10 UCI Track World Cup
- Australian Youth Olympic Festival
- 1st Team pursuit
- 3rd Individual pursuit
Team pursuit
Team pursuit National Track Championships- 2010
- 1st Overall Mersey Valley Tour
- 1st Prologue (ITT)
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 2nd World Under-23 Time Trial Championships
- National Track Championships
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 2nd Points race
- 4th Omnium
- 2nd National Under-23 Time Trial Championships
- 3rd Commonwealth Games Time Trial
- 2011
- 1st Under 23 World Time Trial Championships
- 1st National Under-23 Time Trial Championships
- 1st Team Pursuit Track World Championships
- 1st Points Race National Track Championships
- 1st Chrono Champenois
- Olympia's Tour
- 1st Prologue (ITT) & Stage 5
- 2012
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 1st
Overall Circuit de la Sarthe - 1st Stage 3 (ITT)
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes - 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st Duo Normand (with Svein Tuft)
- 1st Prologue Critérium du Dauphiné
- 3rd Men's Team Time Trial UCI Road World Championships
- 5th Overall Eneco Tour
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT)
- 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2013
- 1st National Road Race Championships
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 1st Duo Normand (with Svein Tuft)
- 1st Bay Classic Series, Portarlington Criterium
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Circuit de la Sarthe
- 2nd World Team Time Trial Championships
- 6th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2014
- 1st Oceania Road Race Championships
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- Held after Stage 1
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2015
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
- 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2016
- 1st Duo Normand (with Svein Tuft)
- 3rd
UCI World Team Time Trial Championships - 6th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2017
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
Young rider classification
Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes 
Young rider classification
UCI World Team Time Trial ChampionshipsGrand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro | 142 | WD | 109 | — |
 Tour | — | 122 | 151 | 112 |
 Vuelta | — | — | — | — |
WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress