Luke Rowe
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Rowe at the 2013 National Road Race Championships
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Luke Rowe |
| Born | 10 March 1990 Cardiff, Wales |
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| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Sky |
| Discipline | Road and track |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Classics specialist |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| Maindy Flyers | |
| Cardiff Ajax CC | |
| 2006 | Glendene CC / Bike Trax |
| 2007 | Recycling.co.uk |
| 2008–2011 | Rapha Condor–Recycling.co.uk |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2012– | Team Sky[1] |
| Infobox last updated on 15 April 2015 |
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Luke Rowe (born 10 March 1990) is a Welsh racing cyclist who currently rides for Team Sky.[2]
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Biography
Born in Cardiff, Rowe began racing at a young age, initially riding with his parents on a tandem. He began to enjoy cycling and became a member of the Maindy Flyers, based at Maindy Stadium. As a junior he was a member of British Cycling's Olympic Development Programme,[3] His brother Matt is also a racing cyclist, and his father, Courtney Rowe, coaches the Paralympian Simon Richardson.
Early career
Rowe made his European debut as a member of the team pursuit squad who took the gold medal at the 2007 European Track Championships. He finished second in the 2008 European Road Race Championships, and won the Madison, along with Mark Christian, and the silver in the team pursuit at the 2008 European Track Championships.[4]
Team Sky (2012–)
Rowe joined Team Sky for the 2012 season as a neo-pro, having signed a two-year deal.[5] He took his first professional victory in September 2012 by winning the opening stage of the Tour of Britain. Rowe made his Grand Tour debut at the 2013 Vuelta a España.[6]
Rowe represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, 2014,[7] and finished sixth in road race, which was won by team mate Geraint Thomas. Rowe rode the 2014 Vuelta a España, and helped Chris Froome to finish second overall.
Rowe enjoyed a strong start to the 2015 season with fourth place at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and seventh overall at the Tour of Qatar.[8] Rowe then had a breakthrough classics campaign, placing ninth in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (which was won by team mate Ian Stannard, thirteenth in E3 Harelbeke (won by team mate Geraint Thomas) and an impressive eighth in Paris–Roubaix, ahead of Bradley Wiggins (18th) who was riding his final race for Sky.[9] He was selected in Sky's team for the 2015 Tour de France,[10][11] becoming the third Welsh rider to compete in the Tour after Colin Lewis and Geraint Thomas.[12]
Palmarès
Track
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- 2006
- 3rd National Team Pursuit Championships (with Jonathan Bellis, Peter Kennaugh & Alex Dowsett)
- 2007
- 1st Team pursuit, European Junior Championships
- 1st
National Madison Championships (with Adam Blythe)
- 2008
- Junior European Championships
- 1st Madison (with Mark Christian)
- 2nd Team pursuit (with Mark Christian, Andrew Fenn & Erick Rowsell)
- 1st National Derny Championships, Maindy Stadium
- 2009
- 2nd National Madison Championships (with Geraint Thomas)
- 2010
- 1st National Madison Championships (with Mark Christian)
- 2011
- 1st National Madison Championships (with Peter Kennaugh)
- 2012
- Revolution Series Round 3
- 1st Scratch Race
- 1st Australian Pursuit
Road
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- 2009
- 1st ZLM Tour
- 6th Coppa Colli Briantei Internazionale
- 2010
- 1st GP Sportivi di Poggiana
- 3rd GP Industrie del Marmo
- 4th GP Palio del Recioto
- 5th Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
- 6th Overall Tour de Berlin
- 8th Trofeo Franco Balestra Memorial Metelli
- 9th Commonwealth Games Road Race
- 2011
- 1st ZLM Tour
- 1st Stage 7 Thüringen Rundfahrt
- 5th Overall Tour de Normandie
- 8th La Côte Picarde
- 9th Overall Royal Smilde Olympia’s Tour
- 2012
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Britain
- 2nd Duo Normand (with Alex Dowsett)
- 2013
- 5th National Road Race Championships
- 5th National Time Trial Championships
- 9th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 2014
- 4th National Road Race Championships
- 4th National Time Trial Championships
- 6th Commonwealth Games road race
- 2015
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour de Romandie
- 4th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race[13]
- 7th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 8th Paris–Roubaix
- 9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 2016
- 4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 5th Tour of Flanders
Classics Results Timeline
This chart shows Rowe's progress in the cobbled classics he mostly participated in from 2012 to present.
| Year | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | E3 Harelbeke | Gent–Wevelgem | Tour of Flanders | Paris–Roubaix |
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| 2013 | 53rd | 70th | 56th | 93rd | 109th |
| 2014 | 11th | DNF | DNF | 62nd | 31st |
| 2015 | 9th | 13th | DNF | 50th | 8th |
| 2016 | 4th | 23rd | 22nd | 5th | 14th |
DNF = Did not finish; - = Did not compete
References
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- Official website
- Luke Rowe profile at Team Sky
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- ↑ http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/cycling/cardiff-cyclist-luke-rowe-claims-8642237
- ↑ http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/luke-rowe-eighth-in-roubaix-a-sign-of-things-to-come-166236
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jun/29/luke-rowe-chris-froome-team-sky-tour-de-france-line-up
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