Luke Durbridge

Fast Facts

Sport: Cycling
Event: Men’s Road Race
Olympic History:Tokyo 2020
Highlights: Commonwealth Games - Bronze
Club: GreenEDGE
State Born: WA

About Luke

Greenmount-born Luke Durbridge will make his Olympic debut on the slopes of Mount Fuji in the Men’s Road Race at Tokyo 2020.

Luke took to the bike as a part of his training for triathlons at fourteen years of age, before dropping the other two legs of the sport to focus on cycling. He consolidated his name in the sport at an early age, becoming the 2009 World Junior Champion at the UCI Juniors World Championships in Moscow.

The following year at nineteen years old, Luke finished in second place at the U23 Individual Time Trial at the UCI World Road Championships in Melbourne, becoming the youngest ever to medal at the event.

Dubbed ‘Turbo Durbo’ by supporters, Durbridge has represented the GreenEDGE team since he turned to professional cycling in 2012. He boasts dozens of accolades, including four National Road Time Trial titles and a Team Pursuit World Champion title.

No stranger to racing for Australia, Luke has worn the green and gold at two Commonwealth Games in both the track and road disciplines. He made his first appearance at Delhi 2010, where he finished in 11th in the Track Points Race, before taking the bronze medal in the Road Individual Time Trial. Four years later, he raced in the Road Individual Time Trial again, managing a ninth place finish in Glasgow 2014.

Luke comes off a win at the Santos Festival of Cycling, held in Adelaide earlier this year, where he won the first stage and later, the overall title.

Over the span of his professional career, Luke has raced four times at the Giro d’Italia, and seven time the Tour de France.

Luke was one of the key workhorses for team leader Richie Porte at Tokyo 2020. He did his job for the team and ultimately crossed the line in 72nd position after the 244km epic in Tokyo. The Western Australian was 16mins 20secs off Richard Carapaz who won gold for Ecuador.