Following in Richie Porte’s Tour Down Under footsteps – Is this the year Luke Plapp can claim his mentor’s crown?

Luke Plapp on the attack with Luke Durbridge at the Australian national championships
Luke Plapp on t🧜he attack with Luke Durbridge at the Australian national c♓hampionships (Image credit: Getty Images)

The168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Tour Down Under clearly has a special meaning for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Luke Plapp. Not only is it his home nation WorldTour race and a home race for his 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jayco-AlUla team, but it’s also home to the terrain that rocketedജ him to the WorldT♍our.

In 2021 the Australian rode the Santos Festival of Cycling – the replacement race for the Tour Down Under during the two-year COVID-19 pandemic hiatus – and his win on 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Willunga Hill alongside national squad teammate and mentor Richie Porte made a h�⛎�uge mark.

Simone Giuliani
Australia Editor

Simone is a degree-qualified journalist that has accumulated decades of wide-ranging experience while working across a variety of leading media organisations. She joined Cyclingnews as a Production Editor at the start of the 2021 season and has now moved into the role of Australia Editor. Previously she worked as a freelance writer, Australian Editor at Ella CyclingTips and as a correspondent for Reuters and Bloomberg. Cycling was initially purely a leisure pursuit for Simone, who started out as a bus꧟iness journalist, but in 2015 her career focus also shifted to the sport.