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Luke Roberts

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Luke Roberts
Personal information
Date of birth 25 January 1977
Country Australia
Team information
Current team Team CSC
Rider type Domestique
Professional team(s)
2002-2004
2005-
Team ComNet
Team CSC
Major wins
2004 Olympics Team Pursuit

Luke Roberts (25 January 1977 - ) is an Australian cyclist specialising in both Track cycling and Road bicycle racing. Born in Adelaide, South Australia he resides in both Adelaide and in Cologne, Germany. Coming from a cycle racing family, he started competitive cycling at the age of 13, and turned professional in 2002. He was a member of the Comnet Senges team (2002-2004), and of Team CSC from 2005. As a team and individual pursuit specialist, holding an Olympic Gold medal and World record with the Australian Pursuit team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, he contributes particularly to the success of his team in time trial events.

In 2003 he was awarded the Australian Male Track Cyclist of the Year. In 2005 he was awarded Order of Australia medal in the Australia Day Honours List. In 2002, 2003 and 2004 he was a World Champion Team pursuit, and won the silver medal in 2002 and 2003 for the World Individual pursuit Championship.

At the olympic level, Luke Roberts has competed as part of the Australian cycling team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. In 2000 he came 9th in the Individual Pursuit at the Olympic Games. He improved his performance 4 years later in Athens coming 5th in the Individual Pursuit. As part of the Australian pursuit team with Graeme Brown, Brett Lancaster, Bradley McGee, (Peter Dawson and Stephen Wooldridge were also part of the team) , Roberts set a new world record for the 4000m Team Pursuit of 3mins 56.610secs, breaking their previous world record set in Stuttgart in 2003.

At the 1998 Commonwealth Games Roberts achieved a gold medal for the Teams Pursuit; silver medal in the Individual Pursuit; and came 8th in the Points race. Four year later at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester Roberts won Gold in the Teams Pursuit and 4th in the Individual Pursuit.

[edit] Cycling Career

  • 1993:
    • 1st Individual Pursuit U17 Australian Titles NT;
    • 1st Time Trial U17 Australian Titles NT;
    • 1st Sprint U17 Australian Titles NT;
    • 1st Road Time Trial U17 Australian Titles TAS;
    • 1st Team TT U17 Australian Titles TAS
  • 1994:
    • 1st Teams Pursuit Junior World Titles ECU
  • 1995:
    • 1st Individual Pursuit Junior World Titles ITA;
    • 1st Teams Pursuit Junior World Titles ITA;
    • 1st Individual Pursuit U19 Australian Titles QLD;
    • 1st Teams Pursuit U19 Australian Titles QLD;
    • 1st Elimination Race U19 Australian Titles QLD;
    • 1st Points Race U19 Australian Titles QLD;
    • 1st Road Time Trial U19 Australian Titles ACT
  • 1996:
    • 1st Teams Pursuit Australian Titles WA;
    • 4th Individual Pursuit Australian Titles WA
  • 1998:
    • 1st Teams Pursuit 1998 Commonwealth Games MAS;
    • 1st Individual Pursuit Track World Cup COL;
    • 1st Madison Track World Cup CAN;
    • 1st Teams Pursuit Track World Cup CAN;
    • 1st Teams Pursuit Australian Titles SA;
    • 2nd Individual Pursuit 1998 Commonwealth Games MAS
  • 1999:
    • 1st Teams Pursuit Track World Cup USA;
    • 1st Individual Pursuit Australian Titles WA;
    • 1st Teams Pursuit Australian Titles WA;
    • 1st Individual Pursuit overall Track World Cup rankings;
    • 2nd Individual Pursuit Track World Cup COL
  • 2000:
    • 1st Individual Pursuit Australian Titles NSW
  • 2002:
    • 1st Teams Pursuit World Titles DEN;
    • 1st Teams Pursuit 2002 Commonwealth Games ENG (WR);
    • 1st Overall Tour of Tasmania TAS
  • 2003:
    • 1st Team Pursuit World Titles GER - WR 3:57.28;
    • 1st Individual Pursuit Track World Cup RSA;
    • 1st Prologue U23 Giro del Veneto ITA;
    • 1st Stage 4 U23 Giro del Veneto ITA;
    • 1st Giro del Capo RSA;
    • 1st Stage 5 Ringerike Grand Prix;
    • 2nd Individual Pursuit World Titles GER;
    • 2nd Overall Brandenburg-Rundfahrt GER;
    • 2nd Stage 2 Internationale Bayern Rundfahrt GER;
    • 2nd Australian Madison C'ships (with Brett Lancaster);
    • 3rd Team Pursuit Track World Cup RSA
  • 2004:
    • 1st 2004 Summer Olympic Games Team Pursuit GRE - WR 3:56.610;
    • 1st Team Pursuit World Titles AUS;
    • 1st Stage 1 Intl Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt GER
  • 2006:
    • 1st Stage 4, 3 Länder-Tour, GER

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Riders on Team CSC
Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Lars Bak | Ivan Basso | Michael Blaudzun | Matti Breschel | Fabian Cancellara | Íñigo Cuesta | Volodymir Gustov | Allan Johansen | Bobby Julich | Kasper Klostergaard | Karsten Kroon | Marcus Ljungqvist | Giovanni Lombardi | Peter Luttenberger | Lars Michaelsen | Christian Müller | Stuart O'Grady | Martin Pedersen | Andrea Peron | Jakob Piil | Luke Roberts | Carlos Sastre | Andy Schleck | Fränk Schleck | Nicki Sørensen | Brian Vandborg | Christian Vandevelde | Jens Voigt | David Zabriskie
Manager
Bjarne Riis
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