Lucas Hamilton

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Lucas Hamilton

| image = Oudenaarde_-_Ronde_van_Vlaanderen_Beloften,_9_april_2016_(B096).JPG

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| caption = Hamilton in 2016

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|2|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ararat, Victoria, Australia

| height = 1.84 m

| weight = 71 kg

| currentteam = {{UCI team code|IGD}}

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Climber{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/santos-festival-of-cycling-2021/preview/ |title=10 riders to watch at the Santos Festival of Cycling |last=Giuliani |first=Simone |date=19 January 2021 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=25 June 2021}}

| amateuryears1 = 2016

| amateurteam1 = Jayco–AIS World Tour Academy

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| proyears1 = 2017

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|MBE|2017}}

| proyears2 = 2018–2024

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|ORS|2018}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lucas-hamilton-signs-three-year-deal-with-orica-scott/|title=Lucas Hamilton signs three-year deal with Orica-Scott|website=Cyclingnews.com|date=15 September 2017|accessdate=4 January 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.greenedgecycling.com/news/wins-from-january-to-october-mitchelton-scott-men-confirm-roster-and-goals-for-2020|title=Wins from January to October: Mitchelton-Scott men confirm roster and goals for 2020|work={{UCI team code|MTS men|2020}}|publisher=New Global Cycling Services|date=11 December 2019|accessdate=2 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15239/1001717/279|title=GreenEDGE Cycling|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=1 January 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210101231319/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15239/1001717/279|archivedate=1 January 2021}}

| proyears3 = 2025–

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|IGD|2025}}

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Lucas Hamilton (born 12 February 1996) is an Australian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|IGD}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/20242|title=INEOS GRENADIERS|publisher=UCI|access-date=4 January 2025}}

Hamilton qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and rode in the Men's Road Race. The men's road racers had a tough time in the conditions and he finished 71st.{{Cite web|title=Lucas HAMILTON|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/Lucas-Hamilton|access-date=2021-11-21|website=Olympics.com}}{{Cite web|title=Cyclists at the 2020 Olympics|url=https://www.theroar.com.au/olympics/australian-olympic-team/#cycle}}

Early years

Hamilton began cycling as a 12-years-old with the Ararat and Districts Cycling Club in Victoria. He performed so well that he was given a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship in 2014.

Hamilton gained his first national team selection at the age of 20, in 2016. He raced in the U19 World Road Race Championship and then went onto win the Mountains Classification at the 2016 Tour de l'Avenir. This event is widely regarded as the U23 Tour de France Overall he managed to finish the event as runner-up.{{Cite web|title=Lucas Hamilton|url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/lucas-hamilton/|access-date=2021-11-21|website=Australian Olympic Committee}}

Career

Hamilton signed a three-year deal with Mitchelton–Scott in 2017. In the same year he won the U23 Oceania Road Race Championships and finished an impressive second overall at the 2017 Giro Ciclistico d'Italia, GP Palio del Recioto and GP Marmo.

Hamilton was named Best Young Rider for Australia's World Tour one-day classic and the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. He joined the World Tour with Mitchelton–Scott in 2018, and has since continued to rise in the world standings. He won Stage 1 and Stage 2 at the 2018 Hammer Stavange, and in 2019 won Stage 1 and Stage 4 at the Czech Cycling Tour.

Returning to Australia for the 2020 Tour Down Under, Hamilton came ninth place. He went on to be placed second at the 2020 National Road Race Championships. That same year, Lucas won his maiden World Tour win on stage four of Tirreno Adriatico.

Hamilton began his fourth professional year signing with Team BikeExchange. He led the team at the 2021 Tour de France in their general classification campaign.

Major results

;2014

: 1st 20px Road race, Oceania Junior Road Championships

: 1st {{cjersey|australia}} Road race, National Junior Road Championships

;2016

: 2nd Overall An Post Rás

;2017

: 1st 20px Road race, Oceania Road Championships

: 1st {{cjersey|Tour Alsace}} Overall Tour Alsace

::1st {{cjersey|Tour Alsace Youth}} Young rider classification

::1st {{cjersey|Tour Alsace Mountains}} Mountains classification

: 2nd Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia

::1st Stage 5b (ITT)

: 2nd Trofeo Edil C

: 2nd Giro del Belvedere

: 2nd GP Palio del Recioto

: 3rd Overall Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo

: 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs

: 4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir

: 7th Overall Herald Sun Tour

;2018

: 7th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

;2019

: 1st {{cjersey|green2}} Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

::1st {{cjersey|orange}} Young rider classification

::1st Stage 1b (TTT)

: 2nd Overall Czech Cycling Tour

::1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 4

: 6th Overall Herald Sun Tour

;2020

: 1st Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico

: 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships

: 9th Overall Tour Down Under

;2021

: 4th Overall Paris–Nice

: 5th Time trial, National Road Championships

: 8th Overall Tour de Romandie

: 10th Overall Volta a Catalunya

;2023

: 4th Maryland Cycling Classic

=General classification results timeline=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" \|colspan=8 align="center"\|Grand Tour general classification results
scope="col" \| Grand Tour ! scope="col" \| 2018 ! scope="col" \| 2019 ! scope="col" \| 2020 ! scope="col" \| 2021 ! scope="col" \| 2022 ! scope="col" \| 2023 ! scope="col" \| 2024
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|pink}} Giro d'Italia \| — \| 25 \| DNF \| — \| 13 \| — \| —
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|yellow}} Tour de France \| — \| — \| — \| DNF \| — \| — \| —
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|red}} Vuelta a España \| — \| — \| — \| 54 \| 78 \| — \| —
colspan=8 align="center"\|Major stage race general classification results
scope="col" \| Race ! scope="col" \| 2018 ! scope="col" \| 2019 ! scope="col" \| 2020 ! scope="col" \| 2021 ! scope="col" \| 2022 ! scope="col" \| 2023 ! scope="col" \| 2024
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|yellow}} Paris–Nice \| — \| — \| — \| style="background:#ddf;" \|4 \| DNF \| 22 \| —
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|azul}} Tirreno–Adriatico \| — \| — \| 32 \| — \| — \| — \| —
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|Volta a Catalunya}} Volta a Catalunya \| — \| — \| style="color:#4d4d4d;" rowspan=3\|NH \| style="background:#ddf;" \|10 \| — \| — \| —
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|yellow}} Tour of the Basque Country \| 61 \| 15 \| — \| DNF \| — \| 33
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|yellow}} Tour de Romandie \| 28 \| — \| style="background:#ddf;" \|8 \| — \| — \| —
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|Dauphine}} Critérium du Dauphiné \| 47 \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| —
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|yellow}} Tour de Suisse \| — \| — \| style="color:#4d4d4d;"\|NH \| DNF \| — \| — \| —

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|colspan=8 align="center"|Grand Tour general classification results

scope="col" | Grand Tour

! scope="col" | 2018

! scope="col" | 2019

! scope="col" | 2020

! scope="col" | 2021

! scope="col" | 2022

! scope="col" | 2023

! scope="col" | 2024

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | {{cjersey|pink}} Giro d'Italia