Lukas Pöstlberger
{{short description|Austrian bicycle racer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Lukas Pöstlberger
| image = Lukas Pöstlberger (2023).jpg
| caption = Pöstlberger in 2023
| fullname =
| nickname = Pösti
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1992|01|10}}
| birth_place = Vöcklabruck, Upper Austria, Austria
| height = {{height|m=1.82}}{{cite web|title=BORA - hansgrohe|url=https://www.bora-hansgrohe.com/en/rider/lukas-poestlberger/797393|accessdate=7 July 2019}}
| weight = {{convert|70|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}}
| currentteam =
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype = Rouleur
| amateuryears1 = 2015
| amateurteam1 = {{UCI team code|TNE|2015}} (stagiaire)
| proyears1 = 2011–2013
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|RSW|2011}}
| proyears2 = 2014–2015
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|TIR2|2014}}
| proyears3 = 2016–2022
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|TNE|2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bora-hansgrohe.com/en/press/argonnews201810kader-04/argonnews201810kader-04/59094710|title=With Christoph Pfingsten, BORA – hansgrohe completes its roster for 2019|work={{UCI team code|BOH|2018}}|publisher=Denk Pro Cycling GmbH & Co. KG|date=12 October 2018|accessdate=2 January 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/team-preview-bora-hansgrohe/|title=2020 Team Preview: Bora-Hansgrohe|first=Barry|last=Ryan|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=28 December 2019|accessdate=1 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15235/1001554/279|title=Bora - Hansgrohe|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=1 January 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210101053525/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15235/1001554/279|archivedate=1 January 2021}}
| proyears4 = 2023
| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|BEX men|2023}}
| majorwins = Grand Tours
::1 individual stage (2017)
:National Road Race Championships
(2012, 2018)
}}
Lukas Pöstlberger (born 10 January 1992) is an Austrian cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|BEX men|2023}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/17730|title=Team Jayco–AlUla|publisher=UCI|access-date=12 January 2023}} He won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/wedstrijdfiche.php?wedstrijdid=3098 |title=National Championship, Road, Elite, Austria (Men) |accessdate=30 June 2016 |work=Cycling Archives}}
Career
Born in Vöcklabruck, Pöstlberger was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia{{Cite web|url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Giro_dItalia_2017_Startlist |title=2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List |accessdate=2 May 2017 |work=Pro Cycling Stats}} and won the opening stage,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/39823855 |title=Giro d'Italia 2017: Lukas Postlberger wins first stage on debut |accessdate=5 May 2017 |work=BBC Sport}} becoming the first Austrian rider to win a stage of the Giro{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cycling/2017/05/05/giro-ditalia-2017-stage-one-live-race-updates/|title=Giro d'Italia: Lukas Postlberger causes huge upset on stage one to take maglia rosa on grand tour debut|first=John|last=MacLeary|work=The Daily Telegraph|publisher=Telegraph Media Group|date=5 May 2017|accessdate=6 May 2017|quote=Not only was this the biggest win of Pöstlberger's career, but also the first ever stage win at the Giro d'Italia for an Austrian rider.}} and the first Austrian to lead the race.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/destiny-steps-in-to-give-postlberger-his-moment-of-giro-ditalia-glory/ |title=Destiny steps in to give Postlberger his moment of Giro d'Italia glory |last=Farrand |first=Stephen |date=5 May 2017 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=6 May 2017}} In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the 2018 Tour de France.{{Cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2018/startlist |title=2018: 105th Tour de France: Start List |accessdate=5 July 2017 |work=Pro Cycling Stats}}
Major results
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;2011
: 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Sibiu Cycling Tour
: 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
;2012
: National Road Championships
::4th Time trial
: 1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Avenir
;2013
: 1st GP Kranj
: 5th Road race, National Road Championships
: 5th Overall Tour of Al Zubarah
: 6th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
::1st 20px Young rider classification
: 9th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
: 9th Gran Premio San Giuseppe
;2014
: 1st Tour Bohemia
;2015
: 1st 20px Overall An Post Rás
: 1st Stage 7 Tour of Austria
: 1st 20px Mountains classification, Oberösterreich Rundfahrt
: 2nd Belgrade Banjaluka II
: 3rd Trofeo Edil C
: 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
: 10th Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
::1st Prologue
: {{cjersey|Tour Alsace Combativity}} Combativity award Overall Tour Alsace
;2016
: 1st Stage 4 Oberösterreich Rundfahrt
: 10th Druivenkoers Overijse
;2017
::1st Stage 1
::Held 20px & 20px after Stage 1
::Held 20px after Stages 1–2
: National Road Championships
::2nd Road race
::3rd Time trial
: 5th E3 Harelbeke
;2018
: National Road Championships
::4th Time trial
;2019
: 4th Dwars door Vlaanderen
: 8th Overall Okolo Slovenska
;2021
: 1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné
;2022
: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
;2023
: 1st Hong Kong Challenge
: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
: 10th Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969
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=Grand Tour general classification results timeline=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col" | Grand Tour
! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | File:Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia | 114 |— |— |— |— |— | 95 |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France |— | 132 | DNF | DNF | 116 |— | |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España |— | DNF |— |— |— |— | |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend |
| scope="row" | —
| Did not compete |
|---|
| scope="row" | DNF
| Did not finish |
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://www.bora-hansgrohe.com/en/rider/lukas-poestlberger/797393 Lukas Pöstlberger] at Bora–Hansgrohe
- {{UCI}}
- {{Cycling Archives}}
- {{ProCyclingStats}}
- {{CQ Ranking}}
- {{CycleBase}}
{{Austrian National Road Race Championships (men)}}
{{Authority control}}
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Category:Austrian male cyclists
Category:Austrian Giro d'Italia stage winners
Category:Rás Tailteann winners
Category:Sportspeople from Vöcklabruck