Cycling Australia

                                
Photo - Delly Carr - Sportshoot       Photo: Phil O'Connor

Date of Birth

25 January 1977

Place of Birth

Adelaide South Australia

Resides

Walkerville South Australia

Overseas Residence

Kerpen Germany

Occupation

Cyclist

Education

Completed Year 11 at Buckley Park Secondary

Discipline

Track and Road

Home Club

Norwood CC

Home State 

South Australia

Professional Team

Team Kuota - Senges (GER)
www.team-regiostrom-senges.de

Started Competitive Cycling 

13 years of age

First Australian Team 

1994 World Junior Track Championships

UCI Ranking & Results

UCI Track Ranking
UCI Road Ranking

Most memorable sporting achievement 

World record team pursuit 3:57.28 in Stuttgart GER

Personal Best Performances

2002 2003 2004 World Champion Team Pursuit
2002 2003 Silver Medal World Indiv Pursuit Championship

Major Awards/Honours 

2005 Awarded OAM in Australia Day Honours List
2003 Australian Male Track Cyclist of the Year

Australian Teams 

2008 Olympic Games CHN
2008 Track World Championships GBR
2004 Road World Championships ITA
2004 Olympic Games GRE
2004 Track World Championships AUS
2003 Track World Championships GER
2002 Track World Championships DEN
2002 Commonwealth Games UK
2001 Track World Championships BEL
2000 Olympic Games AUS
1999 Track World Championships GER
1998 Track World Championships FRA
1998 Commonwealth Games MAS
1995 Junior Track World Championships ITA
1994 Junior Track World Championships ECU

Other Languages

German

Ambitions

Professional road career

Hobbies

Sports cars, movies, playstation

Personal Sponsors

Polar

Website

www.luke-roberts.com

2008

3rd Individual Pursuit Track World Cup DEN
3rd Team Pursuit Track World Cup DEN
3rd Team Pursuit World Titles GBR
4th Team Pursuit Olympic Games CHN
7th Indiv Pursuit World Titles GBR
12th Overall International Rundfahrt GER
28th Road Race Australian Open Championships VIC 
36th Overall Tour Down Under AUS

2007

2nd Stage 2 Tour of Britain GBR
3rd Overall Tour of Britain GBR
4th Stage 1 3-Lander-Tour GER
4th Stage 2 Lander Tour GER
5th Prologue Tour of Britain GBR
5th Madison Dortmunder 6 Tage Renne GER
6th Overall Eindhoven Team Time Trial NED
6th Overall Tour Down Under AUS
6th Stage 3 3-Lander-Tour GER
7th Indiv Pursuit Track World Cup AUS
7th Madison Daagse Vlaanderen-Gent BEL
7th Madison 65 Dortmunder 6 Day GER
8th Overall Rund um Koln GER
8th Team Pursuit Track World Cup AUS
8th Stage 6 Tour of Britain GBR
9th Paris-Bourges FRA
9th Stage 1 Tour Down Under AUS
9th Stage 5 Tour Down Under AUS
9th Team Pursuit Track World Cup CHN
10th Madison Track World Cup AUS
16th Madison Track World Cup CHN

2006

2nd Time Trial Australian Open Road Championships SA
3rd Overall International Bayern Rundfarht GER
3rd Stage 5 International Bayern Rundfarht GER
4th Stage 3 Tour of Germany GER
7th Rund um Koln GER
7th Madison Dortmunder 6 Tage Rennen GER
14th Race 2 Commerce Bank Triple Crown USA
19th Overall Quatre Jours de Dunkerque FRA
27th Overall Tour of Qatar QAT
38th Overall Record Driedaagse Van West-Vlaanderen BEL
66th Ronde van Vlaanderen BEL

2005

4th Stage 9 Deutschland Tour - ProT
4th Stage 1 Dauphine Libere FRA
4th Stage 1 Intl Bayern Rundfahrt GER
6th TEAG Rund um die Hainlecte GER
7th Stage 18 Tour de France FRA
7th Stage 1 Tour de Romandie SUI
8th Barclays Global Investors GP USA
10th Tour de Neuss GER
17th Cholet-Pays De Loire FRA
22nd Rund um Koln GER
23rd Dwars door Vlaanderen BEL
34th Rund um die Nurnberger Altstadt GER
49th Overall Intl Bayern Rundfahrt GER
54th Ronde van Vlaanderen BEL
59th Paris-Roubaix FRA
75th Overall Dauphine Libere FRA
102nd Overall Tour de France FRA

2004

1st Team Pursuit Olympic Games GRE - WR
1st Team Pursuit World Titles AUS
1st Stage 1 Intl Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt GER
3rd Road Time Trial Australian Titles VIC
4th Prologue Boucles de la Mayenne FRA
4th Stage 5 Intl Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt GER
4th Individual Pursuit World Titles AUS
4th Madison World Titles AUS (with M Renshaw)
5th Individual Pursuit Olympic Games GRE
5th Rund um Duren GER
5th Stage 4b Sachsen-Tour International GER
7th CSC Classic, DEN
8th GP SATS, DEN
9th Overall, Tour Down Under, AUS
9th Rund um Koln, GER
9th Overall, Intl Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt, GER
10th Sparkassen Giro Boachum, GER

2003

1st Team Pursuit, World Titles, GER - WR
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 B Lancaster)
3rd Team Pursuit, Track World Cup, RSA
3rd Overall, Ringerike Grand Prix
3rd Stage 5, Brandenburg-Rundfahrt, GER
4th Individual Pursuit, Track World Cup, RUS
4th Overall, Giro del Capo, RSA
4th Stage 2, Giro del Capo, RSA
4th Stage 2, U23 Giro del Veneto, ITA
4th Stage 1b, Brandenburg-Rundfahrt, GER
4th Rund um Duren, GER
5th Stage 5, Giro del Capo, RSA
7th Stage 4, Tour Down Under, AUS
8th Stage 4, Giro del Capo, RSA
9th Stage 3, Brandenburg-Rundfahrt, GER
9th Stage 4, Brandenburg-Rundfahrt, GER
10th Stage 5, Internationale Bayern Rundfahrt, GER
10th Stage 2, Brandenburg-Rundfahrt, GER
13th Overall, Internationale Bayern Rundfahrt, GER
14th Road Time Trial, Australian Titles, VIC
15th Overall, Tour Down Under, AUS

2002

1st Teams Pursuit, World Titles, DEN
1st Teams Pursuit, Commonwealth Games, ENG (WR)
1st Overall, Tour of Tasmania, TAS
2nd Individual Pursuit, World Titles, DEN
2nd Individual Pursuit, Track World Cup, RUS
4th Individual Pursuit, Commonwealth Games, ENG
4th Teams Pursuit, Track World Cup, RUS
5th Brussel - Ingooigem, BEL
9th GP Ruddervoorde-NE, BEL

2001

1st Stage 4, Tour Down Under, AUS
3rd Teams Pursuit, Track World Cup, ITA
4th Individual Pursuit, Track World Cup, ITA
10th Tour of the Cotswolds, UK
11th Individual Pursuit, World Titles, BEL

2000

1st Individual Pursuit, Australian Titles, NSW
3rd Teams Pursuit, Australian Titles, NSW
9th Individual Pursuit, Olympic Games, AUS

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
2nd Points Race, Australian Titles, WA
2nd Scratch Race, Oceania Titles, AUS
3rd Individual Pursuit, Track World Cup, USA
4th Madison, Track World Cup, USA
17th Individual Pursuit, World Titles, GER

1998

1st Teams Pursuit, 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, Commonwealth Games, MAS
5th Points Race, Track World Cup, COL
5th Teams Pursuit, Track World Cup, GER
6th Teams Pursuit, World Titles, FRA
6th Madison, Track World Cup, GER
8th Points Race, Commonwealth Games, MAS
12th Madison, World Titles, FRA

1997

2nd Time Trial, Australian Titles, Tas
2nd Teams Pursuit, Australian Titles, Tas
3rd Teams Pursuit, Track World Cup, SA
4th Individual Pursuit, Australian Titles, Tas
5th Teams Pursuit, Track World Cup, ITA
7th Individual Pursuit, Track World Cup, ITA

1996

1st Teams Pursuit, Australian Titles, WA
4th Individual Pursuit, Australian Titles, WA

1995

1st Individual Pursuit, Junior World Titles, ITA
1st Teams Pursuit, Junior World Titles, ITA
1st U19 Individual Pursuit Australian Titles, QLD
1st U19 Teams Pursuit Australian Titles, QLD
1st U19 Elimination Race Australian Titles, QLD
1st U19 Points Race Australian Titles, QLD
1st U19 Road Time Trial Australian Titles, ACT
2nd U19 Road Race  Australian Titles, ACT
3rd U19 Time Trial Australian Titles, QLD
6th Points Race, Junior World Titles, ITA
12th Overall, Giro Cyclistico della Basilicata, ITA

1994

1st Teams Pursuit, Junior World Titles, ECU
2nd U19 Teams Pursuit Australian Titles, SA
2nd U19 Scratch Race Australian Titles, SA
3rd U19 Individual Pursuit Australian Titles, SA
3rd U19 Time Trial Australian Titles, SA
3rd Individual Pursuit, Junior World Titles, ECU

1993

1st U17 Individual Pursuit Australian Titles, NT
1st U17 Time Trial Australian Titles, NT
1st U17 Sprint Australian Titles, NT
1st U17 Road Time Trial Australian Titles, TAS
1st U17 Team TT Australian Titles, TAS
4th U17 Road Race Australian Titles, TAS
4th U17 Teams Pursuit Australian Titles, NT

1992

2nd U17 Team TT Australian Titles, SA
5th U17 Teams Pursuit Australian Titles, SA

19 August 2008

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