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Luke Lamperti (born December 31, 2002) is an American
Mountains classification, 
National Criterium Championships
: 1st Stage 2 
Points classification
::1st Stage 3
: 1st
road cyclist
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who currently rides for UCI Continental
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team .
On June 18, 2021, at the age of 18, Lamperti avoided several crashes in the final lap to take a surprise victory at the United States National Criterium Championships The United States National Criterium Championships are held annually and run by the national governing body, USA Cycling.
The event has formerly been held at venues including Denver, Colorado, Downers Grove, Illinois, and Glencoe, Illinois. The 201 ...
in Knoxville, Tennessee
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. In doing so, he became the youngest ever winner of the title.
He competed in the under-23 road race at the 2021 UCI Road World Championships, where he originally finished 10th, but was disqualified afterwards by the UCI jury due to allegedly causing a Belgian rider to crash earlier in the race.
Early life
Lamperti originally racedmotocross
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History
Motocross first evolved in Britain from motorcycle trials competi ...
before switching to cycling at age 11.
Major results
;2019 : 1st Mountains classification, Tour de l'Abitibi
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: 1st Stage 2a Grand Prix Rüebliland
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* University of California, Irvine, a public univ ...
: 10th Paris–Roubaix Juniors
Paris–Roubaix Juniors (or Le Pavé de Roubaix) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in northern France for junior cyclists (aged 17 and 18) ahead of the senior Paris–Roubaix classic race. It is organised by the Vélo-Club d ...
;2021
: 1st National Criterium Championships
: 1st Stage 2 Tour d'Eure-et-Loir
The Tour d'Eure-et-Loir is a stage race, multi-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race that has been held annually in the Eure-et-Loir department of France since 1949. It has been part of UCI Europe Tour in category 2.2 since 2019.
Winners
R ...
;2022
: National Road Championships
::1st Criterium
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Overview
Race length can be determined by a number of laps or total time ...
::5th Road race
: 4th Overall Tour de Taiwan
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History
The Tour de T ...
::1st Points classification
::1st Stage 3
: 1st Lincoln Grand Prix
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: 1st Stranraer, Tour Series
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The races are held over 1 ...
: 5th Youngster Coast Challenge
: 10th Dorpenomloop Rucphen
Dorpenomloop Rucphen is a men's one-day cycle race which takes place in the Netherlands and was rated by the UCI as 1.2 and forms part of the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which w ...
;2023
: 1st Stage 1 Volta ao Alentejo
The Volta ao Alentejo (Portuguese; en, Tour of Alentejo) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Alentejo, Portugal. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a seri ...
Personal life
References
External links
* * 2002 births Living people American male cyclists Cyclists from California {{US-cycling-bio-stub