Luke Justin Roberts (born 25 January 1977) is a sports director and former Australian racing cyclist specialising in both track cycling and

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. Born in Adelaide, South Australia, he resides both in 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 an

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scholarship holder. and a member of the Comnet Senges team (2002–2004), and of from 2005 to 2007. As a team and individual pursuit specialist, holding an Olympic

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and World record with the Australian Pursuit team at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, he contributes particularly to the success of his team in time trial events. In 2003 he was awarded the title of Australian Male Track Cyclist of the Year. In 2005 he was awarded the 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 The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

in Sydney and the

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,

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, ( Peter Dawson and

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were also part of the team), Roberts won gold and set a new world record for the 4000m Team Pursuit of 3mins 56.610secs, breaking their previous world record set in

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in 2003. At the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unprecedent ...

, Roberts achieved a gold medal for the Teams Pursuit, a silver medal in the Individual Pursuit, and came 8th in the Points race. Four year later at the

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...

in Manchester, Roberts won gold in the Teams Pursuit and 4th in the Individual Pursuit. His 2010 road racing team, , folded at the end of that season, and he signed to ride for a proposed Australian team known as Pegasus: this team, however, failed to obtain a UCI license. After riding with UniSA in the

2011 Tour Down Under The 2011 Santos Tour Down Under was the 13th edition of the Tour Down Under stage race. It took place from 18 to 23 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia, and was the first race of the 2011 UCI World Tour. The Tour was preceded by the ...

, Roberts signed with , a continuation of the squad he was with from 2005 to 2007, for the remainder of the season.

Major results

;1993 :Under-17 National Track Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

Individual pursuit ::1st MaillotAustralia

Sprint :Under-17 National Road Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

Individual time trial ::1st MaillotAustralia

Team time trial ;1994 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Junior Teams Pursuit World Champion ;1995 : Junior World Track Championships ::1st Jersey rainbow

Individual pursuit ::1st Jersey rainbow

Team pursuit :Junior National Track Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

Individual pursuit ::1st MaillotAustralia

Team pursuit ::1st MaillotAustralia

Elimination race ::1st MaillotAustralia

Points race :1st MaillotAustralia

Junior National Time Trial Championships ;1996 : 1st MaillotAustralia

National Teams Pursuit Champion ;1998 : 1st Gold medal blank

Teams Pursuit

: 1st

National Teams Pursuit Champion : Track World Cup ::1st Individual pursuit ::1st Madison ::1st Team pursuit : 2nd silver medal blank

Individual Pursuit

;1999 :National Track Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

Individual pursuit ::1st MaillotAustralia

Team pursuit : 1st Teams Pursuit Track World Cup : 1st Individual Pursuit overall Track World Cup rankings : 2nd Individual Pursuit Track World Cup ;2000 : 1st MaillotAustralia

National Individual Pursuit Champion ;2001 : 1st Stage 4 Tour Down Under ;2002 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Teams Pursuit World Champion : 1st Gold medal blank

Teams Pursuit

: 1st Overall Tour of Tasmania ;2003 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Team Pursuit World Champion : 1st Individual Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics : Giro del Veneto ::1st Prologue & Stage 4 : 1st Giro del Capo : 1st Stage 5 Ringerike Grand Prix : 2nd silver medal blank

Individual Pursuit World Titles : 2nd Overall Brandenburg-Rundfahrt : 2nd Overall

Herald Sun Tour The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event. It is now held annually ...

;2004 : 1st Gold medal

2004 Summer Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

Team Pursuit : 1st Jersey rainbow

Team Pursuit World Champion : 1st Stage 6 Tour de Normandie : 1st Stage 1 Intl

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: 9th Overall Tour Down Under ;2005 : 1st Stage 4 TTT

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: 3rd Eindhoven Team Time Trial : 6th TEAG Hainleite : 8th T-Mobile International : 10th LUK Challenge Chrono Bühl ;2006 : 1st Stage 4, 3-Länder-Tour : 3rd Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt ;2007 : 1st Eindhoven TTT : 3rd Overall Tour of Britain : 6th Overall Tour Down Under : 9th

Paris–Bourges Paris–Bourges is a French road bicycle race. The race originally started in Paris and ran to the town of Bourges in the Région Centre. However, in recent year with the length of races shortened it has become impossible to link the two cities a ...

;2008 : 1st Stage 3 Giro del Capo : 1st Stolberg-Breinig ;2009 : 1st Grenoble, Six Days ;2010 : 1st Stage 3 Tour of Murcia : 5th Overall Tour Down Under ;2011 : 10th Overall Tour Down Under :: 1st Jersey white

Mountains classification ;2012 :7th Overall

Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen Dwars door West-Vlaanderen is a road bicycle race through the Belgian province of West Flanders. History The race was originally created unter the name Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen (''English'': Tour of the Flemish Ardennes) in 1945 as a one-day ...

;2013 :1st Prologue Istrian Spring Trophy :5th Poreč Trophy

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, Luke 1977 births Living people Australian male cyclists Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Australia Olympic gold medalists for Australia Cyclists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Cyclists from Adelaide Australian Institute of Sport cyclists Olympic medalists in cycling UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Cyclists from South Australia Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Australian track cyclists Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from South Australia