Luke Rowe

Luke Rowe
	Luke Rowe (2013)
To person
Date of birth	March 10, 1990
nation	United Kingdom
discipline	Street
To the team
Current team	Ineos
function	driver
	Last updated: July 23, 2017

Luke Rowe (born March 10, 1990 in Cardiff ) is a Welsh track and road cyclist.

Athletic career

In 2007 Luke Rowe became European track cycling champion in the junior team pursuit together with Adam Blythe , Peter Kennaugh and Mark McNally in Cottbus . The following year he won the silver medal in the individual and team pursuit at the Junior Track Cycling European Championships in Pruszków , and in the Madison he won the gold medal together with Mark Christian . On the road, he won silver in the road race of the European Junior Championships in Verbania .

In 2012 Rowe got a contract with Team Sky and from then on started mainly in road races. In 2012 he won a stage of the Tour of Britain and in 2015 the team time trial of the Tour de Romandie with his team . In 2017 he won a stage of the Herald Sun Tour .

Rowe contested the Tour de France in 2015 , 2016 , 2017 and 2018 as part of the Sky team, which with Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas each provided the winner.

At the Tour de France 2019 , however, Rowe was disqualified after the 17th stage for unsportsmanlike conduct, as he returned the favor with a punch after he had been pushed off by Tony Martin, who was also disqualified . Both drivers apologized in a joint video. The appeals of the teams against the decision of the jury were unsuccessful.

His older brother Matthew Rowe was also active as a cyclist.

successes

Street

2006

Tour of Ireland (Juniors)

2009

ZLM tour

2011

ZLM tour
one stage tour of Thuringia

2012

one stage Tour of Britain

2015

Tour de Romandie team time trial

2017

one stage Herald Sun Tour

2018

Team time trial Settimana Internazionale
Team time trial Critérium du Dauphiné

train

2007

EuropeEuropean Champions - Team Pursuit (Juniors) with Adam Blythe , Peter Kennaugh and Mark McNally
United KingdomBritish Master - Madison with Adam Blythe