Darren Lapthorne
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Darren Lapthorne |
| Born |
4 March 1983 Melbourne, Australia |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2005 | MG Xpower–BigPond |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2006–2007 | Drapac–Porsche |
| 2008 | Sparkasse |
| 2009–2010 | Rapha Condor |
| 2011–2015 | Drapac Professional Cycling |
| Major wins | |
| National Road Race Championships (2007) | |
|
Infobox last updated on 20 January 2015 | |
Darren Lapthorne (born 4 March 1983 in Melbourne) is an Australian professional racing cyclist currently riding for Drapac Professional Cycling.[1]
Lapthorne began his career in 2006 with the Australian Professional Team Drapac–Porsche. In his first year he won the road race of the Teams Road Championships. He also finished third in one stage of the Herald Sun Tour. In January 2007 he achieved his greatest success by winning the Australian National Road Race Championships. He rode for the German Team Sparkasse in 2008 and for British team Rapha Condor in 2009.
In December 2008, Lapthorne returned to competition after time out following the much-publicised disappearance and death of his sister, Britt, while backpacking in Croatia.[2]
Major results
- 2005
- 1st Stage 9, Tour of the Murray River
- 2006
- 1st Stage 7, Tour de Korea
- 1st Stage 4, Tour of Gippsland
- 2007
- 1st
National Road Race Championships - 1st Stage 1b, Tour of the Southern Grampians
- 1st Stage 1, Mersey Valley Tour
- 1st Overall De Bortoli Tour
- 1st Stages 1a & 2
- 1st Melle
- 2nd Overall Tour de Hokkaido
- 1st Stage 5
- 2008
- 1st Stage 5, Geelong Bay Classic Series, Geelong
- 2009
- 1st, Stage 2, Tour de Beauce
- 2010
- 2nd Ryedale Grand Prix[3]
- 2013
- 8th Overall Tour of Japan
- 10th Overall Tour of Hainan
- 2014
- 3rd Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
References
- ↑ "Drapac Professional Cycling (DPC) - AUS". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ↑ "Lapthorne riding in Britt's memory". The Age. 2008-12-11.
- ↑ "Partridge proves too good for his Ryedale Grand Prix rivals". Yorkshire Post. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
External links
- Darren Lapthorne profile at Cycling Archives
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