Luke Lamperti on his first few months in the WorldTour

The Adventure Stache

Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

At 21 years old, Luke Lamperti is already riding for one of the biggest teams in the WorldTour, Soudal–Quick-Step, and he's hit the ground running. Since the season began, he’s racked up podiums at the Challenge Mallorca, the Muscat Classic, and the Tour of Oman, solidifying his place as a young rider to watch. Before signing with Quick-Step, he raced alongside Tom Pidcock on the Trinity Racing development team where he honed his reputation as a formidable sprinter, but he’s still figuring ou...

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0:00.0	It's worse watching bike races now that you race with all these guys than it was before I
0:03.9	race with them because now you know how hard it is in the wheels of the guys in like the second
0:08.6	group that are losing a minute every 50K. And then the guys in the front, it looks so easy.
0:14.1	You know, like when you see Wild and Kernan, it's like, oh, yeah, he just rode away. He gets a few
0:17.4	minutes and then you know he's going to win the sprint from that group, you know? Like, it's just, it seems so simple, but to stop him, like, what do you, what do you
0:24.7	do? Unless you can follow, there's not much, not much you can do, you know? Like, these guys are just
0:29.7	unreal at what they do, you know?
0:31.3	It's showtime, everybody. Showtime!
0:34.1	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:39.8	This is the world as it exists today.
0:44.8	Life moves pretty fast.
0:47.1	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:49.6	You could miss it.
0:52.7	Listen, we're talk about practice.
0:55.0	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:57.0	Donnie, you're out of your element.
0:59.0	I see, you think this has nothing to do with you.
1:02.0	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
1:07.0	This is the Adventure Stash with Payson McElvin.
1:13.3	Hello everyone, welcome back to the show.
1:15.4	Today's conversation is our last recorded interview from our winter in Gerona, Spain.
1:20.5	Another Gerona local of sorts, Luke Lamperti, although he and I met in person for the first time at Gravel World Championships last fall in Italy when
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