Luke Rowe
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Biography
Born in CardiffCardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
, Rowe began racing at a young age, initially riding with his parents on a tandem
Tandem
Tandem is an arrangement where a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction....
. He began to enjoy cycling and became a member of the Maindy Flyers, based at Maindy Stadium
Maindy Stadium
Maindy Centre , which was formerly known as Maindy Stadium, now also known as Maindy Pool and Cycle Track, includes a cycle track and indoor swimming pool facility in the Maindy area of Cardiff, Wales...
. As a junior he was a member of British Cycling
British Cycling
British Cycling is the national governing body for cycle racing in Great Britain. It administers most competitive cycling in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man...
's Olympic Development Programme,
Rowe made his European debut as a member of the team pursuit squad who took the gold medal at the 2007 European Track Championships
European Track Championships
The European Track Cycling Championships are the set of European championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by the European Cycling Union...
. He finished second in the 2008 European Road Race Championships, and won the Madison, along with Mark Christian
Mark Christian
Mark Christian is a Manx racing cyclist. He is part of the Great Britain Olympic Development Program. In 2010, he won a bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the 40KM Scratch Race. He is a native of the Isle of Man....
, and the silver in the team pursuit at the 2008 European Track Championships. He will join Team Sky
Team Sky
Team Sky is a British professional road bicycle racing team that competes in international road bicycle races. The creation of the team was announced on 26 February 2009 and the team began competition in January 2010....
for the 2012 season as a neo-pro, having signed a two-year deal.
His brother Matt
Matthew Rowe
-Biography:Born in Cardiff, Rowe began racing at a young age, initially riding with his parents on a tandem. He began to enjoy cycling and became a member of the Maindy Flyers, based at Maindy Stadium...
is also a racing cyclist, and his father, Courtney Rowe, coaches the Paralympian Simon Richardson
Simon Richardson
Simon Richardson MBE is a Welsh paralympic cyclist.-Biography:Richardson was born in 1966 in Porthcawl, Wales, and is the son of John and Diana Richardson. He is married to Amanda and has two sons Ashley and Benjamin. In 2001 he was involved in a car accident which left him with serious leg and...
.
Track
2000- 3rd Under 12 Omnium, British National Track ChampionshipsBritish National Track ChampionshipsThe British National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by British Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age, gender and disability categories.-Senior :-Amateur :...
2006
- 3rd British National Team Pursuit ChampionshipsBritish National Team Pursuit ChampionshipsThe British National Team Pursuit Championships are held annually as part of the British National Track Championships organized by British Cycling. Prior to 1996, there were two separate championship events for amateur and professional riders....
(with Jonathan BellisJonathan BellisJonathan Bellis is a Manx racing cyclist from Douglas, riding for . He has represented Great Britain on the track and the road....
, Peter KennaughPeter KennaughPeter Kennaugh is a Manx professional racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTour team .-Early Life and Career:Born in Douglas, Isle of Man his younger brother Tim Kennaugh and father are also cyclists...
& Alex DowsettAlex DowsettAlex Dowsett is an English racing cyclist who rides for Team Sky. He was educated at Elm Green Preparatory School in Little Baddow, followed by King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford.-Career:...
)
2007
- 1st
team pursuit, European Track ChampionshipsEuropean Track ChampionshipsThe European Track Cycling Championships are the set of European championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by the European Cycling Union...
- Junior - 1st
British National Madison ChampionshipsBritish National Madison ChampionshipsThe British National Madison Championships are held annually as part of the British National Track Championships organized by British Cycling. There were two separate championship events for amateur and professional riders previously.-Senior:...
(with Adam BlytheAdam BlytheAdam Michael Blythe is an English racing cyclist. Blythe began racing at a young age and went on to become a member of British Cycling's Olympic Development Program.-Biography:...
) - Senior
2008
- 1st Madison, European Track ChampionshipsEuropean Track ChampionshipsThe European Track Cycling Championships are the set of European championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by the European Cycling Union...
- Junior (with Mark ChristianMark ChristianMark Christian is a Manx racing cyclist. He is part of the Great Britain Olympic Development Program. In 2010, he won a bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the 40KM Scratch Race. He is a native of the Isle of Man....
) - 2nd team pursuit, European Track ChampionshipsEuropean Track ChampionshipsThe European Track Cycling Championships are the set of European championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by the European Cycling Union...
- Junior (with Mark ChristianMark ChristianMark Christian is a Manx racing cyclist. He is part of the Great Britain Olympic Development Program. In 2010, he won a bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the 40KM Scratch Race. He is a native of the Isle of Man....
, Andrew FennAndrew FennAndrew Fenn is an English born - although he rode for Scotland in the 2010 Commonwealth Games - road and track cyclist from Hertfordshire who rides for the An Post–Sean Kelly team. He now lives in West Malling, Kent. He is a former member of British Cycling's Olympic Academy...
& Erick RowsellErick RowsellErick Rowsell is a British road racing cyclist and the 2008 British men's junior road racing champion. He is a brother of British world pursuit champion Joanna Rowsell. He also won the junior division at the 2007 British national time trial in an upset of world champion Peter Kennaugh...
) - 1st British National Derny ChampionshipsBritish National Derny ChampionshipsThe British National Derny Championships are annual bicycle races held in the UK.The event is often known as the motor paced or stayers championships, but this is a misnomer because a motor paced or stayers race is one where the pacing machine is a modified motorbike of anything from 100cc to...
, Maindy StadiumMaindy StadiumMaindy Centre , which was formerly known as Maindy Stadium, now also known as Maindy Pool and Cycle Track, includes a cycle track and indoor swimming pool facility in the Maindy area of Cardiff, Wales...
2009
- 2nd British National Madison ChampionshipsBritish National Madison ChampionshipsThe British National Madison Championships are held annually as part of the British National Track Championships organized by British Cycling. There were two separate championship events for amateur and professional riders previously.-Senior:...
(with Geraint ThomasGeraint ThomasGeraint Howell Thomas, MBE is a Welsh professional racing cyclist who rides for the UCI ProTour team . A track cycling world champion and Olympic gold medalist in the team pursuit, Thomas has also enjoyed success on the road, winning the Junior Paris-Roubaix in 2004, the British National...
)
2010
- 1st British National Madison ChampionshipsBritish National Madison ChampionshipsThe British National Madison Championships are held annually as part of the British National Track Championships organized by British Cycling. There were two separate championship events for amateur and professional riders previously.-Senior:...
(with Mark ChristianMark ChristianMark Christian is a Manx racing cyclist. He is part of the Great Britain Olympic Development Program. In 2010, he won a bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the 40KM Scratch Race. He is a native of the Isle of Man....
)
2011
- 1st British National Madison ChampionshipsBritish National Madison ChampionshipsThe British National Madison Championships are held annually as part of the British National Track Championships organized by British Cycling. There were two separate championship events for amateur and professional riders previously.-Senior:...
(with Peter KennaughPeter KennaughPeter Kennaugh is a Manx professional racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTour team .-Early Life and Career:Born in Douglas, Isle of Man his younger brother Tim Kennaugh and father are also cyclists...
)
Road
2006- 9th Junior Tour of WalesJunior Tour of WalesThe Junior Tour of Wales is an annual three day cycle race for junior and female riders, held around Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent, Wales. First held in 1981, 2009's race was 29th edition held...
- 3rd King of the Mountains classification
- 3rd Stage 5
2007
- 3rd Junior Omloop Het Volk
- 4th Junior Tour of WalesJunior Tour of WalesThe Junior Tour of Wales is an annual three day cycle race for junior and female riders, held around Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent, Wales. First held in 1981, 2009's race was 29th edition held...
- 3rd Points classification
- 1st Stage 3
2008
- 2nd European Road Race Championships - Junior
2009
- 1st ZLM Tour - Arjaan de Schipper Trofee
2010
- 1st GP Sportivi di Poggiana
2011
- 1st ZLM Tour
- 1st Stage 7 Thüringen Rundfahrt