Darren Lapthorne

Darren Lapthorne

Personal information
Full name	Darren Lapthorne
Born	4 March 1983 (1983-03-04) (age 28) Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Team information
Current team	Drapac Cycling
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
2006–2007 2008 2009–2010 2011	Drapac Porsche Sparkasse Rapha Condor Drapac Cycling
Major wins
National Road Race Champion (2007)
Infobox last updated on 2 May 2011

Darren Lapthorne (born 4 March 1983 in Melbourne) is an Australian professional racing cyclist currently riding for Drapac Cycling. Lapthorne began his career in 2006 with the Australian Professional Team Drapac Porsche. In his first year he was 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.^[1]

Palmarès

2005

1st Stage 9, Tour of the Murray River

2006

1st Stage 7, Tour de Korea

1st Stage 4, Tour of Gippsland

2007

1st Australian National Road Race Championships

1st Stage 1b, Tour of the Southern Grampians

1st Stage 1, Mersey Valley Tour

1st Overall De Bortoli Tour

1st Stage 1a

1st Stage 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

References

1. ^ "Lapthorne riding in Britt's memory". The Age. 2008-12-11. http://news.theage.com.au/sport/lapthorne-riding-in-britts-memory-20081211-6wji.html. 

External links

• Darren Lapthorne profile at Cycling Archives

Persondata
Name	Lapthorne, Darren
Alternative names
Short description	Australian racing cyclist
Date of birth	4 March 1983
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Date of death
Place of death