Nationality: British
Date of birth: March 10, 1990
Height: 185cm
Weight: 72kg
Team: Team Ineos
Twitter: @LukeRowe1990
Luke Rowe has proven himself a loyal and tactically astute domestique over the years, helping Chris Froome to his Tour de France victories in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Moreover, Rowe has developed into the squad's team captain which means he'll be making many of the crucial mid-race decisions for the team.
A fellow product of the British Cycling academy along with team-mates Geraint Thomas, Peter Kennaugh and Ian Stannard, Rowe's career has yet to produce a flourish of personal success that might have been expected by a rider of his talent after eight years with Team Sky.
But he's shown his potential to grow into one of Britain's most successful Classics riders. In 2016, he headed the Sky team at Monuments Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix alongside Stannard, recording a fifth place at Flanders to add to an eighth place finish at Roubaix he achieved in 2015.
Rowe started 2017 strongly, taking his first win since 2012 on stage two of the Herald Sun Tour. This was followed by a solid show on the opening weekend of the cobbled classics, with sixth in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and third in Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. He also gained the noble title of 'lanterne rouge', given to the last finishing rider at the Tour de France. Luckily, teammate Froome finished in polar opposite first position.
Ill fortune struck late in the season when he fractured his tibia and fibula whilst whitewater rafting at his brothers stag party. Disproving doctors expectations, he returned to cycling in February of 2018. However, another two seasons of average classics performances awaited. The Welshman still believes the form is there, so only time will tell.
Another notable moment occurred in the 2019 TdF, when Luke Rowe and Tony Martin were expelled from the race on stage 17 due to Martin swerving in-front of Rowe, followed by Rowe placing his hands on the German.
Alongside his commitments as a professional riders, Rowe wrote a weekly column for Cycling Weekly magazine, hosts a podcast with Geraint Thomas and enjoys watching ice hockey in his spare time.
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Fred Wright anticipating tough battle in elite men's road race at World Championships
Luke Rowe on racing Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert: 'If you wait and try to race them man on man in the final, I think you’re just waiting with a loaded gun to your head'
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'If you sent me a message you are nuts': Luke Rowe hits back at critics after Paris-Roubaix crash with Mads Pedersen
The Brit challenges anyone who criticised him to try riding through the Arenberg forest with a front wheel puncture themselves
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Luke Rowe explains why he was handed fine on Tour de France stage three
The British rider was fined by commissaries for 'assault, intimidation, insults, threats, improper conduct'
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Luke Rowe and Tony Martin kicked out of Tour de France after altercation on stage 17
Luke Rowe and Tony Martin have both been kicked off the Tour de France after an altercation on stage 17.
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Luke Rowe: Team Sky’s formidable road captain
The Welshman Luke Rowe talks about his journey from carefree youngster to Sky’s formidable road captain
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Luke Rowe column: The first ride after the off-season is grim
After a month off, with no cycling, Team Sky's Luke Rowe gets back into it with a training camp in Majorca
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Luke Rowe goes into gruesome detail in describing broken leg that could put him out for a year
Luke Rowe has described in graphic detail the broken leg that he sustained on his brother's stag party, which could put him out for a year.
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Team Ineos looking into appeal after Luke Rowe kicked off Tour de France 2019
Team Ineos say they hope to appeal the decision to throw Luke Rowe out of the Tour de France.
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Luke Rowe column: Good days and bad days at the Tour de France
“Saturday’s stage was a case of ride the climbs as fast as you can, descend like crazy and see where you are at the finish”
