Born in Melbourne, 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 2 months out[3] following the much-publicised 18 September 2008 disappearance and death of his younger sister, Britt (born 1987), while she was backpacking in Dubrovnik, Croatia.[4][5] During this time, Lapthorne was heavily involved in the early informal efforts to identify her whereabouts,[6][7] and for helping to expose the lack of attention given to the case by local police. In late 2008, he assisted in the repatriation of her remains to Australia[8] and also attended the subsequent state coroner's hearing in 2015.[9]
darren, lapthorne, born, march, 1983, australian, former, professional, racing, cyclist, personal, informationfull, nameborn, 1983, march, 1983, melbourne, australiaheight1, weight68, team, informationcurrent, teamretireddisciplineroadrolerideramateur, team200. Darren Lapthorne born 4 March 1983 is an Australian former professional racing cyclist 1 Darren LapthornePersonal informationFull nameDarren LapthorneBorn 1983 03 04 4 March 1983 age 39 Melbourne AustraliaHeight1 81 m 5 ft 11 in Weight68 kg 150 lb Team informationCurrent teamRetiredDisciplineRoadRoleRiderAmateur team2005MG Xpower BigPondProfessional teams2006 2007Drapac Porsche2008Sparkasse2009 2010Rapha Condor2011 2015Drapac Professional CyclingMajor winsNational Road Race Championships 2007 Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 Major results 4 References 5 External linksCareer EditBorn in Melbourne 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 He retired from professional racing in 2016 2 Personal life EditIn December 2008 Lapthorne returned to competition after 2 months out 3 following the much publicised 18 September 2008 disappearance and death of his younger sister Britt born 1987 while she was backpacking in Dubrovnik Croatia 4 5 During this time Lapthorne was heavily involved in the early informal efforts to identify her whereabouts 6 7 and for helping to expose the lack of attention given to the case by local police In late 2008 he assisted in the repatriation of her remains to Australia 8 and also attended the subsequent state coroner s hearing in 2015 9 Major results Edit2005 1st Stage 9 Tour of the Murray River 2006 1st Stage 7 Tour de Korea 1st Stage 4 Tour of Gippsland 2007 1st Road race National Road Championships 1st Overall De Bortoli Tour1st Stages 1a amp 2 dd 1st Melle 1st Stage 1b Tour of the Southern Grampians 1st Stage 1 Mersey Valley Tour 2nd Overall Tour de Hokkaido1st Stage 5 dd 2008 1st Stage 5 Geelong Bay Classic Series Geelong 2009 1st Stage 2 Tour de Beauce 2010 2nd Ryedale Grand Prix 10 2013 8th Overall Tour of Japan 10th Overall Tour of Hainan 2014 3rd Overall Tour d AzerbaidjanReferences Edit Drapac Professional Cycling DPC AUS UCI Continental Circuits Union Cycliste Internationale Archived from the original on 1 February 2014 Retrieved 1 February 2014 Darren Lapthorne retires from professional cycling www cyclingnews com Retrieved 12 January 2019 Lapthorne to carry on for tragic sister The Sydney Morning Herald 12 December 2008 Retrieved 12 January 2019 Lapthorne riding in Britt s memory The Age 11 December 2008 Archived from the original on 30 December 2008 Interview Darren Lapthorne British Cycling Retrieved 12 January 2019 Case 102 Britt Lapthorne Casefile True Crime Podcast 1 December 2018 Retrieved 12 January 2019 Bradley Seamus 28 September 2008 Frantic brother races to Croatia The Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 12 January 2019 Autopsy causes more pain for Lapthorne family ABC News 14 October 2008 Retrieved 7 April 2020 Coroner to deliver open finding on backpacker Britt Lapthorne s death ABC News 16 April 2015 Retrieved 12 January 2019 Partridge proves too good for his Ryedale Grand Prix rivals Yorkshire Post 7 June 2010 Retrieved 26 July 2015 External links EditDarren Lapthorne at ProCyclingStats Darren Lapthorne at Cycling Archives This biographical article relating to Australian cycling is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Darren Lapthorne amp oldid 1090350396, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
