Lachlan Morton
Lachlan David Morton (born 2 January 1992) is an Australian professional road racing cyclist and mountain biker, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost.[4]
Morton at the 2014 Tour de l'Ain | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Lachlan David Morton |
| Nickname | Lachy |
| Born | 2 January 1992 Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | EF Education–EasyPost |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type |
|
| Amateur teams | |
| 2011–2012 | Chipotle–Garmin Development Team |
| 2012 | Garmin–Sharp (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2013–2014 | Garmin–Sharp |
| 2015–2016 | Jelly Belly–Maxxis[1] |
| 2017–2018 | Team Dimension Data |
| 2019– | EF Education First[2][3] |
| Major wins | |
| Stage races | |
Career edit
Born and raised in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, Morton spent the 2011 and 2012 seasons in the Garmin–Sharp squad's development stable, Chipotle–First Solar Development Team.[5][6]
Following a successful 2016 season including stage and overall wins at the Tour of the Gila and the Tour of Utah, in September 2016 Team Dimension Data confirmed that Morton would join them for 2017, reuniting him with former Garmin teammate Ben King.[7] He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España.[8] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia.[9]
Ultra-distance cycling edit
Morton has participated in a number of ultra-distance cycling events and challenges. In 2014 he completed a 2,500-kilometre (1,600-mile) ride from Port Macquarie to Uluru with his brother Angus Morton. The brothers made a documentary film about the ride titled "Thereabouts".[10][11][12] In 2015 "Thereabouts Reprise" was released about a 600-mile (970-kilometre) ride across the Colorado Rockies that Morton completed with his brother, and professional cyclists Taylor Phinney and Cameron Wurf.[13] In 2017 the Morton brothers released a third documentary titled "Thereabouts Colombia" about cycling in Colombia.[14][15]
In 2019 Morton participated in the Unbound Gravel, Leadville 100, GBDuro and Three Peaks Cyclocross races as part of EF Pro Cycling's alternative calendar.[16][17] He was first to finish the 2019 GBDuro, a 2,000-kilometre (1,200-mile) challenge from Land's End to John o' Groats in the United Kingdom.[18] In May 2020 he set a new record of 11 hours and 14 minutes for the 142-mile (229-kilometre) Kokopelli's Trail in the United States.[19] In September 2020 he won the Badlands, a 700 kilometre race across the Iberian Peninsula.[20]
Everesting edit
Morton held the Everesting world record, completing the feat in 7:29:57 on 20 June 2020. The feat garnered significant publicity, as Morton had made an attempt just days earlier which was disqualified by Hells 500, who stated that he had not reached the threshold to count as an Everesting.[21][22][23][24] Since then, Alberto Contador and three other riders have surpassed Morton's time.[25]
2021 Alt Tour edit
In 2021, Morton completed an "Alt Tour", riding the entire 2021 Tour de France route, including transfers, unsupported in aid of World Bicycle Relief. He started in Brittany on the same day as the regular Tour, but built up a lead on the peloton by riding for 12 hours a day. After 5,510-kilometre (3,420-mile) and 16 days, he finished the ride in Paris about 5 days ahead of the peloton.[26]
Major results edit
- 2009
- 5th Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 2010
- 1st Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
- 1st Stages 3 (ITT) & 6
- 7th Overall Tour of Utah
- 2011
- 2nd Overall Cascade Cycling Classic
- 3rd Overall Tour of the Gila
- 6th Overall Tour de Langkawi
- 7th Overall Giro do Interior de São Paulo
- 2012
- 6th Overall Tour de Guadeloupe
- 1st Young rider classification
- 8th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- 2013
- Tour of Utah
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 5th Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge
- 1st Young rider classification
- 2015
- 1st Mount Evans Hill Climb
- 5th Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge
- 9th Overall Tour de Beauce
- 10th Overall Tour of Utah
- 2016
- 1st Overall Tour of Utah
- 1st Stages 3 & 7
- 1st Overall Tour of the Gila
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Hokkaido
- 4th Overall Tour de Beauce
- 2017
- 7th Overall Tour of California
- 1st Young rider classification
- 8th Overall Tour of Oman
- 2019
- 1st GBDURO
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Utah
- 3rd Leadville Trail 100 MTB
- 4th Unbound Gravel 200
- 2021
- 1st Telluride 100 MTB
- 2nd Leadville Trail 100 MTB
- 2023
- 3rd Unbound Gravel 200
Grand Tour general classification results timeline edit
| Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | 111 |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | 90 | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References edit
- ^ "Outback trip leads Morton brothers to Jelly Belly". CyclingNews. CyclingNews. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ . Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ Bacon, Ellis (1 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: EF Education First". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "EF Education - Nippo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Lachlan Morton Interview: Big name to watch". VeloNation. Chevy Chase, Maryland: VeloNation LLC. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ^ . SBS One. Artarmon, New South Wales: Special Broadcasting Service. 23 November 2012. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ O'Shea, Sadhbh (29 September 2016). "King, Thwaites and Morton join Dimension Data for 2017". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ "2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ "103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Thereabouts". CyclingTips. April 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Thereabouts – the doco". CyclingTips. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Thereabout (2014)". IMDb. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Thereabouts Reprise (2015)". IMDb. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Thereabouts 3: Discovering Colombia". CyclingTips. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Thereabouts Colombia (2017)". IMDb. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Lachlan Morton - EF Pro Cycling". Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Lachlan Morton wins unassisted 2,000km Land's End to John O'Groats endurance race". Cycling Weekly. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Lachlan Morton smashes Kokopelli Trail record". Cycling News. 31 May 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Lachlan Morton Wins Badlands 2020 in Just Over 43 hours". BIKEPACKING.com. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Morning Ride". Strava.com. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "We never intended for there to be Everesting records..." Instagram.com. Hells 500. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "Everesting Hall of Fame - Lachlan Morton". everesting.cc. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Everest (apparently there's some data lag with the elevation, I'll leave that to the experts) 42 laps of rist was hell". Strava.com. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Alberto Contador breaks Everesting record with time of 7:27:20". cyclingtips.com.
- ^ "Lachlan Morton has finished his Alt Tour five days early". CyclingTips. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.