Luke Plapp returns from Olympic Games injury at the Tour of Guangxi

Luke Plapp hasn’t pinned a number on since the time trial crash in Paris that left him having to bow out of two big season goals – the Olympic Games and the Road World Championships – but after three months of recovery, he will get to pin on a number in the WorldTour again before the season is out.

The Jayco-AlUla rider will be chasing the general classification at the Gree-Tour of Guangxi, hoping to finish yet another year of international racing in the green and gold jersey of the Australian champion on a high note.

“I’m really excited to be back racing and in the peloton,” said Plapp in a team media release on his return from the late July crash, in which he slid under a barrier fence requiring surgery due to the injuries he sustained to his abdomen.