{{Short description|Slovenian cyclist (born 1988)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Luka Mezgec | image = Luka Mezgec (2017-03-28) - Adinkerke (De Panne) - Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde, etappe 1.jpg | caption = Mezgec in 2017 | fullname = Luka Mezgec | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|6|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = Kranj, SFR Yugoslavia<br>(now Slovenia) | height = 1.83 m | weight = 72 kg | currentteam = {{UCI team code|ORS}} | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = Sprinter<br>Lead-out specialist | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = 2010 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|RAR|2010}} | proyears2 = 2011–2012 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|SAK|2011}} | proyears3 = 2013–2015 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|ARG|2013}} | proyears4 = 2016– | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|OGE|2016a}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mitchelton-scott-finalise-25-rider-roster-for-2019/ |title=Mitchelton-Scott finalise 25-rider roster for 2019 |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=15 November 2018 |accessdate=3 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.greenedgecycling.com/news/wins-from-january-to-october-mitchelton-scott-men-confirm-roster-and-goals-for-2020 |title=Wins from January to October: Mitchelton-Scott men confirm roster and goals for 2020 |work={{UCI team code|MTS men|2020}}|publisher=New Global Cycling Services|date=11 December 2019|accessdate=2 January 2020}}</ref> | majorwins = '''Grand Tours''' :'''Giro d'Italia''' ::1 individual stage (2014) '''One-day races and Classics''' :{{nowrap|National Road Race Championships (2017)}} }} [[File:2023 Tour of Slovenia press conference.jpg|thumb|Mezgec at 2023 Tour of Slovenia press conference]] [[File:Luka Mezgec (Team Jayco AlUla) & Tadej Pogačar (Team UAE Emirates) on 2023 Slovenian National Road Race Championship.jpg|thumb|300px|Mezgec ({{UCI team code|JAY men|2023}}) and Tadej Pogačar ({{UCI team code|UAD men|2023}}) on the 2023 Slovenian National Road Race Championship. Mezgec led Pogačar for most of the race till last two rounds helping to break from Matej Mohorič ({{UCI team code|TBV|2023}}). Mezgec finished as second.]]
'''Luka Mezgec''' (born 27 June 1988) is a Slovenian road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|GEC men}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15239/1001717/279 |title=GreenEDGE Cycling |work=UCI.org |publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale |accessdate=2 January 2021 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210101231319/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15239/1001717/279 |archivedate=1 January 2021}}</ref> After scoring numerous podium finishes in 2013, Mezgec finally tasted victory on the fifth stage of the Tour of Beijing.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/15639/Tour-of-Beijing-Luka-Mezgec-takes-final-Birds-Nest-stage-as-Intxausti-wins-overall.aspx |title=Tour of Beijing: Luka Mezgec takes final Bird's Nest stage as Intxausti wins overall |work=VeloNation |publisher=VeloNation LLC |date=15 October 2013 |accessdate=16 October 2013 |author=Ben Atkins}}</ref> He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España.<ref name="Vuelta">{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?detp=view&_ap=startlijst&editie_idd=MjYwNzQ= |title=Vuelta a España 2015 |accessdate=21 August 2015 |work=Cycling Fever}}</ref>
In September 2015 it was announced that Mezgec had signed an initial two-year contract with {{UCI team code|OBE|2016a}} to commence in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/transfers-van-den-broeck-joins-katusha-mezgec-to-orica-greenedge-191145 |title=Transfers: Van Den Broeck joins Katusha; Mezgec to Orica-GreenEdge |last1=Clarke |first1=Stuart |date=11 September 2015 |website=Cycling Weekly |access-date=20 September 2015}}</ref> In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2020/startlist |title=107th Tour de France: Startlist |work=ProCyclingStats |accessdate=27 August 2020}}</ref>
==Major results== Source:<ref name="mezgec">{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=62028 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130120050937/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=62028 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=20 January 2013 |title=Luka Mezgec |publisher=Cycling Archives |accessdate=3 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider_palm.asp?riderid=15789&year=0&all=1¤t=0 |title=Luka Mezgec |publisher=Cycling Quotient |accessdate=3 July 2012}}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=25em}} ;2009 : 1st Vzpon na Mohor ;2010 : 1st 20px Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay : 5th Overall Course de la Solidarité Olympique ;2011 : 1st Memoriał Henryka Łasaka : 1st Stage 1 Istrian Spring Trophy : 2nd GP Kranj : 2nd VN HiFi-Color Studio : 3rd Banja Luka–Beograd II : 3rd Central European Tour Budapest GP : 6th Ljubljana–Zagreb : 8th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour : 8th Banja Luka–Beograd I : 10th Central European Tour Miskolc GP ;2012 <small>(5 pro wins)</small> : 2nd Memorijal Nevio Valčić : 2nd Banja Luka–Beograd I : 2nd Memoriał Henryka Łasaka : 3rd Poreč Trophy : 3rd Central European Tour Budapest GP : 3rd Ljubljana–Zagreb : 3rd Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin : 4th Banja Luka–Beograd II : 4th Grand Prix of Moscow : 5th Road race, National Road Championships : 5th Overall Five Rings of Moscow ::1st 20px Points classification ::1st Stage 5 : 5th Grand Prix Südkärnten : 5th Central European Tour Miskolc GP : 5th Coupe des Carpathes : 6th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake ::1st 20px Points classification ::1st Stages 2, 4, 6, 11 & 13 ;2013 <small>(1)</small> : 1st Stage 5 Tour of Beijing : 2nd Halle–Ingooigem : 7th Handzame Classic ;2014 <small>(6)</small> : 1st Handzame Classic : Volta a Catalunya ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 5 : 1st Stage 21 Giro d'Italia : 1st Stage 1 Tour of Beijing : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen ;2015 <small>(1)</small> : 1st Stage 2 Tour du Haut Var ;2016 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 9th Paris–Tours ;2017 <small>(3)</small> : 1st 20px Road race, National Road Championships : 1st 20px National MTB XC Championships : 1st 20px National CX Championships : 1st Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic : 1st Stage 2 Tour of Slovenia : 5th Road race, UEC European Road Championships ;2019 <small>(3)</small> : Tour of Slovenia ::1st 20px Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : Tour de Pologne ::1st Stages 2 & 5 : 3rd Clásica de Almería : 8th Road race, UEC European Road Championships : 8th Three Days of Bruges–De Panne ;2020 : 1st 20px Sprints classification, Tour de Pologne : 2nd Bretagne Classic : 5th Clásica de Almería ;2021 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;2022 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 6th Road race, UEC European Road Championships ;2023 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 4th Visit Friesland Elfsteden Race : 8th Super 8 Classic {{div col end}}
===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 2013 ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 ! scope="col" | 2024 ! scope="col" | 2025 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey Giro d'Italia | 123 | 136 | 138 | DNF | 107 | — | — | — | — | — | — |DNF | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 88 | 102 | 101 | 112 |116 | |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A red jersey Vuelta a España | — | — | 108 | — | — | 141 | DNF | — | 109 | — | — |— | |}
{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |}
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== {{commons cat|Luka Mezgec}} * {{UCI}} * {{ProCyclingStats}} * {{Cycling Archives|62028}} * {{Olympics.com|luka-mezgec}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20240730141944/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/luka-mezgec_1981180 Luka Mezgec] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/luka-mezgec_1981180 alternate link]) * [https://pariz2024.olympic.si/teamslovenia/luka-mezgec Luka Mezgec] at Team Slovenia {{in lang|sl}} * {{Instagram}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mezgec, Luka}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Slovenian male cyclists Category:21st-century Slovenian sportsmen Category:Slovenian Giro d'Italia stage winners Category:Cyclists from Kranj Category:Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic cyclists for Slovenia