Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (born 17 April 1993) is a Norwegian former professional cyclist,[4] who rode between 2013 and 2020 for five different teams. He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España[5] and the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.[6]

Sindre Lunke
Lunke in 2015.
Personal information
Full nameSindre Skjøstad Lunke
Born (1993-04-17) 17 April 1993 (age 31)
Trondheim, Norway
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur team
2012TVK Sykkel
Professional teams
2013–2014Team Plussbank
2015Team Joker
2016–2017Team Giant–Alpecin
2018Fortuneo–Samsic[1]
2019–2020Riwal Readynez[2][3]

Lunke retired at the end of the 2020 season, in order to study economics.[4]

Major results

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2014
5th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta Mont Blanc
2015
7th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
8th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta Mont Blanc
2018
1st   Mountains classification Arctic Race of Norway
2019
2nd Sundvolden GP
3rd Ringerike GP
6th Overall Arctic Race of Norway

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2016 2017
  Giro d'Italia 120
  Tour de France
  Vuelta a España 135
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ Team Fortuneo Samsic [@Fortuneo_Samsic] (8 September 2017). "Sindre Lunke will join Warren Barguil and the team for the upcoming year. Welcome Sindre !" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 January 2018 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "La Riwal presenta gli ultimi cinque acquisti e annuncia un nuovo cosponsor" [Riwal present their last five signings and announces a new cosponsor]. Cicloweb.it (in Italian). Cicloweb. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Riwal Readynez Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Sindre Lunke ends his career and turns towards the books". Riwal Securitas. Pro Cycling DK ApS. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  5. ^ "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  6. ^ "2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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