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Racing runs in Lukas Nerurkar’s genes. Cycling was never the obvious choice for Lukas, however. He grew up in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where his dad – Olympic marathon and 10,000 meter runner Richard Nerurkar – moved their family after he had hung up his racing flats. He’d always trained in Africa and loved the atmosphere. Lukas’s mom Gail was a runner too. His sister Almi was soon bounding in their footsteps. She became a runner as well. But as soon as Lukas started riding bikes, he knew that cycling was the sport for him. When he was a kid, he and his dad would escape Addis Ababa’s clogged streets and ride up into the hills above the city.

Lukas just loved going farther and faster.

He has been doing that ever since. When he was seven, Lukas’s family moved back to England and settled in Brighton, where Lukas started racing with the Preston Park Cycling Club. He stayed with this local team all the way through the youth categories. By the time he was 16, he was ready to step up. He joined VC Londres in London and soon caught the eye of the racers in the club, who introduced him to Trinity, a British Continental team. There his talent blossomed. Lukas made a name for himself on the under-23 circuit racing all across Europe.

Before he had turned professional, he had already won stages of the Giro Next Gen and Orlen Nations GrandPrix and finished sixth on GC at Spain’s O Gran Camiño.

In 2024, he won his first pro race at the Tour de Kyushu Kokura Castle Criterium and later that same week, finished second overall at the Tour de Kyushu.

Although a crash took him out of action for much of 2025, Lukas still finished third at the Clàssica Terres de l'Ebre and sixth on the summit finish of the Andorra MoraBanc Clàssica.

A punchy climber, he is confident that he has what it takes to compete with the best. He will stay humble, but never lose his competitive fire. After all, he is Girona’s town-sign sprint and chess champion.

Watch out for Lukas Nerurkar in 2026.