1. Lachlan Morton was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a Espana.
12 Facts About Lachlan Morton
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Lachlan Morton has participated in a number of ultra-distance cycling events and challenges.
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In 2015 "Thereabouts Reprise" was released about a 600-mile ride across the Colorado Rockies that Lachlan Morton completed with his brother, and professional cyclists Taylor Phinney and Cameron Wurf.
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In 2017 the Lachlan Morton brothers released a third documentary titled "Thereabouts Colombia" about cycling in Colombia.
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In 2019 Lachlan Morton participated in the Unbound Gravel, Leadville 100, GBDuro and Three Peaks Cyclocross races as part of EF Pro Cycling's alternative calendar.
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Lachlan Morton was first to finish the 2019 GBDuro, a 2,000-kilometre challenge from Land's End to John o' Groats in the United Kingdom.
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Lachlan Morton won Unbound Gravel in 2024 and rode the Tour Divide trail in 2023 in 12 days, 12 hours, and 21 minutes, becoming the fastest person ever to complete the storied route.
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Lachlan Morton held the Everesting world record, completing the feat in 7:29:57 on 20 June 2020.
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The feat garnered significant publicity, as Lachlan 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.
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In 2021, Lachlan Morton completed an "Alt Tour", riding the entire 2021 Tour de France route, including transfers, unsupported in aid of World Bicycle Relief.
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Lachlan Morton 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.
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In 2024 Lachlan Morton set out to break the record of cycling around Australia.