Ill-starred Luke Plapp has made a triumphant return to the saddle in Greece with a terrific stage win in his first race since undergoing wrist surgery.
The six-time Australian cycling champion reckoned his triumph on the second stage of the International Tour of Hellas in Greece on Thursday meant the world to him after all his struggles with injuries over the past 14 months.
The 24-year-old Melburnian had to undergo surgery to fix a long-standing wrist injury at the start of February, ruining a summer domestic campaign which had begun so promisingly as he won a third national time trial title to go with his three road race crowns.
