Luca Bühlmann

Luca Bühlmann
Bühlmann in 2024
Personal information
Born (2005-06-12) 12 June 2005[1]
Team information
Current teamVelo Club Mendrisio
DisciplineRoad
Track
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2022Talent Romandie
2024VC Lugano
2025–Velo Club Mendrisio
Medal record
Representing  Switzerland
Men's track cycling
European Championships
2026 Konya Team pursuit

Luca Bühlmann (born 12 June 2005) is a Swiss track cyclist who currently rides for club team Velo Club Mendrisio. He was a silver medalist in the men's team pursuit at the 2026 UEC European Track Championships.

Career

Bühlmann competed for Switzerland at the 2023 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Cali, Colombia.[2] At the championships, be was part of the team pursuit squad with Victor Benareau, Arthur Guillet, and Mats Poot that secured a fourth place finish, defeated by the Canadian team in the bronze medal race. Bühlmann also had a top-eight finish in the individual pursuit, and set a new Swiss junior record in the kilometre time trial.[3]

In April 2024, at the age of 18 years-old, he placed third in the point race at the Life's an Omnium Madison in Switzerland, finishing behind Michele Scartezzini and Elia Viviani, part of the 2024 UCI Track Cycling season.[4][5]

Bühlmann won a silver in the men's team pursuit at the 2026 UEC European Track Championships in Konya, Turkey, in February 2026, riding alongside Alex Vogel, Mats Poot and Noah Bögli, finishing runner-up to Denmark.[6]

Major results

Track

2026
2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

References

  1. ^ "Luca Bühlmann". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Swiss Cycling will participate in the U19 Track Cycling World Championships with a quintet of riders". Swiss-Cycling.ch. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 3 Feb 2026.
  3. ^ "A fourth place and a Swiss record". Swiss-Cycling.ch. 23 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Luca Buhlmann 3rd at Life's an Omnium Madison". veloclublugano.ch. Retrieved 3 Feb 2026.
  5. ^ "Tissot Velodrome: Kids and Olympic champions shared the track". nau.ch. 6 April 2024. Retrieved 3 Feb 2026.
  6. ^ "Track cycling: Swiss track foursome wins European Championship silver". Bluewin.ch. 2 February 2026. Retrieved 3 Feb 2026.