Florian Vermeersch
 Vermeersch in 2021 | ||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | The Mayor[1] | |||||||||||||
| Born | 12 March 1999[2] Ghent, Belgium | |||||||||||||
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| Current team | Lotto–Soudal | |||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||
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| 2019–2020 | Lotto–Soudal U23[3] | |||||||||||||
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| 2020– | Lotto–Soudal | |||||||||||||
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Florian Vermeersch (born 12 March 1999) is a Belgian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lotto–Soudal.[4]
Biography[]
On 1 June 2020, Vermeersch was promoted from the team's under-23 development squad. Formerly, Vermeersch competed in cyclo-cross, in which he was highly successful.[5] While being a professional cyclist, he also is studying history at Ghent University.[6] In 2021, he placed third in the UCI Road World Under–23 men's time trial. At the 2021 Paris–Roubaix race, which had been postponed from April due to the Covid 19 pandemic, he got into the early breakaway of around 30 riders and ultimately finished second to Sonny Colbrelli and ahead of Mathieu van der Poel in a three man sprint in the velodrome. [7]
Major results[]
Road[]
- 2019
- 1st
Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships - 6th Gylne Gutuer
- 7th Overall À travers les Hauts-de-France
- 7th Hafjell TT
- 10th Lillehammer GP
- 2020
- 4th Brussels Cycling Classic
- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 8th Giro della Toscana
- 9th Overall BinckBank Tour
- 2021
- 1st
Mountains classification Tour de Wallonie - 2nd Paris–Roubaix
- 3rd
Time trial, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships - 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 8th Circuit de Wallonie
Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]
| Grand Tour | 2021 |
|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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— |
 Tour de France
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— |
 Vuelta a España
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121 |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
Cyclo-cross[]
- 2015–2016
- 1st Junior Grote Prijs Stad Eeklo
- Junior Bpost Bank Trophy
- 1st Flandriencross
- 2nd Waaslandcross
- Junior Superprestige
- 2nd Vlaamse Aardbeiencross
- 2nd Noordzeecross
- 2016–2017
- Junior DVV Trophy
- 1st Krawatencross
- 1st Junior Zilvermeercross
- Junior Brico Cross
- 2nd Berencross
- 3rd Junior Niels Albert
References[]
- ^ "The Cycling Podcast - 179: Paris-Roubaix". The Cycling Podcast. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Florian Vermeersch". Lotto–Soudal. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ "Eight new riders join Lotto Soudal U23 in 2019". Lotto–Soudal. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ "Lotto Soudal". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Florian Vermeersch and Viktor Verschaeve to sign with Lotto Soudal". Lotto–Soudal. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ "Florian Vermeersch: "I can't wait to ride races"". Lotto–Soudal. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ "Impressive Florian Vermeersch powers to second place at memorable Paris-Roubaix!". Lotto Soudal. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
External links[]
- Florian Vermeersch at ProCyclingStats
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- Sportspeople from Ghent
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