Florian Vermeersch
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| Nickname | The Mayor[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 March 1999[2] Ghent, Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | UAE Team Emirates XRG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Classics specialist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2019–2020 | Lotto–Soudal U23[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020–2024 | Lotto–Soudal[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | UAE Team Emirates XRG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Florian Vermeersch (born 12 March 1999) is a Belgian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates XRG.[6]
Career
[edit]Lotto–Soudal (2020–2024)
[edit]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.[7] While being a professional cyclist, he is studying history at Ghent University.[8] 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.[9]
Vermeersch sustained a broken femur in a crash during his first race of 2024 at the Vuelta a Murcia on February 10. The accident occurred on the descent of Alto Collado Bermejo, and forced him to miss the Spring Classics.[10]
UAE Team Emirates XRG (2025–)
[edit]On April 24, it was announced that Vermeersch is set to join UAE Team Emirates on a multi-year contract beginning from the 2025 season. The official signing is pending due to UCI transfer regulations.[11]
Major results
[edit]Cyclo-cross
[edit]- 2015–2016
- 1st Junior Eeklo
- Junior Bpost Bank Trophy
- 1st Hamme
- 2nd Sint-Niklaas
- Junior Superprestige
- 2nd Hoogstraten
- 2nd Middelkerke
- 2016–2017
- Junior DVV Trophy
- 1st Lille
- 1st Junior Mol
- Junior Brico Cross
- 2nd Meulebeke
- 3rd Junior Boom
Gravel
[edit]- 2023
- 1st Serenissima Gravel
- 2nd
UCI World Championships - 2024
- 2nd UCI World Championships
- 2025
- 1st
UCI World Championships
Road
[edit]- 2019
- 1st
Road race, National Under-23 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 Championships
- 8th Giro della Toscana
- 9th Overall BinckBank Tour
- 2021
- 1st
Mountains classification, Tour de Wallonie - 2nd Paris–Roubaix
- 3rd
Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships - 5th Time trial, National Championships
- 8th Circuit de Wallonie
- 2022 (1 pro win)
- 1st Antwerp Port Epic
- 9th Grand Prix du Morbihan
- 2023
- 2nd Overall Renewi Tour
- 2nd Boucles de l'Aulne
- 3rd Dwars door het Hageland
- 3rd Giro del Veneto
- 3rd Super 8 Classic
- 4th Ronde van Drenthe
- 4th Antwerp Port Epic
- 5th Overall Danmark Rundt
- 7th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 7th Veneto Classic
- 8th Tro-Bro Léon
- 2025
- National Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 5th Road race
- 2nd Veneto Classic
- 4th Grand Prix de Denain
- 5th Paris–Roubaix
- 6th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 6th Bredene Koksijde Classic
- 2026
- 3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 3rd E3 Saxo Classic
- 7th Tour of Flanders
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | — |
 Tour de France
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— | 108 | 120 |
 Vuelta a España
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121 | — | — |
Classics results timeline
[edit]| Monument | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
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| Milan–San Remo | — | — | 125 | — | — | — | 131 |
| Tour of Flanders | DNF | DNF | 76 | 12 | — | 43 | 7 |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | 2 | DNF | 12 | — | 5 | |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Classic | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | DNF | 61 | 43 | — | 142 | 3 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | — | DNF | — | 32 | — | 61 | 54 |
| E3 Saxo Classic | — | 16 | — | DNF | — | 24 | 3 |
| Gent–Wevelgem | 13 | DNF | 19 | 17 | — | 23 | 31 |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
References
[edit]- ^ "The Cycling Podcast - 179: Paris-Roubaix". The Cycling Podcast. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Florian Vermeersch". Lotto–Soudal. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Florian Vermeersch – UAE team Emirates". UAE Team Emirates XRG. Archived from the original on 25 January 2026. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "UAE Team Emirates". UCI. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Florian Vermeersch sustains broken femur in Vuelta a Murcia crash". CyclingNews. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Florian Vermeersch on his way to UAE Team Emirates". HLN. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
External links
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- Florian Vermeersch at ProCyclingStats
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