Florian Vermeersch
Florian Vermeersch (born 12 March 1999) is a Belgian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lotto–Dstny.[4]
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| Nickname | The Mayor[1] | |||||||||||||
| Born | 12 March 1999[2] Ghent, Belgium | |||||||||||||
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| Current team | Lotto–Dstny | |||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||
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| 2019–2020 | Lotto–Soudal U23[3] | |||||||||||||
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| 2020– | Lotto–Soudal | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
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 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
Paris-Roubaix 2023 - Secteur pavé de Quiévy à Saint-Python - N° 81 Florian Vermeersch
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
- 2022
- 1st Antwerp Port Epic
- 9th Grand Prix du Morbihan
- 2023
- 2nd Boucles de l'Aulne
- 4th Albert Achterhes Profronde van Drenthe
- 8th Tro-Bro Léon
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
— | — |
 Tour de France |
— | 108 |
 Vuelta a España |
121 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
Cyclo-cross
- 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
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.
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