Florian Vermeersch (born 12 March 1999) is a Belgian professional

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...

, who currently rides for

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Career

(2020–2024)

On 1 June 2020, Vermeersch was promoted from the team's under-23 development squad. Formerly, Vermeersch competed in

cyclo-cross Cyclo-cross (cyclocross, CX, cyclo-X or cross) is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter (the international or "World Cup" season is October–February), and consist of many laps of a short (2.5–3.5&nb ...

, in which he was highly successful. While being a professional cyclist, he is studying history at

Ghent University Ghent University (, abbreviated as UGent) is a Public university, public research university located in Ghent, in the East Flanders province of Belgium. Located in Flanders, Ghent University is the second largest Belgian university, consisting o ...

. 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 Mathieu van der Poel (born 19 January 1995) is a Belgian-born Dutch professional Cycle sport, cyclist who rides for the UCI WorldTeam . He competes in the cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, mountain biking, Gravel cycling, gravel and road bicyc ...

in a three-man sprint in the velodrome. Vermeersch sustained a broken femur in a crash during his first race of 2024 at the

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on February 10. The accident occurred on the descent of Alto Collado Bermejo, and forced him to miss the Spring Classics.

(2025–)

On April 24, it was announced that Vermeersch is set to join on a multi-year contract beginning from the 2025 season. The official signing is pending due to UCI transfer regulations.

Major results

Cyclo-cross

;2015–2016 : 1st Junior Eeklo : Junior Bpost Bank Trophy ::1st

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::2nd

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: Junior Superprestige ::2nd

Hoogstraten Hoogstraten () is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises Hoogstraten, Meer, Meerle, Meersel-Dreef, Minderhout and Wortel (Meersel-Dreef includes the northernmost point in Belgium). Ho ...

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Middelkerke Middelkerke () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders, on the North Sea, west of Ostend. The municipality comprises the villages of Leffinge, Lombardsijde, Mannekensvere, Middelkerke proper, Schore, Sint-Pieters-K ...

;2016–2017 : Junior DVV Trophy ::1st

Lille Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...

: 1st Junior Mol : Junior Brico Cross ::2nd

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: 3rd Junior Boom

Gravel

;2023 : 1st Serenissima Gravel : 2nd Silver medal uci

UCI World Championships ;2024 : 2nd Silver medal uci

UCI World Championships

Road

;2019 : 1st Road race, National Under-23 Championships : 6th Gylne Gutuer : 7th Overall

À travers les Hauts-de-France À travers les Hauts-de-France, formerly known as the Paris–Arras Tour is a One-day race, one-day cycling race that has been held annually in northern France since 2010. Between 2010 and 2021, it was a men's professional stage race, part of UC ...

: 7th Hafjell TT : 10th Lillehammer GP ;2020 : 4th

Brussels Cycling Classic The Brussels Cycling Classic (known until June 2013 as Paris–Brussels) is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race, one of the oldest races on the international calendar. History Paris–Brussels was first ...

: 5th

Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...

, National Championships : 8th Giro della Toscana : 9th Overall BinckBank Tour ;2021 : 1st Mountains classification,

Tour de Wallonie The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium in the end of July. Between 1974 and 1995 it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a ...

: 2nd

Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling monument, Monuments' ...

: 3rd

, UCI World Under-23 Championships : 5th

, National Championships : 8th

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;2022 (1 pro win) : 1st Antwerp Port Epic : 9th Grand Prix du Morbihan ;2023 : 2nd Overall Renewi Tour : 2nd

Boucles de l'Aulne Boucles de l'Aulne is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in May or June around Châteaulin, in the region of Brittany, France. Since 2006, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It was previously known as Grand ...

: 3rd Dwars door het Hageland : 3rd Giro del Veneto : 3rd Super 8 Classic : 4th Albert Achterhes Profronde van Drenthe : 4th Antwerp Port Epic : 5th Overall Danmark Rundt : 7th Overall Tour of Belgium : 7th Veneto Classic : 8th Tro-Bro Léon ;2025 : 4th

Grand Prix de Denain Grand Prix de Denain is a professional road bicycle racing, cycle road race held in Denain, France. For 10 years from 2005 the race was organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before becoming a 1.HC event for th ...

: 5th

: 6th Overall Tour of Belgium : 6th Bredene Koksijde Classic

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* 1999 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Cyclists from Ghent 21st-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1990s-stub