Julien Vermote (born 26 July 1989) is a Belgian professional cyclist, who rides for

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. During his professional career, Vermote has taken three wins – the overall victory at the 2012

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along with stage victories at the

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and

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. He was also a member of the team that won the gold medal in the

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at the

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Career

Junior and under-23 career

Born in

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, Vermote started racing at a young age and joined the KSV Deerlijk team in 2002 and stayed on that team for the rest of his junior career. He was the national champion in the novice category in 2004. Going through the years, Vermote had results on all levels and his time trialling skills started to develop with multiple wins in the discipline. In his final year in the junior ranks, he won 10 races including Ledegem–Kemmel–Ledegem and a 2nd place in the junior version of the

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. In his first year in the Under-23 ranks with Beveren 2000 in 2008, Vermote came up with a win in the

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stage at the

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, against a field including time trial specialists Jan Bakelants and Jan Ghyselinck. The following year, Vermote won the under-23 race at the

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by 23 seconds. Earlier in the year, Vermote finished second overall at the Tour du Haut-Anjou, four seconds behind race winner Tejay van Garderen; he also won the second stage individual time trial ahead of the likes of

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, Van Garderen and

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. In 2010, Vermote took a solo victory at Brussel–Opwijk, and took podium finishes with third places at Zellik–Galmaarden, and the Grand Prix Criquielion.

Quick-Step (2011–2017)

In July 2010, it was announced that Vermote was to join for the 2011 season, signing a one-year contract with an option for a further year, which would be taken up. Julien Vermote - TDR 2012

He took his first victory with the team in March 2012, when he took the general classification at the

after teammate

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withdrew from the race on the final day. In 2013, Vermote won the GP Briek Schotte in September, and recorded third-place finishes at the

and the

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two-man

with

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. At the

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, Vermote won the seventh stage of the race, having made a solo attack from a five-rider breakaway group with around remaining. A week later, Vermote won a bronze medal at the

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, as part of the squad riding in the

. He made his first start at the

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, riding the race for each of his last three years with the team. In 2016, Vermote took his second career stage victory at the

, when he won stage two in Cumbria. Vermote had been a part of the breakaway, which was later joined by a group of overall contenders on the hilly route, before he was the only other rider to follow an attack by Steve Cummings on the run-in to

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. Vermote pulled clear of Cummings on the final climb to the line, taking the leader's jersey as well as the stage win. He held the race lead until the sixth stage, a summit finish at

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, and ultimately finished the race in ninth place overall. The following month, he won a gold medal in the

at the

in Qatar, riding as part of the team. Having extended his contract with the team for the 2017 season, Vermote's best individual result was a fifth-place overall finish at the

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Post-Quick-Step (2018–present)

Having spent seven seasons with the squad, Vermote signed with for the 2018 season, joining his former teammate

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at the squad. Over the next two seasons, Vermote recorded three top-ten individual placings; finishing ninth at

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– being part of a breakaway that was caught with remaining – and eighth at the

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in 2018, and tenth at

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in 2019. He then joined for the 2020 season (who were returning to the top level of cycling as a

), where he worked largely as a

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during the

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-effected campaign. After his one-year contract was not renewed by , Vermote started the 2021 season as a free agent. His travails in Spain to earn a contract offer would ultimately lead to his signing by during the spring. However, he did not contest any races in 2021 due to being diagnosed with

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and

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, but his contract was extended into 2022 by the team. Having not held a professional contract in 2023, Vermote rode as a one-man team, under the team name Secteur–Duolar. He joined for the 2024 season, recording his first top-ten finish with the team with a fourth-place finish in May's

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, a Belgian kermesse race.

Personal life

His brother is Alphonse Vermote, who also competed as a cyclist for the squad in 2014. Vermote is Roman Catholic and gave testimonials in different schools; he says the rosary gives him strengths during his career as a sportsman. He lives in Stasegem, outside

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Major results

Source: ;2006 : 3rd

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, National Junior Road Championships : 6th Overall

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::1st Young rider classification ;2008 : 1st Stage 2 ( ITT)

;2009 : 1st

, National Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd Overall Tour du Haut-Anjou ::1st Stage 2 ( ITT) : 8th

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;2010 : 3rd Zellik–Galmaarden : 3rd Grand Prix Criquielion : 4th

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: 6th

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: 7th Overall

;2012 : 1st Jersey dark green

Overall

::1st

Young rider classification ;2013 : 1st GP Briek Schotte : 3rd

, National Road Championships : 3rd

(with

) ;2014 : 1st Stage 7

: 3rd

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: 5th Omloop van het Houtland : 8th Brabantse Pijl ;2015 : 8th Overall

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;2016 : 1st Gold medal uci

: 1st Textielprijs Vichte : 9th Overall

::1st Stage 2 ;2017 : 2nd

: 5th Overall

;2018 : 8th

: 9th

;2019 : 10th

;2023 : 5th Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde : 5th

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: 6th GP Briek Schotte : 7th Memorial Fred De Bruyne ;2024 : 4th

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vermote, Julien 1989 births Belgian male cyclists Belgian Roman Catholics Living people Cyclists from Kortrijk 21st-century Belgian sportsmen