Xavier Siméon (born 31 August 1989) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

, competing in the

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. He is the winner of the 2009 FIM Superstock 1000 Championship and the 2006 European Superstock 600 Championship and the winner of the 2021 24 Hours Moto of Le Mans endurance race on

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together with

Sylvain Guintoli Sylvain Jean-Baptiste Guintoli (born 24 June 1982) is a French professional motorcycle racer and race analyst for television. He was Superbike World Championship, FIM World Superbike Champion in 2014 Superbike World Championship, 2014. Until the ...

and Gregg Black. At the 2013 French Grand Prix, Siméon became the first Belgian rider since

Didier de Radiguès Didier de Radiguès (born on 27 March 1958) is a Belgian former professional motorcycle racer, auto racing driver and current artist. He also serves as a television sports color commentator for Belgium television, a Moto GP riders manager and ...

in to take a podium finish, when he finished third behind Marc VDS Racing Team riders Scott Redding and

Mika Kallio Mika Kallio (born 8 November 1982) is a Finnish Grand Prix motorcycle racer, currently serving as the lead test and development rider for the Red Bull KTM team in MotoGP. He debuted in the 125cc World Championship with the Finnish rookie team ...

. Later in the season, Siméon took pole position for the

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, the first such result for a Belgian since de Radiguès in . Two years later, Siméon achieved his first victory at the 2015 German Grand Prix at the

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. In doing so, he became only the third Belgian rider to win a motorcycle Grand Prix, after de Radiguès and Julien Vanzeebroeck. Siméon won the 2019–20 FIM Endurance World Championship with the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team with team-mates Gregg Black and Etienne Masson and the 2021 FIM Endurance World Championship with team-mates Gregg Black and

Career statistics

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

- 5th, European Superstock 600 Championship, Suzuki GSX-R600RR

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

- 1st, European Superstock 600 Championship, Suzuki GSX-R600 *

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

- 4th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup,

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

- 1st, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Ducati 1098

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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FIM EWC

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Simeon, Xavier 1989 births Living people Belgian motorcycle racers Moto2 World Championship riders FIM Superstock 1000 Cup riders Sportspeople from Brussels Avintia Racing MotoGP riders MotoGP World Championship riders MotoE World Cup riders