 Vermeersch in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | The Mayor [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 March 1999 [2] Ghent, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020–2024 | Lotto–Soudal [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | UAE Team Emirates XRG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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. [5]
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. [6] While being a professional cyclist, he is studying history at Ghent University. [7] 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. [8]
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. [9]
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. [10]
UCI World Championships UCI World Championships 
Road race, National Under-23 Championships
Mountains classification, Tour de Wallonie 
Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships | Grand Tour | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia | — | — | — |
 Tour de France | — | 108 | 120 |
 Vuelta a España | 121 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
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