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Belgian cyclist
Florian Vermeersch (born 12 March 1999) is a Belgian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lotto–Dstny.

Biography

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. While being a professional cyclist, he is studying history at Ghent University. 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.

Major results

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

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Cyclo-cross

2015–2016
1st Junior Grote Prijs Stad Eeklo
Junior Bpost Bank Trophy

1st Flandriencross
2nd Waaslandcross

Junior Superprestige

2nd Vlaamse Aardbeiencross
2nd Noordzeecross

2016–2017
Junior DVV Trophy

1st Krawatencross

1st Junior Zilvermeercross
Junior Brico Cross

2nd Berencross

3rd Junior Niels Albert