Florian Vermeersch

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

Career (2020–2024) 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.

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.

(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 Hamme 2nd Sint-Niklaas Junior Superprestige 2nd Hoogstraten 2nd Middelkerke 2016–2017 Junior DVV Trophy 1st Lille 1st Junior Mol Junior Brico Cross 2nd Meulebeke 3rd Junior Boom

Gravel 2023 1st Serenissima Gravel

2024

2025 1st UCI World Championships

Road

2019 1st Road race, National Under-23 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 Championships 8th Giro della Toscana 9th Overall BinckBank Tour 2021 1st Mountains classification, Tour de Wallonie 2nd Paris–Roubaix

5th Time trial, National Championships 8th Circuit de Wallonie 2022 (1 pro win) 1st Antwerp Port Epic 9th Grand Prix du Morbihan 2023 2nd Overall Renewi Tour 2nd Boucles de l'Aulne 3rd Dwars door het Hageland 3rd Giro del Veneto 3rd Super 8 Classic 4th Ronde van Drenthe 4th Antwerp Port Epic 5th Overall Danmark Rundt 7th Overall Tour of Belgium 7th Veneto Classic 8th Tro-Bro Léon 2025 National Championships 2nd Time trial 5th Road race 2nd Veneto Classic 4th Grand Prix de Denain 5th Paris–Roubaix 6th Overall Tour of Belgium 6th Bredene Koksijde Classic 2026 3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 3rd E3 Saxo Classic 7th Tour of Flanders

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2021 2022 2023 Giro d'Italia — — — Tour de France — 108 120 Vuelta a España 121 — —

Classics results timeline Monument 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Milan–San Remo — — 125 — — — 131 Tour of Flanders DNF DNF 76 12 — 437 Paris–Roubaix —2 DNF 12 —5 Liège–Bastogne–Liège — — — — — — — Giro di Lombardia — — — — — — —Classic 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad — DNF 61 43 — 1423 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne — DNF — 32 — 61 54 E3 Saxo Classic — 16 — DNF — 243 Gent–Wevelgem 13 DNF 19 17 — 23 31

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish