Julien Vermote
Julien Vermote (born 26 July 1989) is a Belgian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike.[6] His brother is Alphonse Vermote, who rode for the An Post–Chain Reaction squad. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.[7]
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| Full name | Julien Vermote | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Jule | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 July 1989 Kortrijk, Flanders, Belgium | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb; 11 st 3 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Visma–Lease a Bike | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Rouleur | |||||||||||||||||
| Amateur team | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Beveren 2000 | |||||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2017 | Quick-Step[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Team Dimension Data[2][3] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Cofidis[4] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Alpecin–Fenix[5] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Visma–Lease a Bike | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Juniors edit
Born in Kortrijk, Flanders, Belgium, 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.[8] 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's Ronde van Vlaanderen.
Beveren 2000/Under-23 edit
In his first year in the Under-23 ranks, Vermote came up with a huge win in the time trial in the Le Tryptique des Monts et Chateaux over multiple strong time trialists in Jan Bakelants and Jan Ghyselinck.
In his 2nd year in the Under-23 ranks, Vermote kept pulling very strong results. He shocked the field in the Under-23 Belgian Time Trial Championships with beating defending champion Ghyselinck (who finished in 4th) and won by 23 seconds. He had another strong time trialing result with winning the stage 2 time trial in the Tour du Haut Anjou beating Under-23 stalwarts Tejay van Garderen and Marcel Kittel. He hung on for 2nd place overall in the stage race just 4 seconds behind van Garderen.
2010 was a solid year for Vermote though in some peoples eyes, not as strong as his previous U-23 years. He had multiple strong results in big Under-23 races such as the Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften (12th), La Cote de Picardie (4th) and Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux (7th overall) though he had one great win in Brussel-Opwijk, breaking away solo and winning alone. Vermote signed with Quick-Step for one year and a 1-year option in the late summer of 2010.
Private life edit
Vermote is Roman Catholic and gave testimonial in different Schools, he says the rosary gives him strengths during his career as sportsman.[9] He lives in Stasegem, outside Harelbeke, Flanders.[10]
Major results edit
- 2006
- 3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 2008
- 1st Stage 2 (ITT) Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
- 2009
- 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Tour du Haut-Anjou
- 1st Stage 2 (ITT)
- 8th Ronde van Vlaanderen U23
- 2010
- 3rd Zellik–Galmaarden
- 3rd Grand Prix Criquielion
- 4th La Côte Picarde
- 6th Circuit de Wallonie
- 7th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
- 2012
- 1st Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 1st Young rider classification
- 2013
- 1st GP Briek Schotte[11]
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Duo Normand (with Kristof Vandewalle)
- 2014
- 1st Stage 7 Tour of Britain
- 3rd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 5th Omloop van het Houtland
- 8th Brabantse Pijl
- 2015
- 8th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2016
- 1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 1st Textielprijs Vichte
- 9th Overall Tour of Britain
- 1st Stage 2
- 2017
- 2nd Gullegem Koerse
- 5th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 2018
- 8th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 9th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 2019
- 10th Paris–Tours
Grand Tour general classification results timeline edit
| Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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| Giro d'Italia | 89 | 132 | 88 | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | 116 | 114 | 139 | 75 |
| Vuelta a España | Has not contested during his career | ||||||
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References edit
- ^ . Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 22 August 2012. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ^ "Vermote signs for Dimension Data". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Dimension Data finalise 2019 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ Bacon, Ellis (30 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Cofidis". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Julien Vermote signs for Alpecin-Fenix". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (8 January 2024). "Visma-Lease a Bike complete 2024 roster with Julien Vermote signing". Cycling News. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ CyclingArchives
- ^ Lieve Wouters (10 Oct 2017). "Wielrenner Julien Vermote getuigt over geloof op school". Kerknet.
- ^ [1], The Vermote Brothers
- ^ "Julien Vermote remporte le GP Briek Schotte à Desselgem" [Julien Vermote wins the GP Briek Schotte in Desselgem]. rtbf.be (in French). 10 September 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
External links edit
- Julien Vermote at UCI
- Julien Vermote at Cycling Archives
- Julien Vermote at ProCyclingStats
- Julien Vermote at Cycling Quotient
- Julien Vermote at CycleBase