Julien Vermote (cyclist born 1989)

Not to be confused with Julien Vermote (cyclist born 1949).
Julien Vermote

Vermote at the 2016 Tour of Britain
Personal information
Full name Julien Vermote
Nickname Jule
Born (1989-07-26) 26 July 1989
Kortrijk, Belgium
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st)
Team information
Current team Etixx–Quick-Step
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type All-rounder
Amateur team(s)
2008–2010 Beveren 2000
Professional team(s)
2011– Quick-Step
Infobox last updated on
9 October 2016

Julien Vermote (born 26 July 1989) is a Belgian professional cyclist for Etixx–Quick-Step.[1] He currently lives in Stasegem, outside of Harelbeke.[2] His brother is Alphonse Vermote, who rides for the An Post–Chain Reaction squad. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.[3]

Juniors

Born in Kortrijk, 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.[4] 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

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.

Career achievements

Major results

2008
1st Stage 2 Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
2009
2nd Overall Tour du Haut Anjou
1st Stage 2
2010
3rd Zellik–Galmaarden
2012
1st Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
1st Young rider classification
2013
3rd National Time Trial Championships
3rd Duo Normand (with Kristof Vandewalle)
2014
1st Stage 7 Tour of Britain
3rd World Team Time Trial Championships
5th Omloop van het Houtland
8th Brabantse Pijl
2015
8th Overall Three Days of De Panne
2016
1st UCI World Team Time Trial Championships
1st Textielprijs Vichte
9th Overall Tour of Britain
1st Stage 2

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Pink jersey Giro 89 132 88 — —
Yellow jersey Tour — — — 116 114
red jersey Vuelta — — — — —

WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress

References

  1. ↑ "Steegmans, Terpstra re-up with Omega Pharma – Quick-Step". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  2. ↑ , The Vermote Brothers
  3. ↑ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  4. ↑ , CylingArchives
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