Xandro Meurisse

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Xandro Meurisse
Meurisse wearing the King of the Mountains jersey of the 2016 Tour of Britain.
Personal information
Full nameXandro Meurisse
Born (1992-01-31) 31 January 1992 (age 32)
Kortrijk, Flanders, Belgium
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Team information
Current teamAlpecin–Deceuninck
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder[1]
Amateur teams
2012Soenens–Construkt Glas
2013–2014Lotto–Belisol U23
2014Lotto–Belisol (stagiaire)
2016Wanty–Groupe Gobert (stagiaire)[1]
Professional teams
2015An Post–Chain Reaction
2016Crelan–Vastgoedservice
2017–2020Wanty–Groupe Gobert[2][3]
2021–Alpecin–Fenix

Xandro Meurisse (born 31 January 1992) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck.[4][5]

Meurisse turned professional in 2015 with An Post–Chain Reaction.[6] He had ridden as a stagiaire for Lotto–Belisol the previous season, also spending two years with their development team Lotto–Belisol U23.[7] In May 2016, he took his first professional win on stage four of the Four Days of Dunkirk, while riding for UCI Continental team Crelan–Vastgoedservice. In 2017, he stepped up to the second division with Wanty–Groupe Gobert, after riding as a stagiaire for the team the previous fall. He won his first race with the team the year after at the Druivenkoers Overijse, having finished third in the previous edition.[8] His first Grand Tour was the 2019 Tour de France, finishing in the top ten on the third, sixth and eighth stages.[9] He next won the two-day 2020 Vuelta a Murcia after taking the first stage.

In 2021, he moved to Alpecin–Fenix, winning the Giro del Veneto, his final race of the season.

Major results[edit]

2010
5th Ronde van Vlaanderen Juniors
2013
8th Overall Okolo Jižních Čech
1st Stage 4
2014
1st Stage 3 Triptyque Ardennais
3rd Dwars door de Vlaamse Ardennen
4th Memorial Van Coningsloo
7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23
8th Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig
9th Circuit de Wallonie
2015
1st Mountains classification, Circuit des Ardennes
8th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
10th Overall Tour of Britain
2016 (1 pro win)
3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
1st Stage 4
5th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
5th Schaal Sels
7th Overall Tour of Britain
1st Mountains classification
7th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
7th Overall Tour de Wallonie
2017
2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
1st Young rider classification
2nd Volta Limburg Classic
2nd Dwars door de Vlaamse Ardennen
3rd Druivenkoers Overijse
6th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
6th Famenne Ardenne Classic
7th Overall Tour de Wallonie
2018 (1)
1st Druivenkoers Overijse
2nd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
4th Memorial Marco Pantani
5th Boucles de l'Aulne
6th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
6th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
10th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
2019
5th Boucles de l'Aulne
2020 (2)
1st Overall Vuelta a Murcia
1st Points classification
1st Stage 1
10th Antwerp Port Epic
2021 (1)
1st Giro del Veneto
2022
3rd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
3rd GP Industria & Artigianato
10th Brabantse Pijl
2023
5th Overall Tour de Wallonie
9th Overall Tour of Turkey

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[edit]

Grand Tour 2019 2020 2021 2022
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia
A yellow jersey Tour de France 21 29
A red jersey Vuelta a España 39
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Two stagiaires for Wanty-Groupe Gobert". Wanty–Groupe Gobert. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  2. ^ Almeida, Giampaolo (6 January 2019). "Wanty-Groupe Gobert, il rinnovo di Backaert completa il roster 2019" [Wanty-Groupe Gobert, the renewal of Backaert completes the 2019 roster]. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net (in Italian). Gravatar. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Circus - Wanty Gobert". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Alpecin-Fenix". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Cyclisme: Xandro Meurisse quitte Circus – Wanty Gobert pour rejoindre Alpecin-Fenix" [Cycling: Xandro Meurisse leaves Circus - Wanty Gobert to join Alpecin-Fenix]. Le Soir (in French). Groupe Rossel. Belga. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  6. ^ Maxime Segers. "Xandro Meurisse professionnel chez An Post-ChainReaction". directvelo.com.
  7. ^ "Cyclisme : Tiesj Benoot, Xandro Meurisse et Oliver Naesen stagiaires chez Lotto-Belisol". sudinfo.be. 31 July 2014.
  8. ^ "Baugnies, la passe de trois". velo101.com. 23 August 2017.
  9. ^ "2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 July 2019.

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