Xandro Meurisse Explained
Xandro Meurisse |
Fullname: | Xandro Meurisse |
Birth Place: | Kortrijk, Flanders, Belgium |
Height: | 1.81 m |
Weight: | 71 kg |
Discipline: | Road |
Role: | Rider |
Ridertype: | All-rounder |
Amateuryears1: | 2012 |
Amateurteam1: | Soenens–Construkt Glas |
Amateuryears2: | 2013–2014 |
Amateuryears3: | 2014 |
Amateurteam3: | (stagiaire) |
Amateuryears4: | 2016 |
Amateurteam4: | (stagiaire)[1] |
Proyears1: | 2015 |
Proyears2: | 2016 |
Proyears3: | 2017–2020 |
Proteam3: | [2] [3] |
Proyears4: | 2021– |
Xandro Meurisse (born 31 January 1992) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[4] [5]
Meurisse turned professional in 2015 with .[6] He had ridden as a stagiaire for the previous season, also spending two years with their development team .[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 . In 2017, he stepped up to the second division with, 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, winning the Giro del Veneto, his final race of the season.
Major results
- 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
- 2024
5th Overall Tour of AustriaGrand Tour general classification results timeline
Notes and References
- Web site: Two stagiaires for Wanty-Groupe Gobert. . 29 August 2016.
- News: Wanty-Groupe Gobert, il rinnovo di Backaert completa il roster 2019. Giampaolo. Almeida. it. Wanty-Groupe Gobert, the renewal of Backaert completes the 2019 roster. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net. Gravatar. 6 January 2019. 31 January 2019.
- Web site: Circus - Wanty Gobert. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 6 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200105234804/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14012/1001393/266. 5 January 2020.
- Web site: Alpecin-Fenix. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 3 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210103222800/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15247/1001488/280. 3 January 2021.
- News: Cyclisme: Xandro Meurisse quitte Circus – Wanty Gobert pour rejoindre Alpecin-Fenix. fr. Cycling: Xandro Meurisse leaves Circus - Wanty Gobert to join Alpecin-Fenix. Le Soir. Groupe Rossel. Belga. 7 October 2020. 7 October 2020.
- Web site: Xandro Meurisse professionnel chez An Post-ChainReaction . Maxime Segers . directvelo.com.
- Web site: Cyclisme : Tiesj Benoot, Xandro Meurisse et Oliver Naesen stagiaires chez Lotto-Belisol . sudinfo.be . 31 July 2014 .
- Web site: Baugnies, la passe de trois. velo101.com. 23 August 2017.
- Web site: 2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List . 1 July 2019. ProCyclingStats.