Meurisse wearing the King of the Mountains jersey of the 2016 Tour of Britain.
Personal information
Full name
Xandro Meurisse
Born
(1992-01-31) 31 January 1992 (age 32) Kortrijk, Flanders, Belgium
Height
1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight
71 kg (157 lb)
Team information
Current team
Alpecin–Deceuninck
Discipline
Road
Role
Rider
Rider type
All-rounder[1]
Amateur teams
2012
Soenens–Construkt Glas
2013–2014
Lotto–Belisol U23
2014
Lotto–Belisol (stagiaire)
2016
Wanty–Groupe Gobert (stagiaire)[1]
Professional teams
2015
An Post–Chain Reaction
2016
Crelan–Vastgoedservice
2017–2020
Wanty–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.
^ ab"Two stagiaires for Wanty-Groupe Gobert". Wanty–Groupe Gobert. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
^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.
^"Circus - Wanty Gobert". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
^"Alpecin-Fenix". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
^"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.
^Maxime Segers. "Xandro Meurisse professionnel chez An Post-ChainReaction". directvelo.com.
^"Cyclisme : Tiesj Benoot, Xandro Meurisse et Oliver Naesen stagiaires chez Lotto-Belisol". sudinfo.be. 31 July 2014.
^"Baugnies, la passe de trois". velo101.com. 23 August 2017.
^"2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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