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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Julien Vermote

Vermote at the 2016 Tour of Britain
Personal information
Full name	Julien Vermote
Nickname	Jule
Born	(1989-07-26) 26 July 1989 (age 34) Kortrijk, Flanders, Belgium
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb; 11 st 3 lb)
Team information
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 Men's road bicycle racing Representing Omega Pharma–Quick-Step (2014) Etixx–Quick-Step (2016) World Championships 2016 Doha Team time trial 2014 Ponferrada Team time trial

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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.

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.

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]