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Cycling
TimMerlier
Belgian sprinter Tim Merlier races for Soudal-Quick-Step, with nineteen major wins and a classics pedigree.
Merlier explained
Tim Merlier gives Belgium a proven winner in the sprints, with a palmarès that includes the European road race title and two national road race titles. His Tour de France and Giro d'Italia stage victories have made him a familiar winner at the sport's biggest races, while his Scheldeprijs hat-trick and repeated Nokere Koerse success underline his standing in the Belgian classics. At 33, he is still collecting wins at the sport's top level.
Merlier's finishing speed has produced nineteen major victories, including Grand Tour stage wins and one-day success at Classic Brugge-De Panne, GP de Fourmies and the Brussels Cycling Classic. He joined Soudal-Quick-Step after Alpecin-Premier Tech and earlier Belgian teams, and in the current season his brief covers sprinting and the classics. That blend explains why he is trusted in bunch sprints and on tougher classics terrain.
Club record
Major wins
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His birth date is 30 October 1992, and he was born in Wortegem-Petegem, Belgium.
A career tally of 19 wins includes six Tour de France stages, four Giro d'Italia stages and the 2024 European road race title.
The Belgian stands 1.85 m tall, a measurement that suits his work as a sprinter and classics specialist.
He is a Belgian sprinter and classics specialist who joined Soudal-Quick-Step in 2023.
Currently 33, this Belgian rider was born on 30 October 1992.