Tim Merlier
Belgian cyclist (born 1992) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tim Merlier (born 30 October 1992) is a Belgian cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step.[5]
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Full name | Tim Merlier | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1992-10-30) 30 October 1992 (age 31) Kortrijk, Flanders, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Current team | Soudal–Quick-Step | ||||||||||||||
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Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||
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2011–2015 | Sunweb–Revor | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Vastgoedservice–Golden Palace | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Vérandas Willems–Crelan (road) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Crelan–Charles (cyclo-cross) | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Pauwels Sauzen–Vastgoedservice (road) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Creafin–Tüv Süd (cyclo-cross)[1] | ||||||||||||||
2019–2022 | Corendon–Circus[2][3][4] | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Soudal–Quick-Step | ||||||||||||||
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A sprinter, Merlier has nearly thirty wins as a professional, including Grand Tour stage victories at both the 2021 and 2024 Giro d'Italia and the 2021 Tour de France,[6][7] and is a two-time winner of the Belgian National Road Race Championships, winning in 2019 and 2022.[8][9] Merlier also competes in cyclo-cross, having previously raced at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder.[10][11]