Loris Vergier (born 7 May 1996) is a French downhill mountain bike rider. As a Junior, he won first place at the
2014 UCI Downhill Mountain World Championships.
Career
Vergier began racing for
Lapierre Bikes
Lapierre is a bicycle manufacturing company based in Dijon, France. Lapierre bicycles are ridden by French UCI WorldTeams Groupama–FDJ and FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope. Their mountain bikes have been notably ridden by Nicolas Vouilloz ...
as a junior in 2013. The following year he won both the Junior world cup overall as well as the Junior World Championships in Hafjell, Norway. In 2015, he moved up to the elite category and took third place at the UCI world cup round in Windham, U.S.
In 2016 the Lapierre team switched to
specialized bikes. Vergier finished the UCI World Cup season in seventh place. His best result of the 2016 season was a second place in Leogang, Switzerland.
The following year, he left the team to join
Greg Minnaar
Greg Minnaar (born 13 November 1981) is a South African World Champion mountain bike racer competing in downhill cycling. He has won 4 World Championships, 3 World Cup Overall’s and has the most world cup wins ever, with 23 career victories ...
and
Luca Shaw at the
Santa Cruz Syndicate
The Santa Cruz Syndicate (), is a professional mountain bike racing team sponsored by Santa Cruz Bicycles, competing in the World Cup and World Championships, as well as national level events, in the downhill category. The Syndicate was founded ...
after
Steve Peat
Steve Peat (born 17 June 1974 in Chapeltown, South Yorkshire), nicknamed "Sheffield Steel" or more commonly just "Peaty", is a professional downhill mountain biker who was born and lives in Chapeltown, Sheffield, England. Prior to his career a ...
announced his retirement from professional downhill racing and
Josh Bryceland
Joshua Antonio Torres Bryceland, known as Josh Bryceland, and commonly referred to by his nickname, Ratboy, born 23 March 1990, in Manchester is a professional downhill mountain biker, who lives in Higher Poynton, Cheshire, England.
He entere ...
announced that he would no longer be racing for the syndicate.
In 2021 Loris joined the Trek factory Racing team.
References
Living people
Downhill mountain bikers
1996 births
People from Cagnes-sur-Mer
Sportspeople from Alpes-Maritimes
Cyclists from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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