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

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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 {{France-cycling-bio-1990s-stub