Loris Vergier

Loris Vergier is a French downhill mountain bike rider.[1] As a Junior, he won first place at the 2014 UCI Downhill Mountain World Championships.[2]

Loris Vergier
Team information
Current teamTrek Factory Racing
DisciplineDownhill mountain biking
Professional teams
Lapierre Bikes
Specialized Bicycle Components
Santa Cruz Syndicate
Trek Factory Racing
Major wins
2014 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
Medal record
Men's mountain bike racing

Career

Vegier began racing for Lapierre Bikes 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 Lapiere team switched to specialized bikes. Vergiere 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 and Luca Shaw at the Santa Cruz Syndicate after Steve Peat announced his retirement from professional downhill racing and Josh Bryceland announced that he would no longer be racing for the syndicate.[3]

2021 Loris joined the Trek factory Racing team.

References
  1. "Loris Vergier leaves Team Specialized Gravity". Dirt. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  2. George, Sue; September 2014, Mountain Bike Editor 07. "UCI Mountain Bike World Championships 2014: Junior men downhill Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  3. https://www.pinkbike.com/news/lorus-vergier-luca-shaw-join-santa-cruz-syndicate.html


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