Kevin Vermaerke: 2026 team, palmarès and profile

Team (2026): UAE Team Emirates XRG
Nationality: United States
Born: 16 October 2000, Johannesburg, South Africa
Profile: All-rounder: hilly one-day races and stage races
Pro since: 2019
Previous teams: LUX–Stradling–Specialized (junior) (2017–2018), Hagens Berman Axeon (2019–2020), Team Sunweb / Team DSM / Team dsm-firmenich PostNL / Team Picnic PostNL (2020 (stagiaire from 1 August), 2021–2025)

Facts checked on 20 October 2026. Every fact has a source, listed at the bottom of this page.

2026 season

31 January 2026AlUla Tour11th overall Source
15 March 2026Tirreno–Adriatico20th overall Source
14 June 2026Tour Auvergne–Rhône-Alpes19th overall Source
21 June 2026United States National Championships, road race2nd Source
12 July 2026Tour of Austria2nd overall, 1st points classification (2nd on stages 1 and 4, 3rd on stage 2) Source
25 July 2026Clásica de Ordizia8th Source
4 September 2026Vuelta a España, stage 13 (Almuñécar – Loja)7th, from the breakaway Source
13 September 2026Vuelta a España29th overall (combativity award on stages 14 and 16) Source

Palmarès

2019Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs (under-23)1st Source
2019Redlands Bicycle Classic2nd overall (and stage 2) Source
2023Arctic Race of Norway3rd overall, 1st young rider classification Source
2024Arctic Race of Norway3rd overall, 1st young rider classification Source
2024Clásica de San Sebastián4th Source
2024Giro d'Italia29th overall Source
2026Tour of Austria2nd overall, 1st points classification Source
2026United States National Championships, road race2nd Source

Biography

Kevin Vermaerke is an American road cyclist, born on 16 October 2000 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is 1.81 m tall and weighs 67 kg, according to his team and ProCyclingStats. He joined UAE Team Emirates for the 2026 season, and the team’s official roster confirms him.

As a junior, Vermaerke raced on the road and on the mountain bike. In 2017 he won the US junior cross-country mountain bike title and was second in the US junior road race. In 2018 he finished eighth in the junior road race at the World Championships. He then joined the American development team Hagens Berman Axeon for 2019. That year he won Liège–Bastogne–Liège for under-23 riders and finished second overall at the Redlands Bicycle Classic, where he won a stage.

He rode as a stagiaire for Team Sunweb from August 2020 and stayed with the Dutch team, later known as Team DSM, dsm-firmenich PostNL and Picnic PostNL, from 2021 to 2025. He started the Tour de France in 2022, without finishing, and in 2023, when he finished 61st. He finished third overall and won the young rider classification at the Arctic Race of Norway in both 2023 and 2024. In 2024 he was also fourth at the Clásica de San Sebastián, fifth at Milano–Torino and 29th overall at the Giro d’Italia.

In his first season with UAE in 2026, he raced the AlUla Tour, the UAE Tour and Tirreno–Adriatico, where he was 20th overall. On 21 June he finished second in the US road race championship. In July he was second overall at the Tour of Austria and won its points classification, with two second places and one third place on stages. At the Vuelta a España he was seventh on stage 13 from the breakaway, received the combativity award on stages 14 and 16, and finished 29th overall. He did not finish the world championship road race on 27 September.