Tim Merlier
- Country
- Belgium
- Born
- 1992
SPRINT CLASSICS
What kind of rider he is
Sprinter.
- Sprint better than 99% · 70 finishes
- Cobbles better than 97% · 10 finishes
- Hills better than 78% · 66 finishes
- Breakaway better than 59% · 8 finishes
- General classification better than 32% · 15 finishes
- Time trial better than 27% · 5 finishes
- Climbing better than 5% · 26 finishes
For each terrain, the comparison with riders in the same category, from 2024 to 2026. How we calculate it
Form
usual level
- Best moment
- 18 June: above the rider’s usual level with probability 85%
- Worst moment
- 23 August: below the rider’s usual level with probability 96%
- Now
- Steady at the last race (4 September): no clear signal, neither above nor below the usual level
Form is how far the rider goes above or below the usual level, finish after finish, on their terrain (sprint): 16 finishes over the last year, in World Tour and ProSeries races and championships. The line is a Bayesian model’s estimate, the band the 90% interval. In the results, form does not last: it returns to normal in about 2 days, the length of a block of races. The model
Season by season
One-day races, stages and overall classifications| Season | Race days | Wins | Podiums | Top 10s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 52 | 13 | 18 | 22 |
| 2025 | 67 | 16 | 20 | 23 |
| 2024 | 67 | 16 | 21 | 27 |
| 2023 | 63 | 11 | 15 | 23 |
| 2022 | 61 | 5 | 11 | 18 |
| 2021 | 64 | 9 | 15 | 23 |
Since 2021: race days are stages and one-day races; wins, podiums and top tens also count the final classifications of stage races.
Victories
2026 · 13 wins
- 14 Oct Eneco Tour, stage 2 STAGE
- 23 Sep Lotto Omloop van het Houtland ONE-DAY RACE
- 18 Sep Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen ONE-DAY RACE
- 3 Sep Lloyds Tour of Britain Men, stage 2 STAGE
- 16 Jul Tour de France, stage 12 STAGE
- 11 Jul Tour de France, stage 8 STAGE
- 10 Jul Tour de France, stage 7 STAGE
- 18 Jun Baloise Belgium Tour, stage 2 STAGE
- 17 May Tour de Hongrie, stage 5 STAGE
- 15 May Tour de Hongrie, stage 3 STAGE
- 13 May Tour de Hongrie, stage 1 STAGE
- 15 Apr Ronde van Limburg ONE-DAY RACE
- 8 Apr Scheldeprijs ONE-DAY RACE
2025 · 16 wins
- 15 Oct NIBC Tour of Holland, stage 1 STAGE
- 24 Sep Omloop van het Houtland ONE-DAY RACE
- 23 Aug Renewi Tour, stage 4 STAGE
- 20 Aug Renewi Tour, stage 1 STAGE
- 13 Jul Tour de France, stage 9 STAGE
- 7 Jul Tour de France, stage 3 STAGE
- 22 Jun Baloise Belgium Tour, stage 5 STAGE
- 18 Jun Baloise Belgium Tour, stage 1 STAGE
- 8 Jun Brussels Cycling Classic ONE-DAY RACE
- 9 Apr Scheldeprijs ONE-DAY RACE
- 10 Mar Paris-Nice, stage 2 STAGE
- 9 Mar Paris-Nice, stage 1 STAGE
- 22 Feb UAE Tour, stage 6 STAGE
- 21 Feb UAE Tour, stage 5 STAGE
- 30 Jan AlUla Tour, stage 3 STAGE
- 28 Jan AlUla Tour, stage 1 STAGE
2024 · 16 wins
- 22 Sep Alfasun Gooikse Pijl p/b Lotto ONE-DAY RACE
- 20 Sep Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen ONE-DAY RACE
- 15 Sep European Championships road race CHAMPIONSHIP
- 16 Aug Tour de Pologne, stage 5 STAGE
- 16 Jun Baloise Belgium Tour, stage 5 STAGE
- 13 Jun Baloise Belgium Tour, stage 2 STAGE
- 26 May Giro d’Italia, stage 21 STAGE
- 23 May Giro d’Italia, stage 18 STAGE
- 6 May Giro d’Italia, stage 3 STAGE
- 3 Apr Scheldeprijs ONE-DAY RACE
- 13 Mar Danilith Nokere Koerse ONE-DAY RACE
- 24 Feb UAE Tour, stage 6 STAGE
- 22 Feb UAE Tour, stage 4 STAGE
- 19 Feb UAE Tour, stage 1 STAGE
- 2 Feb AlUla Tour, stage 4 STAGE
- 1 Feb AlUla Tour, stage 3 STAGE
2023 · 11 wins
- 16 Sep Okolo Slovenska / Tour de Slovaquie, stage 4 STAGE
- 14 Sep Okolo Slovenska / Tour de Slovaquie, stage 2 STAGE
- 10 Sep GP de Fourmies / La Voix du Nord ONE-DAY RACE
- 4 Aug Tour de Pologne, stage 7 STAGE
- 29 Jul Tour de Pologne, stage 1 STAGE
- 21 May 4 Jours de Dunkerque / Grand Prix des Hauts de France, stage 6 STAGE
- 15 Mar Danilith Nokere Koerse ONE-DAY RACE
- 5 Mar Paris-Nice, stage 1 STAGE
- 25 Feb UAE Tour, stage 6 STAGE
- 20 Feb UAE Tour, stage 1 STAGE
- 11 Feb Tour of Oman, stage 1 STAGE
2022 · 5 wins
- 9 Oct Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen / Kempen Classic ONE-DAY RACE
- 26 Jun National Championships road race CHAMPIONSHIP
- 23 Mar MINERVA CLASSIC BRUGGE – DE PANNE ONE-DAY RACE
- 16 Mar Danilith Nokere Koerse ONE-DAY RACE
- 8 Mar Tirreno-Adriatico, stage 2 STAGE
2021 · 9 wins
- 2 Sep Benelux Tour, stage 4 STAGE
- 30 Aug Benelux Tour, stage 1 STAGE
- 28 Jun Tour de France, stage 3 STAGE
- 6 Jun Elfstedenronde ONE-DAY RACE
- 24 May Ronde van Limburg ONE-DAY RACE
- 9 May Giro d’Italia, stage 2 STAGE
- 19 Mar Bredene Koksijde Classic ONE-DAY RACE
- 7 Mar Grote prijs Jean – Pierre Monseré ONE-DAY RACE
- 2 Mar Le Samyn ONE-DAY RACE
2020 · 2 wins
- 12 Sep Tirreno-Adriatico, tappa 6 STAGE
- 30 Aug Brussels Cycling Classic ONE-DAY RACE
Official UCI results since 2021, the open archive before. Updated October 6, 2026. Our method · Report an error