Frenchman Mattéo Vercher, new leader of Burgos Burpellet BH for 2027
He Burgos Burpellet BH announced this Thursday the signing of the Frenchman Mattéo Vercher, 25 years old, for season 2027, a runner with a climbing profile who arrives at the Burgos team after four seasons in the TotalEnergies ranks and who is called to assume a leadership role.
Vercher, Born in Lyon in 2001, he completed his best season as a professional in 2026, in which he was second overall in the Luxembourg Tour and third in the Tour de Limousin, in addition to finishing eleventh in Paris-Nice.
The Frenchman, who was also twelfth in the Jura Tour and third in a stage of the Tour of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, This year he played his third Tour de France, in which he searched again prominence in the getaways.
His career already includes three participations in the French round and a second place in the stage in 2024.
In that edition it reached second position in Barcelonanette, on a day in which the Australian won Victor Campenaerts ahead of Vercher and from Polish Michal Kwiatkowski.
The French runner began his training in the lower categories of Vaulx-en-Velin and Material Velo, where he combined the road with cyclocross for several years.
In 2022 took a step forward with Vendée U, with which he proclaimed French champion amateur and won the Three Days of Cherbourg.
That same year he debuted as ‘stagiaire’ with TotalEnergies and was third in the Giro del Veneto.
In 2023 He definitively joined the professional ranks with the French team and began to accumulate experience in top-level events, with a third place in the stage in the Rwanda Tour and presence in the escape of the Amstel Gold Race.
In 2024, In addition to his performance in the Tour de France, was seventh in the GP Industry & Artigianato and was awarded the mountain classification of Tour of the Maritime Alps.
His progression was confirmed in 2025, when he got his first professional victory in it Tour of Doubs, He was also sixth overall in the Coppi and Bartali Week, ninth in the Laigueglia Trophy and eighth in the Kyushu Tour, in the Return to Asturias finished second in the last stage, behind Marc Soler.
He Burgos Burpellet BH Thus, it incorporates a rider who stands out especially in mountain races and stage laps, although he has also demonstrated the ability to compete in classics and look for opportunities from breakaways.
“I am very happy to announce my signing for the Burgos Burpellet BH. In 2027 I will join a team that is showing great growth. “I really want to continue improving on a personal level and to be able to contribute to the group,” he said. Vercher in statements offered by the Burgos BH, with whom he hopes to “achieve the best possible results together.”
He sports director of the Burgos team, Damien Garcia, He stressed that his arrival represents “a very important addition” and highlights his ability to compete “in extremely demanding races.”
The Frenchman will thus close a stage of four seasons at TotalEnergies to join a Burgos Burpellet BH who bets on him as one of his main references for 2027.
