Bart Brentjens

Bart Brentjens
Personal information
Full name Bart Jan-Baptist Marie Brentjens
Nickname Bartman
Born (1968-10-10) 10 October 1968
Haelen, the Netherlands
Team information
Discipline MTB
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
1991–1996 American Eagle
1997–1999 Mountain-Dew Specialized
2000–2006 Giant
2007–2008 Dolphin-Trek
2009–2012 Milka-Superior
2013–present Superior MTB Team
Major wins

UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (1994)

4 Individual Races
Absa Cape Epic (2005) Overall Winner
Absa Cape Epic (2012) Masters Category
Absa Cape Epic (2014) Masters Category

Cross Country World Champion

(1995)

Dutch Cross Country Champion

(1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)

Dutch Marathon Champion

(2005, 2009)
Infobox last updated on
12 June 2007

Bart Jan-Baptist Marie Brentjens (born 10 October 1968 in Haelen) is a Dutch racing cyclist in mountain biking.

Brentjens won a gold medal for mountain biking in the 1996 Summer Olympics, the first to recognize cross-country mountain biking as an event. He followed this with bronze in the 2004 Summer Olympics. Previously he won gold at the 1995 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships.[1] In 2007 he became 10th time Dutch National champion

Brentjens competed in Men's category of the Absa Cape Epic in 2005, winning 1st place overall with team mate Roel Paulissen. In 2009 he won 2nd place overall, this time competing alongside Chris Jongewaard. Brentjens then began competing in the Master's category. He won the category in both 2012 with Jan Weevers and in 2014 with Abraao Azevedo. He has completed the marathon stage race ten times to date.

Major results

UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
Absa Cape Epic

See also

References

  1. "Keeping that winning feeling, An interview with Bart Brentjens". Cycling News. 2006-05-08. Retrieved 2007-06-12.


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