Bart Brentjens Explained

Bart Brentjens
Fullname:Bart Jan-Baptist Marie Brentjens
Nickname:Bartman
Birth Date:10 October 1968
Birth Place:Haelen, the Netherlands
Discipline:MTB
Role:Rider
Proyears1:1991–1996
Proteam1:American Eagle
Proyears2:1997–1999
Proteam2:Mountain-Dew Specialized
Proyears3:2000–2006
Proteam3:Giant
Proyears4:2007–2008
Proteam4:Dolphin-Trek
Proyears5:2009–2012
Proteam5:Milka-Superior
Proyears6:2013–present
Proteam6:Superior MTB Team
Majorwins:
Mountain bike
  • Olympic Games XC (1996)
  • World XC Championships (1995)
  • National XC Championships (1995, 1996, 2000–2007)
  • XC World Cup (1994)
  • 4 individual wins
  • Cape Epic (2005)
  • 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.

    Brentjens, along with Rob Warner, was also a co-commentator for Red Bull TV's official coverage of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (XCO).[2] [3] With GCN/Eurosport taking over coverage of UCI Mountain Bike coverage in 2023 Bart is now co-commentating with Kate Mason.

    Since November 2016 Bart Brentjens is product manager at American Eagle mountain bikes.[4]

    Major results

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

    See also

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Keeping that winning feeling, An interview with Bart Brentjens. Cycling News. 2007-06-12. 2006-05-08.
    2. Web site: Rob and Bart: Lenzerheide UCI Mountain Bike World Cup 2017: GoPro Clip. Red Bull TV. en. 2019-03-12.
    3. Web site: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Cross-Country Battle Takes Off This Weekend. 2017-05-19. Pinkbike. en. 2019-03-12.
    4. Who we are. "https://americaneagle.online/who-we-are/"