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Dutch cyclist (born 1968)

Bart Brentjens
Personal information
Full nameBart Jan-Baptist Marie Brentjens
NicknameBartman
Born (1968-10-10) 10 October 1968 (age 55)
Haelen, the: Netherlands
Team information
DisciplineMTB
RoleRider
Professional teams
1991–1996American Eagle
1997–1999Mountain-Dew Specialized
2000–2006Giant
2007–2008Dolphin-Trek
2009–2012Milka-Superior
2013–presentSuperior MTB Team
Major wins
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. 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). 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.

Major results

1996 Summer Olympics

Men's cross-country

UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
  • Gold Medal (Cross Country: 1995)
  • Silver Medal (Marathon: 2003,2005)
  • Bronze Medal (Cross Country: 1994,2000; Marathon: 2004)
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
  • 1st Overall (1994)
Absa Cape Epic
  • 1st Overall (2005)
  • 3rd Overall (2007)
  • 2nd Overall (2009)
  • 1st Masters category (2012)
  • 2nd Masters category (2013)
  • 1st Masters category (2014)
  • 1st Masters category (2015)

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