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 teams
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)
Medal record Representing the Netherlands Men's mountain bike racing Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Mountain bike 2004 Athens Mountain bike World Championships 1995 Kirchzarten Cross Country 2003 Lugano Marathon 2005 Lillehammer Marathon 1994 Vailo Cross Country 2000 Sierra Nevada Cross Country 2004 Bad Goisern Marathon

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, is also a co-commentator for Red Bull TV's official coverage of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (XCO).

Since November 2016 Bart Brentjens is Product Manager at American Eagle mountainbikes.

Major results

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)

See also

• List of Dutch Olympic cyclists