What is to be said about Bart Brentjens....he has been a pioneer in mountainbiking with an incredible palmares. In 1996 Bart wrote history by winning the gold medal on the Atlanta Olympic Games, becoming mountainbiking's first Olympic Champion. During the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, he conquered the bronze medal. Bart Brentjens has qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which will be his fourth Olympics, an incredible achievement.
Nationality: Dutch
Age: 39 years
Palmares:
- 1994 Overall World Cup winner
- 1995 World Champion mountainbike
- 1995/1996 Tour VTT winner
- 1996 Olympic Champion Atlanta
- 2001 European Mountainbike champion
- 2004 3rd place Athens Olympic Games
- 2005 Dutch Marathon mountainbike champion
- 2005 2nd at Mountainbike Marathon Worlds
- 2005 Cape Epic winner
- 2006 1st place World Cup Curacao
- 2007 Two stage wins Absa Cape Epic
- 2007 3rd overall Absa Cape Epic
- 2008 Stage win Absa Cape Epic
- 1995 - 1996 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 Dutch champion Mountainbike
