Jacques Janse van Rensburg

Jacques Janse van Rensburg
Janse van Rensburg at the 2015 Tour de France in his National champions jersey
Personal information
Full nameJacques Janse van Rensburg
Born (1987-09-06) 6 September 1987 (age 37)
Springs, Gauteng, South Africa
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight63 kg (139 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamTEG Pro Cycling Team
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Mountain biking
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2020First Move[2]
2021DSV
2022–TEG Pro Cycling
Professional teams
2006Team Konica Minolta[3]
2007–2008Neotel[4]
2009Trek–Marco Polo[3]
2010DCM Chrome
2011Burgos 2016–Castilla y León[3]
2012–2019MTN–Qhubeka[4][5]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2015)

Jacques Janse van Rensburg (born 6 September 1987) is a South African racing cyclist,[4] who rides for South African amateur team TEG Pro Cycling Team. In 2015, he won the South African National Road Race Championships.[6]

During his eight years with Team Dimension Data (2012–2019), Janse van Rensburg rode in six Grand Tours: the Vuelta a España in 2014,[7] 2016 and 2017, the 2015 Tour de France,[8] and the Giro d'Italia in 2017,[9] and 2018.

  1. ^ a b "Jacques Janse van Rensburg". MTN–Qhubeka. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Janse van Rensburg eyes top results with new MTB team". In the Bunch. Full Stop Communications. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Jacques Janse van Rensburg". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "Jacques Janse van Rensburg". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Dimension Data finalise 2019 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  6. ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, South Africa (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Jacques Janse van Rensburg". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  8. ^ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  9. ^ "2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2 May 2017.