Reinardt Janse van Rensburg

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Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
Isbergues - Grand Prix d'Isbergues, 21 septembre 2014 (B060).JPG
Janse van Rensburg in 2014.
Personal information
Full nameReinardt Janse van Rensburg
NicknameReinie
Born (1989-02-03) 3 February 1989 (age 32)
Virginia, South Africa
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb)
Team information
Current teamTeam Qhubeka NextHash
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Sprinter
  • Classics rider
Professional teams
2010–2012MTN–Energade
2013–2014Argos–Shimano
2015–MTN–Qhubeka[1][2]
Major wins
Stage races
Tour de Langkawi (2016)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2017)
National Time Trial Championships (2012)
Medal record
Men's road cycling
Representing  South Africa
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo Time trial
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo Team time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Maputo Road race
African Road Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Windhoek Team time trial
Silver medal – second place 2009 Windhoek Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2010 Kigali Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2011 Asmara Team time trial
Silver medal – second place 2015 Wartburg Team time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Asmara Road race
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Asmara Time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Wartburg Time trial

Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (born 3 February 1989) is a South African professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Qhubeka NextHash.[3] He previously rode for Dutch UCI ProTeam Argos–Shimano.[4] He is no relation to fellow professional cyclist Jacques Janse van Rensburg.

Career[]

Born in Virginia, Free State, Janse van Rensburg competed with MTN–Energade from 2010 to 2012.[5]

Janse van Rensburg left MTN–Qhubeka at the end of the 2012 season, and joined Argos–Shimano for the 2013 season.[4] Subsequently, it was announced that he would be rejoining MTN–Qhubeka for 2015.[6] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France[7] and the start list for the 2016 Tour de France.[8]

Major results[]

2007
2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
2009
African Road Championships
1st Gold medal africa.svg Team time trial
2nd Silver medal africa.svg Time trial
9th Road race
2010
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st MaillotSudáfrica.PNG Time trial
3rd Road race
African Road Championships
2nd Silver medal africa.svg Time trial
7th Road race
3rd Overall Tour of Rwanda
1st Stage 1
6th Overall Tour du Maroc
2011
All-Africa Games
1st Gold medal blank.svg Time trial
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team time trial
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Road race
1st Stage 2 Tour du Maroc
African Road Championships
2nd Silver medal africa.svg Team time trial
3rd Bronze medal africa.svg Road race
3rd Bronze medal africa.svg Time trial
2nd Overall Tour of Hainan
4th Overall Herald Sun Tour
1st Stage 2
6th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
6th Overall Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran)
2012
National Road Championships
1st MaillotSudáfrica.PNG Time trial
2nd Road race
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour du Maroc
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1, 5, 6 & 8
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Bretagne
1st Stage 4
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Ronde van Overijssel
1st Prologue
1st Circuit de Wallonie
1st Ronde van Zeeland Seaports
1st Cape Argus Cycle Race
1st 947 Cycle Challenge
Volta a Portugal
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Prologue & Stage 10
4th Overall Tour de Gironde
1st Points classification
4th Ronde van Noord-Holland
6th Duo Normand (with Jaco Venter)
10th Overall Flèche du Sud
1st Points classification
2013
1st Binche–Chimay–Binche
2nd Clásica de Almería
3rd Nationale Sluitingsprijs
2014
5th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
2015
African Road Championships
2nd Silver medal africa.svg Team time trial
3rd Bronze medal africa.svg Time trial
4th Road race
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
4th Road race
2016
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Langkawi
National Road Championships
3rd Road race
3rd Time trial
2017
National Road Championships
1st MaillotSudáfrica.PNG Road race
3rd Time trial
5th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
7th Scheldeprijs
9th Overall Dubai Tour
2018
7th Overall Deutschland Tour
7th Tour de l'Eurométropole
2019
3rd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
4th Road race, National Road Championships
2020
7th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
2021
4th Trofeo Alcudia – Port d'Alcudia
4th Ronde van Limburg
9th Eurométropole Tour

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia Has not contested during career
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — 96 115 118 110 124 — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 98 — — — — — — 103 DNF
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References[]

  1. ^ "Dimension Data finalise 2019 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  2. ^ "NTT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Team Qhubeka Assos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Team Argos-Shimano finalizes 2013 team". Argos–Shimano. Project 1t4i. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  5. ^ Fayçal Chehat (2 April 2012). "Janse Van RENSBURG: riding with panache". Star Africa. Orange. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  6. ^ O'Shea, Sadhbh (18 September 2014). "MTN-Qhubeka: Building for a future". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  7. ^ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  8. ^ "2016 > 103rd Tour de France > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

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