Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (born 3 February 1989) is a South African professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Continental team China Glory–Mentech Continental Cycling Team. A two-time winner of the South African National Road Race Championships, Janse van Rensburg has competed professionally since 2010, having rode for Giant–Shimano (2013–2014),[6] Team Qhubeka NextHash (2010–2012 and 2015–2021), and Lotto–Soudal (2022).
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| Full name | Reinardt Janse van Rensburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Reinie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 February 1989 Virginia, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | China Glory–Mentech Continental Cycling Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010–2012 | MTN–Energade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Argos–Shimano | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2021 | MTN–Qhubeka[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Lotto–Soudal[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Denver Disruptors[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | China Glory–Mentech Continental Cycling Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stage races
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Medal record
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Career
editBorn in Virginia, Free State, Janse van Rensburg competed with MTN–Energade from 2010 to 2012.[7]
Janse van Rensburg left MTN–Qhubeka at the end of the 2012 season, and joined Argos–Shimano for the 2013 season.[6] Subsequently, it was announced that he would be rejoining MTN–Qhubeka for 2015.[8] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France[9] and the start list for the 2016 Tour de France.[10]
Personal life
editHe is not related to fellow professional cyclist and former teammate Jacques Janse van Rensburg.
Major results
editSource:[11]
- 2007
- 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 2009
- African Road Championships
- 1st
Team time trial - 2nd
Time trial - 9th Road race
- 1st
- 2010
- National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 3rd Road race
- 1st
- African Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 7th Road race
- 2nd
- 3rd Overall Tour du Rwanda
- 1st Stage 1
- 6th Overall Tour du Maroc
- 2011
- All-Africa Games
- 1st
Time trial - 1st Team time trial
- 3rd
Road race
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2 Tour du Maroc
- African Road Championships
- 2nd Team time trial
- 3rd
Road race - 3rd Time trial
- 2nd
- 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 Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tour du Maroc
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1, 5, 6 & 8
- 1st Overall Tour de Bretagne
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st 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
Points classification - 1st Prologue & Stage 10
- 1st
- 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 Team time trial
- 3rd Time trial
- 4th Road race
- 2nd
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 4th Road race
- 2016
- 1st Overall Tour de Langkawi
- National Road Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 2017
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 1st
- 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 Alcúdia – Port d'Alcúdia
- 4th Ronde van Limburg
- 9th Eurométropole Tour
- 2022
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 5th Time trial
- 1st
- African Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 2nd Team time trial
- 6th Time trial
- 2nd
- 8th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 2023
- National Road Championships
- 1st Criterium
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Tucson Bicycle Classic
- 1st Stage 3
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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Has not contested during career | |||||||||
| Tour de France
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— | — | 96 | 115 | 118 | 110 | 124 | — | — | 133 |
 Vuelta a España
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98 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 103 | DNF | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "Dimension Data finalise 2019 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "NTT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Team Qhubeka Assos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Lotto-Soudal ficha a Carlos Barbero y Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg". Zikloland (in Spanish). 25 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ Rook, Anne-Marije (22 December 2022). "The National Cycling League announces its first teams, stacked with internationally known talent". Cycling Weekly. Future plc. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Team Argos-Shimano finalizes 2013 team". Argos–Shimano. Project 1t4i. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ O'Shea, Sadhbh (18 September 2014). "MTN-Qhubeka: Building for a future". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ "2016 > 103rd Tour de France > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Reinardt Janse van Rensburg". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
External links
edit- Official website
- MTN Qhubeka profile
- Reinardt Janse van Rensburg at UCI
- Reinardt Janse van Rensburg at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Reinardt Janse van Rensburg at ProCyclingStats
- Reinardt Janse van Rensburg at Cycling Quotient
- Reinardt Janse van Rensburg at CycleBase
