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]
.jpg) Janse van Rensburg at the 2015 Tour de France in his National champions jersey | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jacques Janse van Rensburg |
| Born | 6 September 1987 Springs, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1] |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | TEG Pro Cycling Team |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2020 | First Move[2] |
| 2021 | DSV |
| 2022– | TEG Pro Cycling |
| Professional teams | |
| 2006 | Team Konica Minolta[3] |
| 2007–2008 | Neotel[4] |
| 2009 | Trek–Marco Polo[3] |
| 2010 | DCM Chrome |
| 2011 | Burgos 2016–Castilla y León[3] |
| 2012–2019 | MTN–Qhubeka[4][5] |
| Major wins | |
| One-day races and Classics | |
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.
Personal life
editHe is of no relation to fellow South African professional cyclist Reinardt Janse van Rensburg.
Major results
editSource:[10]
- 2004
- 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 2005
- 1st
Road race, National Junior Road Championships - 2008
- 3rd Overall Giro del Capo
- 10th Overall Grand Prix du Portugal
- 2009
- 6th Overall Tour de Langkawi
- 2010
- 6th Overall Tour de Filipinas
- 2011
- 6th Overall Tour of South Africa
- 2012
- 1st
Overall Tour of Eritrea
- 1st Stage 2
- 2014
- 1st Overall Mzansi Tour
- 1st Stage 1
- 6th Overall Tour de Langkawi
- 2015
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd
Road race, African Road Championships - 5th Overall Tour of Oman
- 9th Overall Tour de Langkawi
- 2016
- 1st
Combativity classification, Tour of Oman - 2017
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 2018
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2022
- 6th Road race, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | 36 | 78 |
 Tour de France
|
— | 51 | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
59 | — | DNF | 82 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ a b "Jacques Janse van Rensburg". MTN–Qhubeka. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "Janse van Rensburg eyes top results with new MTB team". In the Bunch. Full Stop Communications. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ a b c "Jacques Janse van Rensburg". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ a b c "Jacques Janse van Rensburg". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ "Dimension Data finalise 2019 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, South Africa (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ^ "Jacques Janse van Rensburg". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ "2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ "Jacques Janse Van Rensburg". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
External links
edit- Jacques Janse van Rensburg at UCI
- Jacques Janse van Rensburg at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Jacques Janse van Rensburg at ProCyclingStats
