Reinardt Janse van Rensburg

Reinardt Janse van Rensburg

Janse van Rensburg in 2012.
Personal information
Full name Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
Nickname Reinie
Born (1989-02-03) 3 February 1989
Virginia, South Africa
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current team Team Dimension Data
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter/Classics rider
Professional team(s)
2010–2012 MTN–Energade
2013–2014 Argos–Shimano
2015– Team Dimension Data
Major wins

Stage Races

Tour de Langkawi (2016)

One-Day Races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2012)
Infobox last updated on
11 February 2015

Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (born 3 February 1989) is a South African professional road bicycle racer who rides for South African UCI World Tour team Team Dimension Data. He previously rode for Dutch UCI ProTeam Team Giant–Alpecin.[1]

Career

Born in Virginia, Free State, Janse van Rensburg competed with MTN–Energade from 2010 to 2012.[2]

Janse van Rensburg left MTN–Qhubeka at the end of the 2012 season, and joined Argos–Shimano for the 2013 season.[1] Subsequently, it was announced that he would be rejoining MTN-Qhubeka for 2015.[3] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France[4] and the start list for the 2016 Tour de France.[5]

Career achievements

Major results

2010
1st Stage 1 Tour of Rwanda
2011
1st Stage 2 Tour du Maroc
1st Stage 2 Herald Sun Tour
2012
1st National Time Trial Championships[6]
1st Overall Tour du Maroc
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
Volta a Portugal
1st Prologue & Stage 10
1st Points classification
1st Cape Argus Cycle Race
1st 94.7 Cycle Challenge
2013
1st Binche–Chimay–Binche
2nd Clásica de Almería
3rd Nationale Sluitingsprijs
2016
1st Overall Tour de Langkawi

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015 2016
Pink jersey Giro
Yellow jersey Tour 96 115
red jersey Vuelta 98

WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress

References

  1. 1 2 "Team Argos-Shimano finalizes 2013 team". Argos–Shimano. Project 1t4i. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  2. Fayçal Chehat (2 April 2012). "Janse Van RENSBURG: riding with panache". Star Africa. Orange. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  3. O'Shea, Sadhbh (18 September 2014). "MTN-Qhubeka: Building for a future". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  4. "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  5. "2016 > 103rd Tour de France > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  6. "SA duo shine at Road Champs". Sport24. News24.com Network. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.


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