.jpg) Janse van Rensburg at the 2015 Tour de France in his National champions jersey | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jacques Janse van Rensburg |
| Born | (1987-09-06) 6 September 1987 (age 37) Springs, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | TEG Pro Cycling Team |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2020 | First Move |
| 2021 | DSV |
| 2022– | TEG Pro Cycling |
| Professional teams | |
| 2006 | Team Konica Minolta |
| 2007–2008 | Neotel |
| 2009 | Trek–Marco Polo |
| 2010 | DCM Chrome |
| 2011 | Burgos 2016–Castilla y León |
| 2012–2019 | MTN–Qhubeka |
| Major wins | |
| One-day races and Classics | |
Jacques Janse van Rensburg (born 6 September 1987) is a South African racing cyclist, who rides for South African amateur team TEG Pro Cycling Team. In 2015, he won the South African National Road Race Championships.
During his eight years with Team Dimension Data (2012–2019), Janse van Rensburg rode in six Grand Tours: the Vuelta a España in 2014, 2016 and 2017, the 2015 Tour de France, and the Giro d'Italia in 2017, and 2018.
Personal life
He is of no relation to fellow South African professional cyclist Reinardt Janse van Rensburg.
Major results
Source:
- 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
| 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Jacques Janse van Rensburg". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "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
- Jacques Janse van Rensburg at UCI
- Jacques Janse van Rensburg at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Jacques Janse van Rensburg at ProCyclingStats
| South African National Road Race Champions (men) | |
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| 1990–1999 |
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| 2000–2019 |
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| 2020–2039 |
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