Bart Aernouts

Bart Aernouts (born 23 June 1982 in Essen) is a Belgian former professional cyclist who competed mainly in cyclo-cross races. Aernouts often finished only a few places behind big names such as Sven Nys, Niels Albert and Zdeněk Štybar, but occasionally managed top results in high calibre races of the Gazet van Antwerpen Trophy or the Superprestige.

Bart Aernouts
Aernouts in 2010
Personal information
Full nameBart Aernouts
Born (1982-06-23) 23 June 1982
Essen, Belgium
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplinesCyclo-cross
Mountain bike racing
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2007–2012Rabobank–Giant Off-Road
2012–2014AA Drink
Professional teams
2002–2010Rabobank GS3
2014–2015Corendon–Kwadro
Major wins
Junior CX Worlds (2000)
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
Men's cyclo-cross
World Championships
Gold medal – first place Sint-Michielsgestel 2000Junior Men's Race

He achieved his major wins in Sint-Michielsgestel, where he won both the Junior UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in 2000 and the Cyclo-cross Sint-Michielsgestel in 2010.[1]

Aernouts announced his retirement from professional cyclocross in February 2015 after illness curtailed his 2014–15 season.[2]

References

  1. "Aernouts wins GP Groenendaal:"I'm very happy"" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-10-12.
  2. "Goodbye Bart: Aernouts calls time on racing career". Cyclocrossrider.com. 2015-02-13.
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