Personal information | |
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Full name | Jacobus Venter |
Born | Stellenbosch, South Africa | 13 February 1987
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | First Move |
Disciplines |
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Role | Rider |
Amateur team | |
2020– | First Move |
Professional teams | |
2006 | Team Konica Minolta [1] |
2007–2008 | Neotel [1] |
2009 | Trek–Marco Polo [1] |
2010 | MTN–Energade [1] |
2011 | Veranda's Willems–Accent [1] |
2012 | Differdange–Magic–SportFood.de [1] |
2012–2019 | MTN–Qhubeka [1] [2] |
Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics |
Jacobus Venter (born 13 February 1987) is a South African racing cyclist, [1] who currently rides for amateur mountain biking team First Move. [3]
During his road racing career, Venter rode in the 2014 Vuelta a España. [4] In 2016, he won the South African National Road Race Championships. [5] He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia. [6] In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France. [7]
Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | 101 | — | 95 | — |
Tour de France | — | — | — | 162 | — | — |
Vuelta a España | 123 | 122 | 145 | — | — | 129 |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
South African professional Jacques Janse van Rensburg is targeting some top results in 2020 with the new mountain-biking team he will ride for alongside fellow countryman Jaco Venter.