Jaco Venter
South African cyclist
- Road
- Mountain biking
Jacobus Venter (born 13 February 1987) is a South African racing cyclist,[2] who currently rides for amateur team Faucon Flacq KFC Pepsi.[4]
During his road racing career, Venter rode in the 2014 Vuelta a España.[5] In 2016, he won the South African National Road Race Championships.[6] He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.[7] In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France.[8]
Major results
- 2005
- 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 5th Overall Tour de Lorraine
- 2007
- 1st Powerade Dome 2 Dome Cycling Spectacular
- 2008
- 9th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
- 2009
- 1st
Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 5th Overall Grand Prix du Portugal
- 10th Overall Tour de Korea
- 2010
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 10th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 2011
- 2nd
Team time trial, African Road Championships
- 2012
- 5th Time trial, African Road Championships
- 6th Duo Normand (with Reinardt Janse van Rensburg)
- 8th Gooikse Pijl
- 2014
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2016
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
- 2023
- 3rd Overall Tour du Cap
- 2024
- 4th Overall Tour du Cap
- 1st Stage 5
- 7th Classique de l'ìle Maurice
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | — | — | 101 | — | 95 | — |
![]() | — | — | — | 162 | — | — |
![]() | 123 | 122 | 145 | — | — | 129 |
— | Did not compete |
---|---|
DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ^ "Janse van Rensburg eyes top results with new MTB team". In the Bunch. Full Stop Communications. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Jaco Venter". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ "Dimension Data finalise 2019 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Jaco Venter". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Jaco Venter". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ "National Championships South Africa – Road Race". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ^ "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
External links
- Jaco Venter at Cycling Archives
- Jaco Venter at ProCyclingStats
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- Malcolm Lange (1995)
- Rodney Green (1997)
- Simon Kessler (1998)
- Malcolm Lange (1999)
- Simon Kessler (2000)
- Jacques Fullard (2001)
- Tiaan Kannemeyer (2002)
- David George (2003)
- Ryan Cox (2004–2005)
- Jacques Fullard (2006)
- Malcolm Lange (2007)
- Ian McLeod (2008)
- Jamie Ball (2009)
- Christoff Van Heerden (2010)
- Darren Lill (2011)
- Robbie Hunter (2012)
- Jay Thomson (2013)
- Louis Meintjes (2014)
- Jacques Janse van Rensburg (2015)
- Jaco Venter (2016)
- Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (2017)
- Daryl Impey (2018–2019)
- Ryan Gibbons (2020)
- Marc Pritzen (2021)
- Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (2022)
- Travis Stedman (2023)
- Ryan Gibbons (2024)