Jaco Venter

Jaco Venter
	Venter in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Jacobus Venter
Born	13 February 1987 (age 37); Stellenbosch, South Africa
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current team	First Move
Disciplines	Road; Mountain biking;
Role	Rider
Amateur team
2020–	First Move
Professional teams
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2007–2008	Neotel
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Major wins
	One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2016)

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]

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

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Giro d'Italia	—	—	101	—	95	—
Tour de France	—	—	—	162	—	—
Vuelta a España	123	122	145	—	—	129

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ ^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.
^ "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.
^ "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 (archive)
Jaco Venter at ProCyclingStats

[CyclingArchives-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Jaco Venter". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

[2] "Dimension Data finalise 2019 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.

[3] "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.

[procyclingstats-4] "Jaco Venter". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

[5] "National Championships South Africa – Road Race". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

[2016Giro-6] "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.

[2017TDF-7] "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

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v t e South African National Road Race Champions (men)
1990–1999	Malcolm Lange (1995) Rodney Green (1997) Simon Kessler (1998) Malcolm Lange (1999)
2000–2019	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)
2020–2039	Ryan Gibbons (2020) Marc Pritzen (2021) Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (2022) Travis Stedman (2023) Ryan Gibbons (2024)