Bart Aernouts (born 23 June 1982 in
Essen) is a
Belgian
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* Something of, or related to, Belgium
* Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent
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former professional
cyclist
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who competed mainly in
cyclo-cross races. Aernouts often finished only a few places behind big names such as
Sven Nys,
Niels Albert
Niels Albert (born 5 February 1986 in Bonheiden, near Antwerp, Belgium) is a former professional cyclo-cross racing cyclist who currently resides in Tremelo. He became World Champion twice, in 2009 and 2012.
Career
Similarly to Sven Nys, ...
and
Zdeněk Štybar
Zdeněk Štybar (; born 11 December 1985) is a Czech professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . While best known as a cyclo-cross racer, in 2011 Štybar began his professional road career while continuing to race cyclo-cross. ...
, but occasionally managed top results in high calibre races of the
Gazet van Antwerpen Trophy or the
Superprestige.
He achieved his major wins in
Sint-Michielsgestel
Sint-Michielsgestel () is a village in the municipality of Sint-Michielsgestel, Netherlands.
Geography
The 120 km long river Dommel flows north from a well near Peer in Belgium. Just north of 's-Hertogenbosch it is joined by the Aa and ...
, where he won both the Junior
UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
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in 2000 and the
Cyclo-cross Sint-Michielsgestel in 2010.
Aernouts announced his retirement from professional cyclocross in February 2015 after illness curtailed his 2014–15 season.
References
External links
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1982 births
Living people
Belgian male cyclists
Cyclo-cross cyclists
People from Essen, Belgium
Cyclists from Antwerp Province
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