Bart Lemmen (born 14 October 1995) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike.[4]
 Bart Lemmen in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 October 1995 Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Visma–Lease a Bike |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 2018–2021 | WV West Frisia[1] |
| Professional teams | |
| 2022 | VolkerWessels Cycling Team[2] |
| 2023 | Human Powered Health[3] |
| 2024– | Visma–Lease a Bike |
Lemmen started his cycling career relatively late, after graduating Dutch Royal Military Academy and working as an officer in the Royal Netherlands Air Force as a platoon commander in airfield protection, rising to the rank of captain.[5][6]
In June 2024 he was a late addition to the Visma–Lease a Bike team for the 2024 Tour de France when Sepp Kuss did not recover sufficiently from COVID-19.[7][8]
Major results
edit- 2021
- 1st Eurode Omloop
- Arden Challenge
- 1st Stages 1 & 5
- 2022
- 1st Ton Dolmans Trofee
- 3rd Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
- 1st Stage 4
- 7th Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 7th Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher
- 10th Volta Limburg Classic
- 2023
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 5th Giro della Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria
- 8th Circuito de Getxo
- 2024
- 2nd Overall Tour of Norway
- 5th Overall Tour Down Under
- 5th Coppa Bernocchi
- 10th Overall UAE Tour
References
edit- ^ "Bart Lemmen". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Maak Kennis Met Onze Renners" [Meet Our Riders] (in Dutch). VolkerWessels Cycling Team. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "HUMAN POWERED HEALTH". UCI. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
- ^ "Team Visma–Lease a Bike". UCI. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ Been, José (2024-04-22). "Cleared for takeoff: Bart Lemmen is not your average WorldTour rookie". Escape Collective. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
- ^ Marshall-Bell, Chris. "Bart Lemmen: From captain in the military to Visma-Lease a Bike's Tour team in 18 months". Rouleur. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ Shrubsall, James (25 June 2024). "Sepp Kuss ruled out of Tour de France after run-in with Covid". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Team Visma Lease a Bike replaces unfit Sepp Kuss by Bart Lemmen in Tour de France". Team Visma Lease a Bike. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
External links
edit- Bart Lemmen at UCI
- Bart Lemmen at Cycling Archives
- Bart Lemmen at ProCyclingStats
- Bart Lemmen at Cycling Quotient
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