Bart Brentjens Challenge - 1

Eijsden, Netherlands, October 12, 2008

2007 Results Results

Bekkenk and Saenen win

Ramses Bekkenk and Kim Saenen won the 4th Bart Brentjens Challenge, the largest mountain bike event in the Netherlands. 2,500 participated in great weather conditions.

Behind Bekkenk, who finished in 3:32:51, in second place in the 80km race was the recently turned 40 year-old legend Brenjens himself, back racing after a few weeks of inactivity due to a broken wrist. Bekkenk, who spent about three-quarters of the race at the front, took over the lead for good when Brenjens suffered a flat tire. Jelmer Pietersma finished third, about two minutes behind Brentjens and nearly six minutes behind Bekkenk.

"At last I felt strength one again in my body," said Brentjens according to the race's website www.bartbrentjenschallenge.com. "The whole summer I was injured and not performing optimally. I did not want to say farewell to the sport, so I will race one more year." However, Brenjens said that in 2009, he will only target marathon races - no more cross country races.

In the elite women's race, Saenen won in 4.17.15. Nicoletta de Jager finished second at 2:22, and Anouk Kesseleer-Haarsma finished third in 5:36.

Results

Elite and U23 men

1 Ramses Bekkenk (Ned)               3.32.51
2 Bart Brentjens (Ned)                  3.48
3 Jelmer Pietersma (Ned)                5.53
4 Rob van der Werf (Ned)               12.29
5 Gody Jacobs (Bel)                    12.30
6 Frank Baets (Ned)                    21.40
7 Ad de Brabander (Ned)                21.57
8 Rob v.d Brand (Ned)                  22.38
9 Johnny van Diermen (Ned)             26.49
10 Tim Ottens (Ned)                    29.52
11 Marcel Lommers (Ned)                31.01
12 Tim Wijnands (Ned)                  31.02
13 Tibor Gijssen (Ned)                 32.11
14 Gert-jan Knijnenburg (Ned)          33.52
15 Jaron van Diermen (Ned)             39.59
16 Danny Bekker (Ned)                  44.33
17 Bart Damen (Ned)                    46.17
18 Frank Nak (Ned)                     47.21
19 Thomas Achouri (Ned)                50.33
20 Kevin Mori (Ned)                    50.34
21 Kristiaan Tetetroo (Ned)            51.30
22 Niels Van Kerckhoven (Bel)          53.03
23 Frank Luikens (Ned)                 56.17
24 Kris Nys (Bel)                      57.04
25 Rob van der Niet (Ned)            1.00.22
26 Pim vd Marel (Ned)                1.08.50
27 Wilco Verwegen (Ned)              1.13.03
28 Patrick Groenestein (Ned)         1.22.43
29 Michael van Eerd (Ned)            1.32.58
30 Cees Snoek (Ned)                  1.33.41
31 Wim Jansen (Ned)                  1.36.57
32 Stefan Breemes (Ned)              1.51.58
 
Elite women

1 Kim Saenen (Bel)                   4.17.15
2 Nicoletta de Jager (Ned)              2.22
3 Anouk Kesseleer-Haarsma (Ned)         5.36
4 Ingrid van Lubek (Ned)               23.40
5 Henri?tte Pepels (Ned)               30.26
6 Laura van Leeuwen (Ned)              37.22
7 Danielle de Vries (Ned)              49.15
8 Laura Seinstra (Ned)               2.07.20
 
Masters 1

1 Winand van de Waarsenburg (Ned)    3.55.32
2 Rick van den Hanenberg (Ned)          0.41
3 Jean Biermans (Ned)                   1.10
4 Dion Gilissen (Ned)                   4.10
5 Leon Crienen (Ned)                    7.16
6 Patrick IJpelaan (Ned)               14.00
7 Berry Hollander (Ned)                17.15
8 Francis Penders (Ned)                21.39
9 Hans Raven (Ned)                     21.53
10 Edwin Klompenhouwer (Ned)           22.51
11 Mark Rongen (Ned)                   24.08
12 Jaap van Egdom (Ned)                26.36
13 John v/d Wouw (Ned)                 27.35
14 Sander van Gelderen (Ned)           29.41
15 Pascal Haesen (Bel)                 30.25
16 Patrick Koch (Ned)                  30.56
17 Joost Schouten (Ned)                33.44
18 Marcel Boschker (Ned)               36.36
19 Patrick van der Jagt (Ned)          38.35
20 Stephan Lotz (Ned)                  39.27
21 Karel Haverkamp (Ned)               40.04
22 Maikel Nijssen (Ned)                44.08
23 Jolle de Vries (Ned)                45.15
24 Wilfred Van Werven (Ned)            46.59
25 Gertjan Roosjen (Ned)               48.55
26 Han ten Hove (Ned)                  50.57
27 Benito Pekel (Ned)                  51.43
28 Rene Buitenhek (Ned)                53.48
29 Dennis Immerzeel (Ned)              59.49
30 Rob Ottevanger (Ned)              1.00.19
31 Harald Mijnsbergen (Ned)          1.03.23
32 Barry van Wichen (Ned)            1.06.03
33 Jeroen de Vries (Ned)             1.10.58
34 Jarno de Jong (Ned)               1.22.08
35 Floriaan Alfrink (Ned)            1.24.50
36 Frank van Oirschot (Ned)          1.40.01
37 Henk Engel (Ned)                  1.41.06
38 Danny Bens (Ned)                  1.40.38
 
Masters 2

1 Frank Meusen (Ned)                 4.05.03
2 Marcel van Rossum (Ned)               6.27
3 Rudi Geentjens (Bel)                 12.02
4 Henk van Haaster (Ned)               12.24
5 Johan Tirions (Ned)                  18.25
6 Yvan Santing (Ned)                   19.49
7 Jur Manneveld (Ned)                  20.40
8 John Bullens (Ned)                   20.54
9 Jos van Rein (Ned)                   26.38
10 Pierre van Hout (Ned)               28.09
11 Peter Rademaker (Ned)               29.48
12 Johan de Wit (Ned)                  33.59
13 Jacco Spithoven (Ned)               34.34
14 Erik de Boer (Ned)                  35.01
15 Ruud Klomp (Ned)                    37.23
16 Jacob van den Berg (Ned)            37.24
17 Ludo Vanherf (Bel)                  43.59
18 Meindert Kwant (Ned)                44.37
19 Dirk van der Wolf (Ned)             47.03
20 Anno Brandsema (Ned)                47.07
21 Peter Thijssen (Ned)                47.22
22 Walter Koster (Ned)                 47.32
23 Ted Verschuren (Ned)                48.49
24 Rick Riemersma (Ned)                49.18
25 Detlev Riemer (Ned)                 49.19
26 Toon van Hout (Ned)                 49.47
27 Bert Toma (Ned)                     50.20
28 Marco van Dijk (Ned)                50.36
29 Bert Kamphorst (Ned)                     
30 Roderik de Vries (Ned)              54.46
31 Richard van Schie (Ned)             56.31
32 Jim Brouwer (Ned)                   56.32
33 Dirk De Luyck (Bel)                 58.30
34 Ruud Mendel (Ned)                   58.47
35 Andre Adams (Ned)                        
36 Rinie Essenstam (Ned)             1.00.32
37 Peter Koster (Ned)                1.12.01
38 Enrico Carfora (Ned)              1.16.41
39 Richard de Wit (Ned)              1.18.34
40 Johnny Helder (Ned)               1.25.47
41 Wout Cevat (Ned)                  1.26.45
42 Mark van Dijk (Ned)               1.46.05
43 Marcel van der Pols (Ned)         2.23.18
44 Jan Coopmans (Ned)                2.37.16
 
Amateurs

1 Wouter Cleppe (Ned)                3.48.43
2 Niels Boon (Ned)                      7.58
3 Gijs Derksen (Ned)                   10.56
4 Eric Hegger (Ned)                    14.49
5 Ruud Bosscha (Ned)                   16.21
6 Sjef Klerken (Ned)                   19.55
7 Thijs van Hest (Ned)                 24.02
8 Nick van den Heuvel (Ned)            25.26
9 Rudy Vos (Ned)                       27.04
10 Jan Molenschot (Ned)                28.44
11 Hendrik Venema (Ned)                30.06
12 Christian van Doorn (Ned)           30.27
13 Serge Zeelenberg (Ned)              32.20
14 Ron van Opbergen (Ned)              34.06
15 Hugo Derks (Ned)                    36.48
16 Johnny de Bruijne (Ned)             37.16
17 Jan Dams (Bel)                      37.46
18 Dirk Loekemeijer (Ned)              38.45
19 Jan Willem Leeuwis (Ned)            39.02
20 Herman de Weerd (Ned)               40.14
21 Marco Knoppert (Ned)                41.15
22 Mark Klijbroek (Ned)                43.16
23 Bram Vleugels (Bel)                 45.27
24 Stijn Mekeirel (Ned)                46.05
25 Jeroen Wolters (Ned)                46.13
26 Michiel van Goor (Ned)              46.52
27 Nick Hansen (Ned)                   50.44
28 Vincent van Dijk (Ned)              50.49
29 Erwin Rijnders (Ned)                50.54
30 Patrick Houthooft (Ned)             51.45
31 Marco Moes (Ned)                    42.29
32 Koen van Haaster (Ned)              52.55
33 Jan Dekker (Ned)                    52.58
34 Gerton Meijerink (Ned)              53.34
35 Paul Wolters (Ned)                  55.48
36 Erwin Jonker (Ned)                  56.07
37 Tim Wentink (Ned)                   56.55
38 Folkwin Hulshof (Ned)               57.11
39 Marco van den Berg (Ned)            59.00
40 Wim Janssen (Ned)                   59.30
41 Martin van der Meijden (Ned)      1.01.39
42 Ramon Rozendom (Ned)                     
43 Berry Vorstenbosch (Bel)          1.05.01
44 Roel van der Lugt (Ned)           1.05.13
45 Simon Kikken (Ned)                1.06.11
46 Rick Engelen (Ned)                1.06.22
47 Richard Zeldenthuis (Ned)         1.07.00
48 Erik Penders (Ned)                1.07.47
49 Richard van Gils (Ned)            1.10.35
50 Michiel Top (Ned)                 1.11.06
51 Jorn Prinsen (Ned)                1.12.41
52 Ed Laarman (Ned)                  1.15.10
53 Hub Engelen (Ned)                 1.16.24
54 Laurens Snoek (Ned)               1.17.48
55 Maikel van Beurden (Ned)          1.18.31
56 Michael De Vos (Ned)              1.21.03
57 Thijs Besselink (Ned)             1.23.37
58 Vincent Lentjes (Ned)             1.24.09
59 Koos Bes (Ned)                    1.28.26
60 Jodi Kooijman (Ned)               1.20.57
61 Geert Volckaerts (Bel)            1.31.40
62 Geert Soetemans (Bel)             1.33.21
63 Paul Ventose (Bel)                1.36.16
64 Jordy Cambach (Ned)               1.36.33
65 Richard de Vos (Ned)              1.38.38
66 Edwin de Ligt (Ned)               2.02.02
67 Joris Zandbergen (Ned)            2.02.03
68 Tom Mooij (Ned)                   2.14.01
69 Scott Hendrickson (Ned)           2.44.39