Bart Lemmen Explained
| Bart Lemmen |
| Birth Date: | 14 October 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Height: | 1.80 m |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Amateuryears1: | 2018–2021 |
| Amateurteam1: | WV West Frisia[1] |
| Proyears1: | 2022 |
| Proteam1: | [2] |
| Proyears2: | 2023 |
| Proteam2: | [3] |
| Proyears3: | 2024– |
Bart Lemmen (born 14 October 1995) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[4]
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
- 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 TourNotes and References
- Web site: Bart Lemmen . FirstCycling.com . 20 June 2023.
- Web site: Maak Kennis Met Onze Renners. Dutch. Meet Our Riders. VolkerWessels Cycling Team. 6 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220206172532/https://www.volkerwesselscyclingteam.nl/renners-volkerwesselsct/. 6 February 2022.
- Web site: HUMAN POWERED HEALTH. January 23, 2023. UCI.
- Web site: Team Visma–Lease a Bike. UCI. 5 January 2024.
- Web site: Been . José . 2024-04-22 . Cleared for takeoff: Bart Lemmen is not your average WorldTour rookie . 2024-04-23 . Escape Collective . en-US.
- Web site: Marshall-Bell . Chris . Bart Lemmen: From captain in the military to Visma-Lease a Bike's Tour team in 18 months . Rouleur . 26 June 2024.
- News: Shrubsall . James . Sepp Kuss ruled out of Tour de France after run-in with Covid . 26 June 2024 . Cycling Weekly . 25 June 2024.
- Web site: Team Visma Lease a Bike replaces unfit Sepp Kuss by Bart Lemmen in Tour de France . Team Visma Lease a Bike . 26 June 2024.
