2 60 - Milka-Superior Mountainbike Racing Team

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B I K E H E L M E T S
p_ / Trek bart brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team
JElMER PiETERsMA (nED)
1 -0 -1982 | balk (The netherlands)
During the last month of the 2009 mountainbike season, Jelmer was in
terrific shape. The Dutch rider won the Tour l’Hexagonal, the mountainbike
version of the Tour de France. Furthermore he succeeded in winning
the Dutch Hondsrug Classic and finished in second place at the Dutch
Championships marathon mountainbiking in Eijsden. Showing his value
for Dutch mountainbiking, Jelmer was the best performing Dutch athlete
at the 2009 World Championships in Canberra (Australia). ,,I came in 26th.
With a little more luck, I would have done better’’, commented Jelmer on
the race.
For 2010 Pietersma, who is an Outdoor instructor (CIOS), started well by
winning a stage (together with Bart Brentjens) in the Absa Cape Epic in
South-Africa. ,,My preparation this winter went well. Last year at the end
of the season I felt strong. I want to continue this level of performance in
2010. My main goals are top 20 results in the World Cup races. I firmly
believe it is possible after what I’ve shown in 2009. Plus I want to win the
Dutch MTB-title in Zoetermeer. The course there suits me well. Furthermore
I want to perform well at the World Championships in Mont Sainte
Anne in Canada. Yet I am also looking forward to the Olympic Games in
London in 2012.’’
RESULTS JELMER
1st Dutch Championships U23 2003
1st Dutch Championships U23 2004
2nd Benelux Championships 2006
3rd Bart Brentjens Challenge 2008
19th European Championships 2009
3rd Dutch Championships 2009
1st Tour l’Hexagonal 2009
1st in three stages Tour l’Hexagonal 2009
1st Hondsrug Classic 2009
2nd Dutch Championships marathon 2009
Winner Dutch MTB Awards (Biker of the
Year 2009)
TeamGuide2010 / p_