We are happy and proud to announce young talented Dutch rider Rens Teunissen
van Manen (DOB 30-09-2004), will ride the next 2 years for our Team. He will join the
team per direct and travels next week with the KMC Team to the last 2 UCI MTB
World Series in Snowshoe, USA (September 28 – October 1) and Mt St Anne,
Canada (October 5-8).
His current Team, the Dutch Stappenbelt Specialized Racing Team gives Rens the
opportunity to make the next step to an International UCI Elite MTB Team.
Bart Brentjens, Team Manager of KMC Mountainbike Racing Team:
“Rens is a very talented mountainbiker, he has already proven this as a junior and
in his 1st year in the U23 category. I am proud that Rens is joining our team, he has
what it takes to become one of the best mountainbikers in the future. We will give
Rens every opportunity to develop further. It is our ultimate goal for Rens to see him
participating on behalf of the Netherlands and our team at the Olympic Games in
Los Angeles 2028.
Rens Teunissen van Manen :
“ Very happy to become a mountainbiker for the KMC MTB Racing Team! Looking
forward to everything that’s coming in the next years! And thrilled to already be

joining the team for the last two World cups in Snowshoe and Mont Saint Anne!”
Arvid Versluijs, Stappenbelt Specialized Racing Team:
“We are extremely proud of the growth that Rens has experienced at Stappenbelt
Specialized Racing Team and know that he will achieve great things in his new
adventure, in which we will certainly continue to follow him!”

Rens Teunissen van Manen (UCI Ranking 131) best results so far:
2023 World Championships U23 21
2023 European Championships U23 22
2023 National Championships Men Elite 3
2023 Best result UCI World Series U23 (Val di Sole, Italy) 18
2022 World Championships Juniors 4
2022 European Championships Juniors 2
2022 National Championships Juniors 3

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• One year to go to the Olympic Mountainbike races on July 28 and 29