Bas Peters (born 14 May 1976 in
Heel
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Structure
To distribute the compressive forces exerted ...
,
Limburg
Limburg or Limbourg may refer to:
Regions
* Limburg (Belgium), a province since 1839 in the Flanders region of Belgium
* Limburg (Netherlands), a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands
* Diocese of Limburg, Roman Catholic Diocese in ...
) is a Dutch
cyclist
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specializing in competitive
mountain biking
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. Peters represented the Netherlands at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece.
The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
in
Athens
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where he finished in 13th position where his teammate
Bart Brentjens
Bart Jan-Baptist Marie Brentjens (born 10 October 1968 in Haelen) is a Dutch racing cyclist in mountain biking.
Brentjens won a gold medal for mountain biking in the 1996 Summer Olympics, the first to recognize cross-country mountain biking as a ...
won the bronze medal.
See also
*
List of Dutch Olympic cyclists
This is a list of all Dutch cyclists who competed at the Summer Olympics. As of 2012 events in four cycling disciplines (BMX, mountain biking, road cycling, and track cycling) have been contested at the Summer Olympics. Dutch cyclist did not co ...
References
External links
Peters at the Dutch Olympic Archive
1976 births
Living people
Dutch male cyclists
Dutch mountain bikers
Cross-country mountain bikers
Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands
People from Maasgouw
Cyclists from Limburg (Netherlands)
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