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Porto San Stefano (IT), 2nd of March 2010 - Today another shortrace in the Maremma Cup, in the pittoresque town of Porto San Stefano. All team members competed today, ultimately Tim Wynants and Bart Brentjens progressed furthest in the heats - finishing 7th and 8th. Jelmer Pietersma and Irjan Luttenberg did not make it past the first heat, whilst Lukas Kaufmann lost the quarter final. Today's race was won by Rudi van Houts, who seemed very strong today.

28 February ; The first crosscountry race in the maremma Cup is won by Nino Schurtert. Second was Fontana and the thirth place was for Ralph Naeff. Lukas Kaufmann was the first rider from TrekBrentjens MTB Racing Team powered by Milka who passed the finishline, a good 13th place.

1. Schurtert
2. Fontana
3. Naeff
13. Lukas Kaufmann
19. Jelmer Pietersma
25. Tim Wynants
28. Frank Beemer
29. Irjan Luttenberg

Tuesday and thursday there are new shorttrack races and sunday the maremma Cup will be ending with another XC race.

Maremma, 27 february ; Today was a good start for Lukas Kaufmann in the new season. In the final round of the shorttrack he became 3th and made the podium. Winner was Andreas Kugler and second place was for Morris Milatz.
Tomorrow the crosscountry race will take place.

Lilac chocolate brand Milka to support Bart Brentjens MTB Racing Team in 2010 - Milka, one of Europe’s most famous chocolate brands, and team leader Bart Brentjens are delighted to announce their new partnership. In the upcoming mountain bike season, the young MTB Racing Team will be sponsored by the chocolate producer. The official name for the team in 2010 will therefore be “Trek-Brentjens MTB Racing Team powered by Milka”.

Dutch metal specialist and sponsor of the team, Eurotech, has made a lasting impression on the Vancouver Olympics. The bobsled, developed by DSM and Eurotech, is creating envy among other countries. Check it out...

http://www.vikingengineering.nl/site_nl/index_bob.php?pagina=nieuws&id=405

The Trek-Brentjens team will be riding the 2010 Absa Cape Epic for World Bicycle Relief. Jelmer Pietersma and Bart Brentjens aim to raise 15,000 euros for the cause.

www.worldbicyclerelief.org

Trek-Brentjens going to JonkershoekStellenbosch, 17th of January 2010 - The team's second training day in South Africa has just been completed. Starting from their local basecamp, the team set off to Jonkershoek in Stellenbosch. A long climb set the tone for the day, but the long awaited fun descent still was unrideable due to last year's fires.

Lukas Kaufmann (22) is going to race for the Trek-Brentjens MTB Racing Team in 2010. Together with teammates Jelmer Pietersma (Ned), Tim Wijnants (Bel) ,Frank Beemer (Ned) and Irjan Luttenberg (Ned) he will participate in national and international races.

Brentjens :

Schaijk, 10 november 2009 ; During the very busy Bike Motion Benelux Trek and the Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team prolonged their sponsorship together for 2010. Trek & Brentjens go for 2010 !Trek will be in 2010 again the main sponsor of the succesfull team of living legend Bart Brentjens .The team will ride Trek TopFuel 9.9 SSL full suspension bikes, as also Trek Elite 9.9 SSL hardtails. For training on the road the team will use Trek Madones.

Marketing manager Trek Bicycles Bob de Wit :