{{short description|Belgian cyclist}} {{distinguish|Bart Aernouts (triathlete)}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Bart Aernouts | image = Bart-aernouts-1305114900.jpg | caption = Aernouts in 2010 | fullname = Bart Aernouts | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|6|23}} | birth_place = Essen, Belgium | height = {{convert|1.72|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|60|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}} | currentteam = Retired | disciplines = Cyclo-cross<br />Mountain bike racing | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = 2007–2012 | amateurteam1 = Rabobank–Giant Off-Road | amateuryears2 = 2012–2014 | amateurteam2 = AA Drink | proyears1 = 2002–2010 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|RB3|2002}} | proyears2 = 2014–2015 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|ERA|2014b}} | majorwins = Junior CX Worlds (2000) | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{BEL}} }} {{MedalSport|Men's cyclo-cross}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold| Sint-Michielsgestel 2000| Junior Men's Race}} }} '''Bart Aernouts''' (born 23 June 1982 in Essen) is a Belgian former professional cyclist who competed mainly in cyclo-cross races. Aernouts often finished only a few places behind big names such as Sven Nys, Niels Albert and Zdeněk Štybar, but occasionally managed top results in high calibre races of the Gazet van Antwerpen Trophy or the Superprestige.
He achieved his major wins in Sint-Michielsgestel, where he won both the Junior UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in 2000 and the Cyclo-cross Sint-Michielsgestel in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title= Aernouts wins GP Groenendaal:"I'm very happy". |url=http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.688415 |publisher=sporza.be |date=2011-10-12|language=nl}}</ref>
Aernouts announced his retirement from professional cyclocross in February 2015 after illness curtailed his 2014–15 season.<ref>{{cite news |title= Goodbye Bart: Aernouts calls time on racing career. |url=http://www.cyclocrossrider.com/action/goodbye-bart-aernouts-calls-time-on-his-racing-career |publisher=Cyclocrossrider.com |date=2015-02-13}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Aernouts, Bart}} Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:Belgian male cyclists Category:Belgian cyclo-cross cyclists Category:People from Essen, Belgium Category:Cyclists from Antwerp Province Category:21st-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1980s-stub}}