{{Short description|Dutch cyclist (born 1973)}} {{Family name hatnote|van Dooren|Dooren|lang=Dutch}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Bas van Dooren | image = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1973|8|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = Oss, Netherlands | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|172|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|59|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | currentteam = | discipline = Mountain biking | role = | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = | proteam1 = Be One | proyears2 = | proteam2 = Specialized | proyears3 = | proteam3 = Bankgiroloterij-Batavus | majorwins = }}
'''Bas van Dooren''' (born 25 August 1973 in Oss) is a Dutch mountain biker. He competed in the Men's cross-country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing 11th.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/bas-van-dooren-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418023933/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/bas-van-dooren-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Bas van Dooren Olympic Results |accessdate=7 January 2015|work=sports-reference.com}}</ref> In 1998 he finished second in the cross-country at the European Mountain Bike Championships. In 2000 he finished second overall of the 2000 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup<ref name="CA">{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=8309|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130425140840/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=8309|url-status=usurped|archive-date=25 April 2013|title=Bas van Dooren |accessdate=25 January 2017|work=Cycling Archives}}</ref>
Van Dooren tested positive for EPO in 2002 from a test two days before the 2002 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, where he finished 11th. He bought it in Germany via internet and replied that 'it was a gamble'. He was suspended for one year and ended his career.<ref name=tests>{{cite news|author=ANP |url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/sport/nederlandse-mountainbiker-gepakt-op-epo~a612469/|title=Nederlandse mountainbiker gepakt op epo|publisher=de Volkskrant|date=24 November 2002 |accessdate=9 January 2015|language=nl}}</ref>
==See also== * List of Dutch Olympic cyclists
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