# Bas van Dooren

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{{Short description|Dutch cyclist (born 1973)}}
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| birth_place   = [Oss](/source/Oss), [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands)
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'''Bas van Dooren''' (born 25 August 1973 in [Oss](/source/Oss)) is a Dutch [mountain biker](/source/mountain_biker). He competed in the [Men's cross-country](/source/Cycling_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_cross-country) at the [2000 Summer Olympics](/source/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](/source/European_Mountain_Bike_Championships). In 2000 he finished second overall of the [2000 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup](/source/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](/source/Erythropoietin) in 2002 from a test two days before the [2002 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships](/source/2002_UCI_Mountain_Bike_%26_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](/source/List_of_Dutch_Olympic_cyclists)

==References==
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Category:1973 births
Category:Living people
Category:Dutch mountain bikers
Category:Dutch male cyclists
Category:Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands
Category:Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Oss
Category:Cyclists from North Brabant
Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen

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