{"id":12586,"date":"2026-02-01T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T09:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/lars-bruggers\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T10:36:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T09:36:50","slug":"lars-bruggers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/lars-bruggers\/","title":{"rendered":"Lars Bruggers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#16181b\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:57%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1311\" height=\"1233\" src=\"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image00004-crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image00004-crop.jpg 1311w, https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image00004-crop-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image00004-crop-1024x963.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image00004-crop-768x722.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image00004-crop-480x451.jpg 480w, https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image00004-crop-960x903.jpg 960w, https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image00004-crop-1200x1129.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image00004-crop-600x564.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1311px) 100vw, 1311px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:43%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LARS BRUGGERS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"27\" height=\"18\" src=\"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/flag-nl.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7647\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Date of birth: September 11, 2009 <br\/>Place of birth: Delfzijl, Netherlands <br\/>Social media: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lars.bruggers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/athletes\/47143396\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Strava<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Lars Bruggers made the transition to competitive cycling about a year ago. Originally using his road bike primarily as cross-training for speed skating, he quickly discovered his passion for racing. His talent became evident at the Dutch National Time Trial Championships. Following a period of dedicated training, he secured an 11th place overall, making him the fastest first-year junior in the country.   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><br\/>The race against the clock is his preferred discipline. Lars is a focused rider with a clear objective: gaining valuable race experience and developing his skills to eventually step up to a professional team. He also thoroughly enjoys racing abroad, sharing his passion for the sport with friends. In time trialing, where efficiency and power transfer are crucial, Lars relies on the stiffness and precision of The Mechanic Parts to maximize his performance.   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lars Bruggers made the switch to competitive riding about a year ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,417],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ongecategoriseerd","category-riders"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image00004-Custom.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12586"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12600,"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12586\/revisions\/12600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}