{"id":8375,"date":"2026-03-14T10:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T09:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/leonie-bentveld\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T16:28:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:28:31","slug":"leonie-bentveld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/leonie-bentveld\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonie Bentveld"},"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-large\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BHM_26HulstWU-19-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BHM_26HulstWU-19-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BHM_26HulstWU-19-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BHM_26HulstWU-19-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BHM_26HulstWU-19-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BHM_26HulstWU-19-1639x2048.jpg 1639w, https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BHM_26HulstWU-19-480x600.jpg 480w, https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BHM_26HulstWU-19-960x1200.jpg 960w, https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BHM_26HulstWU-19-1200x1500.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BHM_26HulstWU-19-2000x2500.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BHM_26HulstWU-19-600x750.jpg 600w, https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BHM_26HulstWU-19-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/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\">Leonie Bentveld<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"108\" height=\"72\" src=\"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/flag-nl.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7953\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:30px;height:18px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Date of birth: April 17, 2004<br\/>Place of birth: Burgum, Netherlands<br\/>Social media: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LeonieBentveld\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">facebook<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leonie_bentveld\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">instagram<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/athletes\/88884843\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">strava<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Leonie Bentveld is one of the brightest talents in Dutch cyclocross. The Frisian rider balances a dual program with Pauwels Sauzen &#8211; Altez Industriebouw (CX) and AG Insurance &#8211; Soudal (Road). In the U23 category, she has been a consistent medal contender at major championships. After two bronze medals at Worlds, she crowned herself European and World Champion (U23) in the 2025-26 season.   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Leonie is known for thriving in the mud\u2014conditions that test mechanics to the limit. Reliability is crucial for her to compete for top-10 finishes at the elite level. To ensure her bike shifts perfectly in the worst conditions, she trusts chainrings from The Mechanic Parts, allowing her to focus on what she does best: racing hard and animating the finale.     <br\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the greatest Dutch talents in cyclocross.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[417],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-riders"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-01-at-14.36.56.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8375","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=8375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8376,"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8375\/revisions\/8376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}