{"id":8383,"date":"2026-03-12T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T09:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/denise-betsema\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T16:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:34:07","slug":"denise-betsema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/denise-betsema\/","title":{"rendered":"Denise Betsema"},"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=\"801\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Betsema-Uitgelicht.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Betsema-Uitgelicht.webp 801w, https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Betsema-Uitgelicht-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Betsema-Uitgelicht-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Betsema-Uitgelicht-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Betsema-Uitgelicht-480x480.webp 480w, https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Betsema-Uitgelicht-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Betsema-Uitgelicht-100x100.webp 100w, https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Betsema-Uitgelicht-50x50.webp 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/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\">Denise Betsema<\/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=\"width:auto;height:18px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Date of birth: January 23, 1993<br\/>Place of birth: Oudeschild, Netherlands<br\/>Social media: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Denisebetsema\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">facebook<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/deniesoverseas\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">instagram<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/athletes\/11255531\" 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>Denise Betsema has been a fixture at the top of world cyclocross for years. The De Ceuster &#8211; Bouwpunt rider is known as a sand specialist. As an islander (from Texel), she knows better than anyone how to put power down on heavy surfaces.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Her trademark is the explosive start; from the whistle, she puts immense torque through the pedals. These peak forces require a drivetrain that is extremely stiff and durable. Moreover, sand is the enemy of bike parts. Denise relies on the hardness of The Mechanic Parts chainrings to resist wear and convert every watt into speed, allowing her to make the race hard from start to finish.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cyclocross rider from Texel, excelling on sandy terrain and with speed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8304,"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-8383","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\/Betsema-Uitgelicht.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8383","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=8383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8384,"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8383\/revisions\/8384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themechanic-parts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}