| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Bas de Bever |
| Born | 16 April 1968 Vught, the Netherlands |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired/National team coach |
| Discipline | Bicycle motocross (BMX) Mountain bike racing (MTB) |
| Role | Racer |
| Rider type | BMX: Off-road MTB: Downhill, four-cross |
| Amateur teams | |
| 1982 | Vector Bars USA |
| 1983-1984 | GT Racing Europe |
| 1986 | Mongoose/Sinisalo |
| 1987-1988 | AMEV |
| Professional teams | |
| 1989 | Sunn |
| 1989 | Premier |
| 1989-1991 | MCS Europe |
| 1991-1995 | WEBCO |
| 1995-1997 | Batavus |
| 1998-2004 | Be One |
Bas de Bever (born 16 April 1968) is a Dutch former professional "Mid/Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were 1985–1993.
Note: Professional first are on the national level unless otherwise indicated.
Started Racing: 1981
Sanctioning Body:
First race result:
First win (local):
First sponsor:
First national win:
First American Professional race result: First place in Pro/Super Open Wheels (formerly Pro Cruiser) at the NBL Christmas Classic in Columbus Ohio on 28 December 1992.[1]
First American Professional win: See above
First American Junior Pro*/Superclass race result: Second place in Superclass at the NBL Christmas Classic in Columbus, Ohio on 28 December 1989. He won US$355.25.[2]
First American Junior Pro*/Superclass win: In Superclass at the NBL Christmas Classic in Columbus, Ohio on December 1990 (Day 1) He also came in second place in Pro Award. On Day 2 he came in last place in Superclass.[3]
First American Senior Pro/Elite Men** race result: Fourth in All Pros at the NBL Christmas Classic in Columbus Ohio on 28 December 1992.[1]
First American Senior Pro/Elite Men win: See "First American Professional race result"
Retired: 1995 to race Mountain Bikes (MTB). He actually didn't quit because he thought it was time to move on and try something els after winning all there was to win in BMX. Instead he quit because of the people's attitudes around him. As he stated in an interview concucted by former fellow BMX racer Dale Holmes:
Holmes: "Why did you quit BMX and get into Mountainbikes?"
de Bever: At the time I was totally over the whole euro BMX scene, not the actual racing or riding the bike , cause I still loved that, but more the wining(sic) parents bossing their kids around.[4] ---Daleholmes.com 2002
Height & weight at height of his career (1987–1992): Ht:" Wt:lbs.
*In the American NBL it is B"/Superclass/"A" pro (beginning with 2000 season), in Europe Superclass; in the American ABA it is "A" pro.
**In the NBL it is "A" pro/All Pro/"AA" Pro/Elite men (all depending on the era); in Europe Elite Men; in the ABA it is "AA" pro.
Note: This listing only denotes the racer's primary sponsors. At any given time a racer could have numerous ever changing co-sponsors. Primary sponsorships can be verified by BMX press coverage and sponsor's advertisements at the time in question. When possible exact dates are given.
Note: Listed are District, State/Provincial/Department, Regional, National, and International titles in italics. "Defunct" refers to the fact of that sanctioning body in question no longer existing at the start of the racer's career or at that stage of his/her career. Depending on point totals of individual racers, winners of Grand Nationals do not necessarily win National titles. Series and one off Championships are also listed in block.
Koninklijke Nederlandsche Wielren Unie (KNWU)
Nederlandse Fietscross Federatie (NFF)
National Bicycle Association (NBA)
National Bicycle League (NBL)
American Bicycle Association (ABA)
United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)
International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*
Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*
*See note in Professional section.
Koninklijke Nederlandsche Wielren Unie (KNWU)
Nederlandse Fietscross Federatie (NFF)
National Bicycle Association (NBA)
National Bicycle League (NBL)
American Bicycle Association (ABA)
United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)
International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*
Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*
*Note: Beginning in 1991 the IBMXF and FIAC, the amateur cycling arm of the UCI, had been holding joint World Championship events as a transitional phase in merging which began in earnest in 1993. Beginning with the 1996 season the IBMXF and FIAC completed the merger and both ceased to exist as independent entities being integrated into the UCI. Beginning with the 1996 World Championships held in Brighton, England the UCI would officially hold and sanction BMX World Championships and with it inherited all precedents, records, streaks, etc. from both the IBMXF and FIAC.
Independent Invitationals and Pro Series Championships
Bicycle Motocross News:
Minicycle/BMX Action & Super BMX:
Bicycle Motocross Action & Go:
BMX Plus!:
Total BMX:
Bicycles and Dirt:
Snap BMX Magazine & Transworld BMX:
Bicycles Today & BMX Today (The Official NBL publication under two names):
ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer (The Official ABA publication under three names):
Started racing: 1994 on local level in Netherlands and Belgium and Germany.[11]
Sub Discipline: Downhill, 4X cross
First race result: In 8th place in local Belgium race.
Sanctioning body:
Retired: 2004. Currently Coach of the Dutch BMX and MTB National teams.
Note: This listing only denotes the racer's primary sponsors. At any given time a racer could have numerous co-sponsors. Primary sponsorships can be verified by MTB press coverage and sponsor's advertisements at the time in question. When possible exact dates are given.
Note: Listed are Regional, National and International titles.
No amateur status.
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)
National Off Road Bicycle Association (NORBA)
Independent Race Series and Invitationals