Jens Mouris
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Jens Mouris is a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 racing cyclist.

Mouris represented the Netherlands at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

 in Sydney
Sydney
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 where he took part in the 4 km team pursuit together with John den Braber, Robert Slippens
Robert Slippens
Robertus Michiel Joseph Lucas Maria Jacobus 'Robert' Slippens is a Dutch racing cyclist.Slippens represented the Netherlands at three different Summer Olympics. He made his Olympic debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where he participated in the four kilometer team pursuit alongside...

 and Wilco Zuijderwijk. They ended up in seventh position after being lapped by the Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 in the quarter finals. Four years later Mouris qualified for the same disciplines to participate in the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

 in Athens
Athens
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. This time the new team featuring Levi Heimans
Levi Heimans
Levi Heimans is a Dutch track cyclist.Heimans represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where he took part in the 4 km team pursuit together with Jens Mouris, Peter Schep and Jeroen Straathof. They ended up in fifth position...

, Peter Schep
Peter Schep
Pieter Otto Schep is a Dutch racing cyclist, specializing in track cycling endurance events.-Biography:...

 and Jeroen Straathof
Jeroen Straathof
Johannes Nicolaas Maria Straathof is a retired Dutch racing cyclist and speed skater. Straathof was the first, and still the only, athlete in the world to represent his country at the Summer Olympics, the Winter Olympics and the Paralympics.Straathof started his sports career as a speed skater,...

 came fifth.

Palmares

1998
, World U19 Points Race Championship

1999
1st, Ronde van de Haarlemmermeer

2000
1st, Westfriese Dorpenomloop
2nd, National U23 Time Trial Championship
3rd, National Kilometer Championship

2001
1st, Joseph Sunde Memorial
Joseph Sunde Memorial
The Joseph Sunde Memorial is a single day road cycling race held in Australia. The race exists of only a men's race.-Past winners:-References:*...

2nd, National U23 Time Trial Championship

2002
1st, Grote Rivierenprijs
2nd, Australian U23 Time Trial Championship
2nd, National Pursuit Championship
3rd, Olympia's Tour
Olympia's Tour
The Olympia's Tour is a cycling stage race held in May in the Netherlands.-History:A.S.C. Olympia was founded in Amsterdam on 27 November 1898. It ran one-day races but wanted a race through all the Netherlands. The first Olympia’s Tour was in 1909, with three stages and one rest day...

Winner Prologue

2004
Pursuit Champion
1st, Ronde van Overijssel
1st, Omloop van de Glazen Stad

2005
1st, Pursuit in Moscow
Moscow
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 (World Cup)
1st, Prologue, Ronde van Antwerpen
, World Team Pursuit Championship

2006
  European Omnium Champion
1st, Madison in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

 (World Cup)
World Pursuit Championship
2nd, Tour du Brabant Wallon
Winner Stages 2 & 3

2007
  European Madison Champion (with Peter Schep
Peter Schep
Pieter Otto Schep is a Dutch racing cyclist, specializing in track cycling endurance events.-Biography:...

)
1st, Madison in Manchester
Manchester
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 (World Cup)
3rd, European Omnium Championship

2010
1st, Ronde van het Groene Hart
Ronde van het Groene Hart
The Ronde van het Groene Hart is a road bicycle race held in Groene Hart, Netherlands. The first edition of the race, in 2007, was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The 203 km race started in Leiden and finished in Woerden, passing through Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Utrecht.-...



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