Main Sponsor

SABIC Europe is my main sponsor. Until 2006 I was working as a process engineer at SABIC, a petrochemical company in the Southern part of Holland. In the last few years I did combine my job with triathlon on elite-level and SABIC did help me a lot by giving me the flexibility to go abroad for training or competitions. SABIC is a sponsor of the Triathlon Stein as well, one of the two large long distance races in Holland.

www.sabic-europe.com

Mulder Sport is the Dutch representative for Newline sports clothing. Newline is perfect for triathletes, since they have nice and specific running-, cycling- and triathlon-clothing. They also supply me with Yankz elastic shoe-straps and are representative for Sailfish wetsuits.

www.newline.dk

Isaac is already my bike sponsor for years. I have rode their "Joule", the "Aerotic" and in 2011 I was involved in development and testing of their new model "Muon TT", which is amazing. As always with Isaac the bike is stiff, aerodynamic and (important as well) looks good.

www.isaac-cycle.com

Newton running is a new shoe brand, introduced in the USA in 2007. Their shoes are light and suitable for middle- and fore-foot running technique. The result: 3.06 marathons in Ironman Florida and Hawaii and 3.07 in Ironman Arizona and Switserland. I love these shoes!

www.newtonrunning.com

Extreme Endurance is a new sports-supplement, introduced in the USA in 2008. Tests with this supplement are very promising and it proved also to work for me: I do feel fitter, have better recovery, less muscle-pain after heavy races and I set a personal best in my first bike-test only 4 weeks after I started using Extreme Endurance. Definitely perfect for top-performances!

www.xendurance.com

Mulder Sport is the Dutch representative for Sailfish wetsuits as well. This year, I will be racing with the top-suit "G-Range". I love the wetsuit because of is shoulder-flexibility in particular.

www.sailfish.com 

Born Sportscare has an extensive line of sports- nutrition and -care products and they are my sponsor for quite a few years already. For each type of training or competition they have the right product for optimum performance.

www.bornsport.com

Ron for Run is the running- and triathlonshop of Maastricht. Owner Ron v/d Sluijs is my sponsor for a long time and always my best advisor for the right type of running shoes. He is selling products from some of my other sponsors like Born, Newline and Sailfish.

www.ronforrun.nl

Legends is the Dutch representative for Xentis wheels. Since the ideal racewheels for competitions are light, stiff, aerodynamic and very beautiful, I am riding on full carbon Xentis Mark 1 TT wheels. Or on the Xentis Squad 4.2 if these are more suitable to the course. To be able to brake well on carbon rims, Legends also do supply me with Swiss-stop Yellow King Carbon brake pads.

www.xentis.com

Anglodutch is the Dutch representative for Schwalbe tires. This year I will be racing with their new top tire Schwalbe Ultremo ZX.

www.schwalbe.com

Fizik is one of the most famous brands for high-end saddles. Fizik is an Italian brand, which can be seen from their eye for details. Apart from being very comfortable, they also look very nice. My bikes are equipped with different versions of the Fizik Arione Tri 2; the most lightest carbon version is very light and stiff, but still remains very comfortable during my rides.

www.fizik.com

The Belgium company C-bear has a wide range of ceramic bearings for the bottom bracket and for wheels. Thanks to their support I hope to gain some free time on my bike. They are also sponsoring the Belgium Pro cycling team Silence-Lotto.

www.c-bear.com

Robijns is the Dutch representative for Suunto hartrate monitors. I'm their ambassador for the T6, an excellent training tool for du- and triathlon since you can extend it with a bike pod, a foot pod and a GPS pod for distance- and velocity measurement next to heart rate monitoring.

www.suunto.com

SLS3, or SLS tri, is an innovative company in compression wear. They have kits for racing, training and recovery. I love to wear the compression socks in the days before an Ironman to keep my calves fresh for race-day.

www.slstri.com