Jurgen van den Goorbergh (born 29 December 1969) is a Dutch former professional motorcycle road racer also known as The Flying Dutchman. His son, Zonta van den Goorbergh, is also a motorcycle racer and currently competes in Moto2.

Career Born in Breda, Netherlands, van den Goorbergh won the Dutch 250cc road racing national championship in 1991. He began his Grand Prix career in 1991 in the 250cc class. In 1997, he moved up to the 500cc class racing a privately sponsored Honda. MuZ hired him to race for them in the 1999 season. In this season, he surprised by taking two pole positions. one at the circuit of Catalonia (Barcelona) and one in Brno. He raced with Mollenaar Racing in 2000 and in 2001 raced with the team of Kenny Roberts-Proton team. The 2002 season did not start off well for van den Goorbergh, scoring only 21 points in first ten races. At the end of season, he made his best result in Australian Grand Prix, finished on fifth place only three hundredth of a second behind third Tohru Ukawa.

From 2003 to 2005, van den Goorbergh raced in the Supersport World Championship. He is considered an expert in wet racing. In the wet 2005 Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai, van den Goorbergh substituted for the injured Makoto Tamada. He began from in 19th position and finished a respectable sixth place for the Konica Minolta Honda team.

In 2006 and 2007, van den Goorbergh did not join a road racing team, but tested MotoGP tyres for Michelin. He raced in the European Enduro Championships, the Dutch trial Championships and in Supermoto competitions. He competed in the Dakar Rally for the first time in 2009 - finishing 17th and best rookie that year. In 2010, van den Goorbergh competed in Dakar again, this time with a buggy and did not finish. Van den Goorbergh also competed in several events that year and was preparing himself for the 2011 Dakar - again with a buggy.

Motorcycle Grand Prix career results

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) Year Class Team Machine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pts Pos Wins 1991 250cc VD Goorbergh-Aprilia RSV250 JPN AUS USA SPA ITA GER AUT EUR NED FRA 18 GBR RSM 14 CZE 18 VDM MAL 2 37th 0 1992 250cc VD Goorbergh-Aprilia RSV250 JPN 20 AUS 16 MAL 13 SPA 14 ITA 14 EUR Ret GER Ret NED 10 HUN 18 FRA 10 GBR Ret BRA 17 RSA 16 2 23rd 0 1993 250cc VD Goorbergh-Aprilia RSV250 AUS 17 MAL 20 JPN 19 SPA 23 AUT 20 GER Ret NED 15 EUR Ret RSM Ret GBR 22 CZE 18 ITA Ret USA Inj FIM Ret 1 32nd 0 1994 250cc VD Goorbergh-Aprilia RSV250 AUS 16 MAL Ret JPN 12 SPA 12 AUT 9 GER Ret NED 9 ITA 16 FRA Ret GBR 16 CZE Ret USA 14 ARG Ret EUR 17 24 17th 0 1995 250cc Maxell Team Global-Honda RS250 AUS 11 MAL 11 JPN 10 SPA 19 GER 12 ITA Ret NED 6 FRA 14 GBR 7 CZE Ret BRA Ret ARG 9 EUR 14 50 12th 0 1996 250cc MQP Racing-Honda RS250 MAL 8 INA 12 JPN Ret SPA Ret ITA 15 FRA 12 NED 4 GER Ret GBR Ret AUT 8 CZE 17 IMO 8 CAT 14 BRA 13 AUS 11 56 11th 0 1997 500cc Millar MQP-Honda NSR500V MAL 15 JPN 15 SPA 14 ITA Ret AUT Ret FRA 15 NED Ret IMO Ret GER 11 BRA 11 GBR 13 CZE 11 CAT 14 INA Ret AUS 12 29 19th 0 1998 500cc Dee Cee Jeans-Honda NSR500V JPN Ret MAL 8 SPA 18 ITA 16 FRA 15 MAD Ret NED 10 GBR 9 GER 8 CZE 16 IMO Ret CAT 13 AUS 11 ARG 14 40 15th 0 1999 500cc MuZ-Weber MuZ 500 MAL Ret JPN Ret SPA 11 FRA Ret ITA Ret CAT 8 NED 13 GBR Ret GER 12 CZE 11 IMO 14 VAL Ret AUS 12 RSA 13 BRA Ret ARG 10 40 16th 0 2000 500cc TSR-Honda NSR500V RSA 10 MAL 11 JPN 13 SPA 9 FRA 13 ITA 11 CAT 7 NED 9 GBR 5 GER Ret CZE 12 POR 8 VAL 10 BRA 10 PAC 15 AUS 12 85 13th 0 2001 500cc Roberts-Proton KR3 JPN 11 RSA 11 SPA 13 FRA 10 ITA 12 CAT 9 NED 9 GBR 12 GER 14 CZE Ret POR 7 VAL 9 PAC Ret AUS 10 MAL DNS BRA Ret 65 13th 0 2002 MotoGP Kanemoto-Honda NSR500 JPN Ret RSA 11 SPA 12 FRA 15 ITA 14 CAT Ret NED 10 GBR 15 GER 14 CZE Ret POR 7 BRA 9 PAC 13 MAL 13 AUS 5 VAL 7 60 13th 0 2005 MotoGP Konica Minolta-Honda RC211V SPA POR CHN 6 FRA 14 ITA CAT NED USA GBR GER CZE JPN MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL 12 20th 0

References

External links

Jurgen van den Goorbergh web site