Jurgen van den Goorbergh
NationalityDutch
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years1991 - 2002, 2005
First race1991 250cc French Grand Prix
Last race2005 Moto GP French Grand Prix
Team(s)MuZ, Team Roberts, Kanemoto
Championships0
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
165 0 0 2 0 466

Jurgen van den Goorbergh (born 29 December 1969) is a Dutch former professional motorcycle road racer also known as The Flying Dutchman.[1] 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.[2] 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 2 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 10 races. At the end of season he made his best result in Australian Grand Prix, finished on 5th 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 6th 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 Jurgen competed in Dakar again, this time with a buggy and did not finish. In 2010 Jurgen has competed in several events and is preparing himself for the 2011 Dakar - again with a buggy.

Motorcycle Grand Prix career results[1]

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

  1. 1 2 "Jurgen van den Goorbergh statistics". motogp.com. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "Jurgen van den Goorbergh". vdgoorbergh.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
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