Jurgen van den Goorbergh


Jurgen van den Goorbergh is a Dutch former professional motorcycle road racer also known as The Flying Dutchman.

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 and in 2001, he raced for the 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

Races by year

YearClassTeamMachine1234567891011121314151617PtsPosWins
1991250ccVD Goorbergh-ApriliaRSV250JPN
AUS
USA
SPA
ITA
GER
AUT
EUR
NED
FRA
18		GBR
RSM
14		CZE
18		VDM
MAL
237th0
1992250ccVD Goorbergh-ApriliaRSV250JPN
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		223rd0
1993250ccVD Goorbergh-ApriliaRSV250AUS
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		132nd0
1994250ccVD Goorbergh-ApriliaRSV250AUS
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		2417th0
1995250ccMaxell Team Global-HondaRS250AUS
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		5012th0
1996250ccMQP Racing-HondaRS250MAL
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		5611th0
1997500ccMillar MQP-HondaNSR500VMAL
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		2919th0
1998500ccDee Cee Jeans-HondaNSR500VJPN
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		4015th0
1999500ccMuZ-WeberMuz 500MAL
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		4016th0
2000500ccTSR-HondaNSR500VRSA
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		8513th0
2001500ccRoberts-ProtonKR3JPN
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		6513th0
2002MotoGPKanemoto-HondaNSR500JPN
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		6013th0
2005MotoGPKonica Minolta-HondaRC211VSPA
POR
CHN
6		FRA
14		ITA
CAT
NED
USA
GBR
GER
CZE
JPN
MAL
QAT
AUS
TUR
VAL
1220th0