Jurgen van den Goorbergh

Jurgen van den Goorbergh
Nationality	Dutch
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1991 - 2002, 2005 First race 1991 250cc French Grand Prix Last race 2005 Moto GP French Grand Prix Team(s) MuZ, Team Roberts, Kanemoto Championships 0 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 165 0 0 2 0 466

In this Dutch name, the surname is van den Goorbergh, not Goorbergh.

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 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

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

External links

• Jurgen van den Goorbergh at MotoGP.com
• Jurgen van den Goorbergh at WorldSBK.com
• Jurgen van den Goorbergh web site