Jurgen van den Goorbergh

Template:Infobox Former Grand Prix motorcycle rider Template:Dutch name Jurgen van den Goorbergh (born December 12, 1969 in Breda, Netherlands) is a Dutch motorcycle road racer also known as The Flying Dutchman.

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. From 2003 to 2005, van den Goorbergh raced in the Supersport class. 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.

Motorcycle Grand Prix career results

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Pts
1991	250cc	Aprilia	JPN	AUS	USA	SPA	ITA	GER	AUT	EUR	NED	FRA 18	GBR	RSM 14	CZE 18	VDM	MAL			37th	2
1992	250cc	Aprilia	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					23rd	2
1993	250cc	Aprilia	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				32nd	1
1994	250cc	Aprilia	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				17th	24
1995	250cc	Honda	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					12th	50
1996	250cc	Honda	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			11th	56
1997	500cc	Honda	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			19th	29
1998	500cc	Honda	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				15th	40
1999	500cc	MuZ	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		16th	40
2000	500cc	TSR-Honda	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		13th	85
2001	500cc	Proton	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		13th	65
2002	MotoGP	Honda	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		13th	60
2005	MotoGP	Honda	SPA	POR	CHN 6	FRA 14	ITA	CAT	NED	USA	GBR	GER	CZE	JPN	MAL	QAT	AUS	TUR	VAL	20th	12