Jurgen van den Goorbergh

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Jurgen van den Goorbergh
Nationality	Dutch
Grand Prix motorcycle racing career
Active years	1991 - 2002, 2005
Teams	MuZ, Modenas, Kanemoto
Grands Prix	165
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Career points	466
Pole positions	2
Fastest laps	0
First Grand Prix	1991 250cc French Grand Prix
Last Grand Prix	2005 MotoGP French Grand Prix

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 plans to enter the Dakar Rally in 2008.