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jurgen van den goorbergh
 jurgen van den goorbergh netherlands dutch
jurgen van den goorbergh

jurgen van den goorbergh -lrb- born 12 december 1969 in breda , netherlands -rrb- is a dutch motorcycle road racer also known as `` the flying dutchman '' .
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 .
