Ben van den Bogaart

Ben van den Bogaart, born on 24 September 1989, is a Dutch sidecarcross rider who competes as the passenger in a sidecar outfit, working beside the driver on the same machine. He was Sidecarcross World Champion in 2013 and 2014 as passenger to the Belgian driver Ben Adriaenssen, and the honours list of his article also records world titles in 2016, 2018 and 2025. He made his world championship debut in 2008 with Kristof Santermans, rode with fellow Dutchman Etienne Bax in 2010 and 2011, a pairing that took the Dutch national title in both years, and later partnered Jason van Daele and Jan Hendrickx. The 2013 championship came with seven Grand Prix wins from fourteen rounds and a 97 point margin over Bax.