Eric Verhagen

Eric Verhagen, born on 21 February 1964, is a retired Dutch sidecarcross passenger and a two-time World Champion. Throughout his career he rode as passenger to the driver Eimbert Timmermans, and every one of their successes came together. The pair won the Dutch national championship in 1986, 1989, 1990 and 1992. They entered the sidecarcross world championship for the first time in 1986 and finished sixteenth; by 1988 they were fifth and had won their first race at the Dutch Grand Prix. They took the world title in 1991 and repeated it in 1992. Verhagen and Timmermans both retired from competition after the 1992 season.