Jaak van Velthoven

Jaak van Velthoven, born in 1951 in Lommel, Belgium, is a Belgian former professional motocross racer who competed in the FIM Motocross World Championships from 1969 to 1985. He stood well over six feet tall and was known as Long tall Jaak. He won five Grand Prix races and never a world title, with a best result of third in the 500cc championship in 1973, but he was a three-time Belgian national champion and a member of four winning Belgian teams at the Motocross des Nations. He helped Yamaha develop a single-shock rear suspension and later imported KTM motorcycles into Belgium.