Joris Hendrickx

Joris Hendrickx, born on 2 February 1983, is a Belgian sidecarcross rider and the 2009 World Champion, together with his passenger, the Latvian Kaspars Liepins. He is also a three-time Belgian national sidecarcross champion, in 2008, 2009 and 2010, and the 2013 French and 2015 German champion. He entered the sidecarcross world championship in 2003 with passenger Roger van de Lagemaat, finished fourth in the world championship in 2008 with Liepins, and in 2009 took his first race win and Grand Prix victory at Strassbessenbach as Daniel Willemsen missed races through injury. He came second in 2010, nine points short of defending the title, and in 2012 finished fourth, 83 points behind Willemsen, before announcing his retirement from the world championship at 28 years old.