Sven Verbrugge

Sven Verbrugge, born in Schoten on 21 August 1967, is a retired Belgian sidecarcross passenger who won the Sidecarcross World Championship three times, in 2005, 2006 and 2011. He began racing motocross in 1983 in the 125 cc solo class and became a sidecarcross passenger in 1986. He first entered the world championship in 1993 as the passenger of his countryman Gunther Gooverts, and over a career of more than twenty years he raced with a series of drivers, most often Daniel Willemsen, with whom he finished second overall in 2000 and 2001 and later took world titles. He also won the Belgian title four times, the Dutch title twice and the German title once, and he returned to the world championship after a first retirement in 2006.