Gertie Eggink

Gertie Eggink (born 21 February 1980) is a Dutch sidecarcross rider and the 2010 Sidecarcross World Champion, riding as passenger with Daniël Willemsen.[1]

Gertie Eggink
Nationality Netherlands
Born (1980-10-21) October 21, 1980
Netherlands
Bike number17
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Sidecarcross World Championship
Active years2004 - 2005
2008 - present
ManufacturersZabel-BSU (2005)
Husaberg-VMC(2008)
KTM-VMC (2009)
Zabel-WSP (2010-2011)
Zabel-MEFO (2012)
Zabel-WSP (2013-present)
Championships(1) 2010
2014 championship position10th
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
115 14 20 1,121

Like the Willemsen brothers Daniël and Marcel Eggink hails from Lochem, Gelderland.[2]

Biography

Gertie Eggink started racing in the world championship from 2004 onwards with a variety of riders.[3]

Eggink raced the 2010 season with multiple world champion Daniël Willemsen after the later had an unsuccessful 2009 season, only coming fifth, suffering a broken collar bone that made him miss some races.[4] Eggink raced with Willemsen in 12 of the 14 Grand Prix of the season, winning 14 races and three Grand Prix. In the last two races of the season however Willemsen had to replace Eggink with Dagwin Sabbe as Eggink was advised by his doctor not to race in the final GP's.[5] In a tight season the pair eventually won the world championship by nine points, ahead of defending champions Joris Hendrickx and Kaspars Liepiņš.[3][6] Eggink, after the race in Poland, lost consciousness and, completely exhausted, had to be taken to hospital.[7] Eggink suffered health problems throughout the seasons which were eventually diagnosed as virus in his blood.[8]

In 2011 and 2012 he was racing with Marcel Willemsen, the younger brother of Daniël Willemsen, achieving good results and sitting in the top ten of the competition in 2012 after coming 21st in 2011,[3][9] in a difficult season that saw the Marcel brake three rips and bruise his neck, and saw them suffering financial setbacks through engine trouble.[10]

In the 2013 season he only took part in one event of the GP season, the first race of the Belgian GP, where he, as the passenger of Marcel Willemsen.[11] The pair entered five Grand Prix in 2014 and came 20th overall.

Season by season

The season-by-season results for Gertie Eggink in the world championship:[3][12][13]

Season Passenger Equipment Position Points Races Wins Second Third
2004 Mario Hartmann 52 3 4 — — —
2005 Johan Smit Zabel-BSU 35 16 10 — — —
2008 Thijs Derks Husaberg-VMC 13 158 12 — 1 —
2009 Gerrit van Werven KTM-VMC 16 113 21 — — —
2010 Daniël Willemsen Zabel-WSP 1 481 24 14 1 3
2011 Marcel Willemsen Zabel-WSP 21 58 12 — — —
2012 Marcel Willemsen Zabel-MEFO 8 223 22 — 1 —
2013 Marcel Willemsen Zabel-WSP 39 10 1 — — —
2014 Marcel Willemsen Zabel-WSP 20 59 9 — — —
Overall 2004 - 2014 1,121 115 14 3 3

Honours

World Championship

References
  1. Daniel / Gertie Willemsen / Eggink FIM website, accessed: 23 July 2012
  2. Eggink vindt z'n eigen weg in zijspanwereld (in Dutch) De Stentor, published: 3 October 2008, accessed: 23 July 2012
  3. The World Championship on Sidecarcross.com accessed: 23 July 2012
  4. Team Willemsen website (in Dutch) De Telegraaf article from 6 July 2009, accessed: 14 July 2009
  5. Team Willemsen World champion 2010 Archived 2011-08-08 at the Wayback Machine afam.com, accessed: 23 July 2012
  6. FIM Sidecar Motocross World Championship: Classification 2010 Archived May 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine FIM website, accessed: 23 July 2012
  7. Verzwakte Eggink vreest 'Oekraïne' (in Dutch) De Stentor, published: 11 June 2010, accessed: 23 July 2012
  8. Achtste WK-titel lonkt voor Willemsen (in Dutch) De Stentor, published: 5 September 2010, accessed: 23 July 2012
  9. Eggink verder met Marcel Willemsen (in Dutch) De Stentor, published: 26 October 2010, accessed: 23 July 2012
  10. Gebroken Willemsen mist Grand Prix in Polen (in Dutch) De Stentor, published: 23 June 2011, accessed: 23 July 2012
  11. FIM Sidecar Motocross World Championship: Classification 2013 Archived October 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine FIM website, accessed: 8 October 2013
  12. World Championship standings 1980-2005 The John Davey Pages, accessed: 23 July 2012
  13. Gertie Eggink GP Record The John Davey Pages, accessed: 4 August 2012
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Kaspars Liepiņš		 Sidecarcross World Champion (passenger)
2010		 Succeeded by
Sven Verbrugge
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