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Template:Infobox Sidecarcross world championship rider Sven Verbrugge (Schoten, 21 August 1967) is a Belgian sidecarcross passenger and double Sidecarcross world champion, winning the title in 2005 and 2006.

Verbrugge started racing motocross in 1983 in the 125 cc solo class before becoming a sidecarcross passenger in 1986. In his career he has raced for over 20 years in the Belgian, Dutch and the world sidecarcross championships. After his second world championship in 2006, Sven retired from the world championship, but felt, according to himselve, "homesick" for the GP circuss and plans to return for the 2008 season alongside his countryman Nicky Pulinx ^[1].

Apart from two world championships, he also won the Belgian title in 1993, 1994

Sidecarcross world championship results

Sven Verbrugge joined the sidecarcross world championship in 1993 as the passenger of his countryman Gunther Gooverts, whom he raced with quite successfully for four seasons. He made his debuet at the French GP in Pernes Les Fontaines on 4 April 1993. He won his first GP in this season in Roggenburg, Switzerland on 15 August 1993. In 1995, an ankle injury prevented him for three month from taking part in most of the season but the year after the pair returned with a sixth place overall finish. After those four sesons, Verbrugge had two lean onces with only four races in 1997 and none in 1998. He raced successfully with two different drivers in 1999, Martin Gölz and Gerton Kops, who finished 12th and 9th overall this season. After a short stint with Peter Steegmans he returned to Daniël Willemsen for a second time and the pair finished second overall in the 2000 and 2001 world championship. In 2002, apart from Willemsen, he also raced with Are Kaurit, with both drivers finishing in the top four. Another second place finish, now with Kristers Serģis, in 2003, when his old partner Willemsen won the championship was followed by a seventh place in 2004. After this, the two drivers, Willemsen and Serģis, swoped partners, with Verbrugge returning to Willemsen for a third time and Kaspars Stupelis joining Serģis instead. This move proved very successful for Verbrugge as he managed to win two world championships with Willemsen. After the second one, Verbrugge left the world championship in 2006, seemingly for good, at the age of 39. After a year away from the GP circuss however, he decided to return, now with his new partner, fellow Belgian Nicky Pulinx.

Season by season

Season	Team	Equipment	Position	Points	Races	Wins	Second	Third
1993	Gunther Gooverts / Sven Verbrugge	KTM-EML	11	182	27	2	—	3
1994	Gunther Gooverts / Sven Verbrugge	KTM-EML	8	135	18	1	2	1
1995	Gunther Gooverts / Sven Verbrugge	KTM-EML	21	27	8	—	—	1
1996	Gunther Gooverts / Sven Verbrugge	KTM-EML	6	155	16	—	3	2
1997	Gert Devoldere / Sven Verbrugge	KTM-EML	23	3	2	—	—	—
1997	Daniël Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge	Zabel-BSU	3	40	2	2	—	—
1999	Martin Gölz / Sven Verbrugge	Zabel-VMC	12	90	20	—	—	—
1999	Gerton Kops / Sven Verbrugge	MTH-EML	9	17	2	—	—	—
2000	Peter Steegmans / Sven Verbrugge	Zabel-EML	21	16	2	—	—	—
2000	Daniël Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge	Zabel-BSU	2	320	22	5	4	7
2001	Daniël Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge	Zabel-BSU	2	377	22	8	5	3
2002	Are Kaurit / Sven Verbrugge	MTH-AYR	4	268	16	—	3	2
2002	Daniël Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge	Zabel-VMC	2	88	4	—	4	—
2003	Kristers Serģis / Sven Verbrugge	MTH-BSU	2	501	26	12	7	1
2004	Kristers Serģis / Sven Verbrugge	MTH-BSU	7	246	12	6	1	2
2004	Frank Hofman / Sven Verbrugge	Zabel-VMC	12	22	2	—	—	—
2005	Daniël Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge	Zabel-VMC	1	478	22	15	4	—
2006	Daniël Willemsen / Sven Verbrugge	Zabel-VMC	1	341	16	13	—	—
2008	Nicky Pulinx / Sven Verbrugge	Zabel-VMC

	Overall 1993 - 2006							—