{{Short description|Dutch sidecross rider}} {{Infobox motorcycle rider | name = Tiny Janssen | image = | caption = | nationality = {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Netherlands | birth_place = | birth_date = | Current team = | Bike number = | website = | SA Active years = 1987 - 1991 | SA Manufacturers = | SA Championships = (1) 1990 | SA Last season = 1991 | SA Last position = 6th | SA Race Starts = | SA Race Wins = 5 | SA Podiums = 8 | SA Poles = | SA Fastest laps = | SA Total Points = 342 }} '''Tiny Janssen''' is a retired Dutch sidecarcross rider and the 1990 World Champion, which he won on a Honda-EML alongside driver Benny Janssen.<ref name="John" >[http://www.thejohndaveypages.org/CV/XXX/CV_XXX_P_Janssen_T.htm Tiny Janssen Sidecarcross World championship results] The John Davey Pages, accessed: 17 October 2013</ref><ref>[http://www.sidecarcross.com/ World Champions] sidecarcross.com, accessed: 17 October 2013</ref>

==Biography== Tiny Janssen first entered the Sidecarcross World Championship in 1987 on the side of Karl Mathis, with the pair coming 20th and 16th in 1987 and 1988.<ref name="John" />

In 1989 he raced with Jan Bakens, only competing in two events this season and finishing 17th in the World Championship. the 1990 season saw him initially compete with Bakens again but then switching to become the passenger of Benny Janssen, replacing Frans Geurts van Kessel. The new combination performed well, eventually taking out the World Championship with a 13-point gap from Germans Michael Garhammer and Ralf Haas.<ref name="John" />

The 1991 season saw Janssen compete in the World Championship for the last time, racing only the Dutch Grand Prix, as passenger of Benny Janssen once more.<ref name="John" />

He also took part in the Dutch national championship, racing with Geert Knuiman and Jan Bakens.<ref name="Dutch" >[http://www.thejohndaveypages.org/JD_NA/JD_HOL/JD_HOL_CTables.htm Dutch national championship results 1961 - 2006] The John Davey Pages, accessed: 17 October 2013</ref>

==Honours==

===World Championship=== * Champions: (1) 1990

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.sidecarcross.com/ The World Championship on Sidecarcross.com]

{{s-start}} {{s-sports}} {{succession box| before = Andreas Hüsser | title = Sidecarcross World Champion (passenger) | after = Eric Verhagen | years = 1990}} {{s-end}}

{{Sidecarcross World Champions}}

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