Sylvain Geboers

Sylvain Geboers
Nationality	Belgian
Born	28 March 1945 (1945-03-28) (age 79) Mol, Belgium
Motocross career
Years active	1964-1966, 1968-1975
Teams	ČZ, Suzuki
Wins	13

Sylvain Geboers (born 28 March 1945) is a Belgian former professional motocross racer and motocross racing team manager. He competed in the Motocross World Championships between 1964 and 1975. After his racing career, he served as the longtime racing team manager for the Suzuki motocross team.

Motocross career

Geboers was born in Mol, Belgium. ^[1] He was one of the top motocross racers of the late 1960s and early 1970s, finishing in the top three of the F.I.M. 250cc motocross World Championships for five consecutive years from 1968 to 1972. ^[2] Although he was often overshadowed by his ČZ and Suzuki teammate, Joël Robert, he was a respected competitor known as a sand track specialist. ^{[1] [3]} In the 1969 250cc World Championship, Geboers actually scored more points overall than did Robert, but falls victim to FIM scoring rules which only recognized the top seven of twelve results. The scoring rules would be changed in 1977. He led the Belgian team to victory as the top individual points scorer at the 1970 and 1971 Trophée des Nations events. ^{[4] [5]}

Geboers played an integral role in the introduction of the sport of motocross in the United States by participating in the fledgling AMA Trans-AMA Motocross Series. The championship was an international series established by the American Motorcyclist Association as a pilot event to help establish motocross in the United States. He won the 1971 Trans-AMA motocross series championship. ^{[6] [7]} Geboers was also a multi-time Motocross des Nations and Trophee des Nations champion.

After retiring from professional racing in 1977, Geboers managed Suzuki's European motocross team until 2016 when, he turned over his duties to Stefan Everts. ^{[3] [8]} As team manager, he guided Eric Geboers, Georges Jobé, Greg Albertyn, Donny Schmit, Mickaël Pichon, Steve Ramon and Stefan Everts to world championships. A ^[3]

Motocross Grand Prix Results

Points system from 1952 to 1968:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	8	6	4	3	2	1

Points system from 1969 to 1980:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

(Results in italics indicate overall winner)

Year	Class	Team	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		Pos	Pts
			R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1964	500cc	Métisse	CH -	CH -	AUT -	AUT -	DEN -	DEN -	SWE -	SWE -	NED -	NED -	FRA -	FRA -	ITA -	ITA -	URS -	URS -	CZE -	CZE -	BEL 4	BEL -	LUX -	LUX -	GER -	GER -	GDR -	GDR -	ESP -	ESP -	-	0
1965	500cc	Matchless	AUT 6	AUT -	CH -	CH -	FRA 6	FRA -	FIN -	FIN -	SWE 12	SWE 15	GDR -	GDR -	CZE -	CZE -	USR -	USR -	UK 8	UK -	ITA -	ITA -	GER -	GER -	NED -	NED -	LUX -	LUX -			-	0
1966	500cc	Lindstrom	CH 10	CH 15	AUT 13	AUT 11	ITA -	ITA -	DEN 3	DEN 3	SWE -	SWE 6	FIN -	FIN -	GDR -	GDR -	CZE -	CZE -	USR -	USR -	UK 16	UK -	NED 7	NED -	BEL 8	BEL -	LUX -	LUX -	GER -	GER -	17th	4
1968	250cc	ČZ	ESP 5	ESP 5	BEL 2	BEL 2	CZE 5	CZE 4	FRA 5	FRA 3	NED 3	NED 6	GER 14	GER -	LUX 10	LUX 7	POL 2	POL 4	USR -	USR -	YUG 3	YUG 3	FIN -	FIN -	SWE -	SWE -	UK -	UK -	AUT 3	AUT 4	3rd	31
1969	250cc	ČZ	ESP 10	ESP 2	CH 2	CH 2	YUG 2	YUG 3	CZE 1	CZE 1	POL 3	POL 2	GER 6	GER 3	NED 1	NED 2	FRA 5	FRA 2	UK 1	UK 3	SWE 1	SWE 1	FIN 2	FIN -	USR 3	USR -					2nd	96
1970	250cc	Suzuki	ESP 2	ESP 3	FRA 12	FRA 2	BEL 2	BEL 1	YUG 5	YUG 2	ITA 3	ITA 1	USR 1	USR 1	POL 1	POL 1	UK 2	UK -	FIN -	FIN 4	GDR 1	GDR 1	CH -	CH 2	AUT 3	AUT -					2nd	94
1971	250cc	Suzuki	ESP -	ESP -	CH -	CH -	POL 12	POL 8	GER -	GER -	YUG 2	YUG 2	ITA -	ITA -	NED 2	NED 1	GDR 3	GDR 2	FIN 1	FIN 1	SWE -	SWE -	UK 2	UK 2	AUT -	AUT -					3rd	66
1972	250cc	Suzuki	ESP 2	ESP 1	FRA -	FRA -	NED 2	NED 3	CZE 1	CZE 5	YUG 2	YUG 3	GER 8	GER 3	POL 2	POL -	USR 3	USR -	FIN 1	FIN 1	SWE -	SWE -	UK 3	UK -	CH -	CH -					3rd	62
1973	250cc	Suzuki	ESP -	ESP -	ITA -	ITA -	BEL -	BEL -	CH -	CH -	POL -	POL -	YUG -	YUG -	FRA -	FRA -	FIN -	FIN -	USR -	USR -	SWE 6	SWE 6	AUT -	AUT -							22nd	10
1974	250cc	Suzuki	ESP -	ESP 7	ITA -	ITA -	CZE -	CZE -	POL 5	POL -	YUG -	YUG -	UK -	UK -	GER 3	GER 8	NED 1	NED 2	FIN -	FIN -	SWE -	SWE -	CH 8	CH -							11th	53
1975	250cc	Husqvarna	ESP 4	ESP -	AUT -	AUT -	BEL -	BEL -	CZE -	CZE -	POL 7	POL -	YUG -	YUG 10	GER -	GER -	UK -	UK -	FRA -	FRA -	SWE -	SWE -	FIN -	FIN -	CH -	CH -					21st	13
Sources: [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

References

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