# Sylvain Geboers

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. 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. Although he was often overshadowed by his ČZ and Suzuki teammate, Joël Robert, he was a respected competitor known as a sand track specialist. 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.
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. 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. As team manager, he guided Eric Geboers, Georges Jobé, Greg Albertyn, Donny Schmit, Mickaël Pichon, Steve Ramon and Stefan Everts to world championships. A

## 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 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | Pos | Pts |
| Year | Class | Team | 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 | Pos | Pts |
| 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 |
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