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Goldstar, which he managed with impressive strength. A year later he was representing
Belgium at the team world championship that were run at Hawkstone
Park. They finished second at this Moto Cross des Nations, which was Geboers
first big breakthrough. With this impressive ride Matchless offered the young
Belgian support for the 1965 season when Sylvain yet again was a member of the
Belgian 500-team coming home as silver men at the MCdN.
For 1966 Sylvain Geboers had ties with the Swedish performance tuner Lindström,
who contracted the Belgian to race in the half-litre championship. Lindström
had close ties with Husqvarna and it was these 2-stroke machines that were
turned around according to Lindström’s technical knowhow. Sylvain returned
the favours by clinching his first WC points when he finished third in the Danish
Grand Prix. This rendered him his initial four career points. But the season was a
big disappointment and did not result in any further points. He came 16th in the