From SX US to MXGP!

Edited Date/Time 5/14/2016 3:40pm
Guess which French rider will race Trentino GP this week end ? Wink

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Cedric Soubeyras?
5/13/2016 1:08pm
Motofinne wrote:
Cedric Soubeyras?
Yup.

Found a ride with JK racing. That has to be nice for someone that has spend all the money he put aside in the last few years to try one full SX season and then he find a bike for MXGP. Woohoo
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Motofinne wrote:
Cedric Soubeyras?
Yup. Found a ride with JK racing. That has to be nice for someone that has spend all the money he put aside in the last...
Yup.

Found a ride with JK racing. That has to be nice for someone that has spend all the money he put aside in the last few years to try one full SX season and then he find a bike for MXGP. Woohoo
Good for him! He did pretty good in his first SX season, btw how old is he?

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5/13/2016 1:17pm
Motofinne wrote:
Good for him! He did pretty good in his first SX season, btw how old is he?
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5/13/2016 1:22pm
I'm surprised he didn't get a ride for outdoors with those good results he had in sx. Good luck to mxgp!
5/13/2016 1:24pm
Motofinne wrote:
Cedric Soubeyras?
Yup. Found a ride with JK racing. That has to be nice for someone that has spend all the money he put aside in the last...
Yup.

Found a ride with JK racing. That has to be nice for someone that has spend all the money he put aside in the last few years to try one full SX season and then he find a bike for MXGP. Woohoo
Many criticise the lack or rather no prize money in the GP's, why didn't Soub stay over in the US and do the Nationals?
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Many criticise the lack or rather no prize money in the GP's, why didn't Soub stay over in the US and do the Nationals?
My guess would be ran out of pocket money and he didn't get a good team offer. I read in an interview where he said somthing along the lines of " if someone pays me to ride a bike I will do it, I don't care where in the world it is "
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5/13/2016 1:38pm
Lets speculate more. Shouldn't Cedric have some offers from 250 SX teams in 2017 after these rides this year?
5/14/2016 2:56am
Many criticise the lack or rather no prize money in the GP's, why didn't Soub stay over in the US and do the Nationals?
Rowlands wrote:
My guess would be ran out of pocket money and he didn't get a good team offer. I read in an interview where he said somthing...
My guess would be ran out of pocket money and he didn't get a good team offer. I read in an interview where he said somthing along the lines of " if someone pays me to ride a bike I will do it, I don't care where in the world it is "
So he's getting a salary that outweighs prize money and the whole privateer life in the US?
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5/14/2016 3:10am Edited Date/Time 5/14/2016 3:14am
Just getting any ride nowadays is like winning the lottery when you find out how much it costs to self fund a season of racing professional SX/MX. Happy for him. So many talents out there are falling through the cracks now with the cost of doing a season of racing at the highest level.
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Many criticise the lack or rather no prize money in the GP's, why didn't Soub stay over in the US and do the Nationals?
Rowlands wrote:
My guess would be ran out of pocket money and he didn't get a good team offer. I read in an interview where he said somthing...
My guess would be ran out of pocket money and he didn't get a good team offer. I read in an interview where he said somthing along the lines of " if someone pays me to ride a bike I will do it, I don't care where in the world it is "
So he's getting a salary that outweighs prize money and the whole privateer life in the US?
I don't know his salary as I stated I am only guessing. How is he meant to fund a private ride when he has no money to his name ?
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5/14/2016 4:19am
Motofinne wrote:
Cedric Soubeyras?
Yup. Found a ride with JK racing. That has to be nice for someone that has spend all the money he put aside in the last...
Yup.

Found a ride with JK racing. That has to be nice for someone that has spend all the money he put aside in the last few years to try one full SX season and then he find a bike for MXGP. Woohoo
Nothing surprising about this, for people that have knowledge of the sport outside their own back yard.

Cedric seems to fit the description of 'Journeyman Racer' - like so many throughout the years. Prepared to race wherever, and whenever, to make a living and, then, willing to back himself in non paying ventures, that may lead to paying ones. . There are still, quite a few blokes around doing this, especially throughout Europe.

My first awakening to him, was with his campaigning a 250 2t in the GPs a few years ago - it got him quite a following, and, deservedly so. I daresay he put in a lot of years before that, in his journey through the sport.

Good on him - I hope he continues to do well, and goes further in his sport. It's not only about the few big earners, that exist throughout the wide World of MX .

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5/14/2016 6:25am
Motofinne wrote:
Lets speculate more. Shouldn't Cedric have some offers from 250 SX teams in 2017 after these rides this year?
He did okay for his first try at US SX but his finishes were not the greatest.

12th in points with finishes of 12, 13, 9, 10, 21, 10, 14.

That may get the attention of some of the lesser teams but not the established ones.
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5/14/2016 10:41am
Motofinne wrote:
Lets speculate more. Shouldn't Cedric have some offers from 250 SX teams in 2017 after these rides this year?
DownSouth wrote:
He did okay for his first try at US SX but his finishes were not the greatest. 12th in points with finishes of 12, 13, 9...
He did okay for his first try at US SX but his finishes were not the greatest.

12th in points with finishes of 12, 13, 9, 10, 21, 10, 14.

That may get the attention of some of the lesser teams but not the established ones.
Traders Racing or Cycle Trader would probably be interested. Or one of the lesser Yamaha teams. (Barn Pros etc.)
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5/14/2016 12:57pm
Gives more interest in watching the Grand Prix's with our adopted Supercross racers......
Cedric Soubeyras and Paul Coates.
Paul Coates grew up racing the amateurs here in the US, He's also raced the Outdoor
Nationals. The last couple of years he's been racing Supercross races in Europe,
The Grand Prix's in the MX1 class.
It's unfortunate that both riders won't be racing the AMA Outdoor Nationals.
Cedric qualified 25th in the MXGP class in Trentino
Paul qualified 30th in the MX2 class in Trentino
Good Luck to the both of you tomorrow, we'll be watching on CBS.



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5/14/2016 3:40pm
So he's getting a salary that outweighs prize money and the whole privateer life in the US?
The "prize" money here is not nearly enough to fund a season on your own.

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