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How Good Is Toby Price?
« on: January 19, 2015, 08:16:43 am »
for a bloke who was flat out in bed last year with a busted back, 3rd on the podium for his first Dakar is pretty good. I think he will have put them all on notice for next year...

congrats to the Pavey's as well for a well deserved finish

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Re: How Good Is Toby Price?
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2015, 09:01:35 am »
It's huge + dont forget winning his class at the six-days and finishing second outright
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Re: How Good Is Toby Price?
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2015, 10:06:49 am »
From Wikipedia

2004-2008

Price began his professional career in Australia in 2004, aged 16. After winning two Australian junior titles in 2003 he was signed by Kawasaki Australia. Injuries kept him from competing for much of this time.

2009

Riding for Kawasaki, he won the Australian Off-Road Championship in his first year of competition. He was awarded the Australian Dirt Bike magazine Rookie of the Year title.

Chosen to ride for Australia in the 2009 Enduro in Portugal, Price was the fastest under-23 years rider and was 14th in the world.

2010

Riding for KTM, Price won most of the major Australian Off-Road titles of 2010: AORC, Finke (on first attempt), Hattah (on first attempt), A4DE.

2011

Except for a fuel mishap in round one of the 2011 AORC, and a mechanical failure in the Finke Desert Race, Price again won most of the major off-road races in Australia. He won rounds 2, 3 and 4 of the AORC, Hattah and the A4DE. A mid-season injury put him out of the AORC title chase, leaving him in ninth place overall.

Selected for the Australian team to compete in the 2011 International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) competition in Finland from 8 to 13 August, Price finished fourth in the E2 class of the ISDE and eighth overall, making him the highest finishing Australian.

2012

Price took first place Pro Class Melbourne Enduro-X and won the Finke Desert Race and Hattah Desert Race He also won AORC, the first time it had been won from the E3 class, winning eight of the ten rounds, and finishing second in the other two.

He was selected for the Australian team to compete in the 2012 International Six Days Enduro competition in Germany from 24 to 29 September, leading the Australian team to second place in the world. After the first couple of days, Price was leading the E3 class and was fifth overall, despite a bent front wheel from the first day. Near the halfway mark of the event, he suffered broken ribs in an incident. He continued despite the injuries, finishing second in the E3 class and tenth overall.

Two weeks after returning from the ISDE, Price won the E3 class in the A4DE, coming second overall, still riding with broken ribs.

2013

Riding for KTM, Price won rounds 2, 3 and 4 of the AORC, leading the E3 class and Outright.

While in California riding for KTM America in the AMA Hare and Hound National Championship in April, Price was involved in a crash, breaking three bones in his neck, and his thumb. After a major operation to repair his neck, Price was unable to ride until September. Following intensive rehabilitation, he returned to America and joined the KTM America team (though not riding) for the November Baja 1000 in which his teammate Kurt Caselli was killed.

Price's first major race after the broken neck was the December Red Bull Day In The Dirt in California, where he came second.

2014

Price won round 1 of the AORC, but suffered a crash that put him out of round 2. Less than a month later, still suffering the effects of the crash, he came second in rounds 3 and 4. He placed first in rounds 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11, becoming the only rider to win the AORC four times.

In June, he won the Finke Desert race for the third time, followed by the Hattah Desert Race again in July.

He won all three rounds of the Western Australian Desert Tri-Series, the Kumarina 500 in June, Doorawarrah 500 in July and Indee 500 in August.

Trying International Cross-country Rallying for the first time, Price showed his versatility by gaining 8th place in the Morocco Rally.

In November, he won the E3 class at the International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) in Argentina, coming second overall by 45 seconds, after 6 days' racing. Returning to California for the Red Bull Day In The Dirt, Price took out first place for 2014.

2015

In his debut attempt at the Dakar Rally, Price achieved a win in Stage 12, and finished in third place overall.
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Re: How Good Is Toby Price?
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2015, 10:38:04 am »
for a bloke who was flat out in bed last year with a busted back,

This rehab cost him an extra $$'s,with the motorcycle community chipping in an extra 80K.
its a good community we have..  8)

Outstanding podium !!
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Re: How Good Is Toby Price?
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2015, 10:55:25 am »
He certainly has a very impressive resume' and plenty of guts. Oi Oi Oi
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Re: How Good Is Toby Price?
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2015, 06:29:52 pm »
No bout a doubt it, he will be a major international rider for aus over the next 5 years or so. very impressive work!

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Re: How Good Is Toby Price?
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2015, 12:41:38 am »
Dakar has moved base with Marc Coma retiring onto Dakar Organising crew.

More odds for Aussies  8)  8)
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Re: How Good Is Toby Price?
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2015, 08:39:21 am »
price has excused himself from the 6 days team to focus on desert racing....Dakar ride here we come...

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Re: How Good Is Toby Price?
« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2015, 09:23:23 am »
Thats a shame it's dam hard to replace some one like Toby on the team.

Side note his old Mechanic now runs the Trunky Pub and has lots of cool stories over a beer.
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Re: How Good Is Toby Price?
« Reply #9 on: July 04, 2015, 09:28:44 am »
I hope im right, it was a classic over the tellingbone snippet...

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Re: How Good Is Toby Price?
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2015, 03:41:58 am »
Hey, what about Matt Phillips?

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Re: How Good Is Toby Price?
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2015, 09:27:50 am »
and Stefan Granquist @ 12th ... in the blood  :)

and Tayla Jones 34th..  :)
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Re: How Good Is Toby Price?
« Reply #12 on: July 10, 2015, 09:46:14 am »
Price signs to ride Dakar on factory KTM still hopes he rides the six days
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