BMW International GS Trophy 2014
BMW Motorrad has held
its International GS Trophy every two years since 2008, allowing BMW GS riders
from numerous nations to engage in sporting competition on motorcycles and in
other disciplines.
For 2014, the
International GS Trophy 2014 will be held in the northern hemisphere for the
first time, in western Canada, at the beginning of September.
Some 16 teams with
riders from at least 18 nations will spend nine days battling it out at the "GS riders'
Olympic,s enjoying the beauty of the landscape, facing up to the challenges of
the tough outdoors and sharing the legendary GS spirit with new-found friends
and like-minded individuals".
The series started with
five teams in Tunisia in 2008. Two years later more than twice as many teams
lined up to represent their countries in southern Africa, and the third contest
in Chile and Argentina in 2012 saw 15 teams set off on a track of some 2,000
km.
As a result of detailed
enquiries the search for the most beautiful route, impressive locations and
appropriate sporting challenges, the final choice was the provinces of British Columbia
and Alberta in western Canada between Vancouver and Calgary, including crossing
the Rocky Mountains.
Teams from the following
countries have given final confirmation that they will take part, some having
already qualified in national knock-out competitions: Germany, France, Italy,
the UK, Russia, Austria/Switzerland, Central Eastern Europe, the USA, Mexico,
Latin America, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Japan and of course Canada.
While the BMW Motorrad
GS Trophy was previously held using the BMW F 800 GS, participants in Canada
will ride the new R 1200 GS - the first time for a Boxer GS.
