Friday 27 December 2013

BMW GS Trophy


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.