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Since 2008, BMW Motorrad held the International GS Trophy every two years, thus offering BMW GS riders the chance to take part in a sporting competition that involved both on and off bike challenges. In 2014, the competition will be making its northern hemisphere debut, taking place in Canada.
16 teams comprising riders from 18 nations will be battling it out in September over the course of 9 days in Western Canada in what BMW Motorrad is calling ‘GS riders’ Olympics’. Since I said Western Canada in the previous sentence, you probably already figured out that the course will go through the Rocky Mountains, to be more exact, it’s spread out between Vancouver and Calgary.
So far, teams from 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 have confirmed their presence.
"It's fantastic that the GS Trophy is coming to Canada in 2014. We already entered a team back in 2010 and 2012. And after South Africa, Canada is the second country to run GS Challenges on the east and west coast at national level since as long ago as 2007. Now we're really looking forward to September 2014 when we'll be able to introduce participants to a small part of our country and give them the best possible impression of Canada with carefully selected routes and challenges,” said Head of BMW Motorrad Canada Norm Wells.
So far, teams from 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 have confirmed their presence.
"It's fantastic that the GS Trophy is coming to Canada in 2014. We already entered a team back in 2010 and 2012. And after South Africa, Canada is the second country to run GS Challenges on the east and west coast at national level since as long ago as 2007. Now we're really looking forward to September 2014 when we'll be able to introduce participants to a small part of our country and give them the best possible impression of Canada with carefully selected routes and challenges,” said Head of BMW Motorrad Canada Norm Wells.
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