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Destination of the BMW Motorrad International GS Trophy 2020 revealed: Kia Ora – Welcome to New Zealand!
Fri Feb 01 10:00:00 CET 2019 Press Release
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Roy Oliemuller
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“Destination Paradise” might easily be the motto of the seventh
edition of the BMW Motorrad International GS Trophy which will hit
ground in early 2020. Last night at 7 pm CET BMW Motorrad revealed
that the next Int. GS Trophy will take place in New Zealand – just
another dream destination for most adventure riders worldwide. The
participating nations now face a busy time, hosting their qualifiers
and selecting their teams for this exciting and unique global
adventure competition. 18 international teams, plus, as in the 2016
and 2018 editions, an international female contingent will be selected
during the next months.
Confirmed teams for 2020:
Australia
China
Female Team(s)
France
India
Italy
Japan
Latin America
Malaysia/Philippines
Mexico
Middle East
Nordic (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland)
North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt)
Russia
South Africa
South Korea
Thailand
UK
USA
BMW Motorrad International GS Trophy 2020
Oceania.
After the long days on the vast Mongolian
Steppe of the 2018 Central Asia edition, New Zealand is going to
provide a very different riding environment and experience for the
qualifying GS riders, as Ralf Rodepeter, Head of Marketing and Product
Management BMW Motorrad explains: “After Tunisia, Southern Africa,
Patagonia, Canada, Thailand and most recently Mongolia, BMW Motorrad
were again looking for a location that offers perfect ‘GS terrain’.
Lots of legal off-road kilometres are required, with demanding route
profiles, passing through fascinating landscapes and with plenty of
exotic flair. New Zealand is a perfect fit on those terms. The variety
of astounding landscapes from sea to volcanoes to high-altitude
mountains, combined with the most beautiful vegetation and the rich
Maori culture provide the perfect setting for what we think will be
one of the most exciting Int. GS Trophies ever held.
About New Zealand.
New Zealand is located 1500
km east of Australia, in the Southern Ocean. There are two main
islands, North and South, plus a multitude of smaller islands around
the coastline. The combined landmass is approximately 270,000 sq km,
which is slightly larger than say the UK, yet the population is just
4.9 million compared to the UK’s 66 million.
Taking into account New Zealand’s significant urban populations
in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch this makes for a very
sparsely populated countryside and many regions of New Zealand can be
termed wilderness.
Geologically, New Zealand is positioned over the Pacific and
Indo-Australian tectonic plates so this leads to the presence of many
(active) volcanoes, geothermal regions plus an alpine mountain range
that reaches higher than 3700 metres. Seismic activity occurs periodically.
Positioned so remotely, much of New Zealand’s flora and fauna
have evolved in isolation over millennia so are unique to this
country. This includes the Kiwi bird, NZ’s national icon, which
quietly forages under the dense canopy of the island’s native forests
– which in turn are thousands of years old (with Kauri, Rimu and
Totara trees which in days past were valued for boat and house
building but today, like the Kiwi, are protected species).
The variation in the landscape is startling and the riders can
expect to experience everything from forests to deserts to mountains
probably all on the same day. Visiting in the antipodean summertime
temperatures should be similar to that of central Europe in August.
New Zealand is also rich in culture and that of the indigenous
Maori people – with strong principles of community and stunning arts
and crafts – is particularly unique and valued.
About the Intl. GS Trophy.
The International GS
Trophy is a celebration of the spirit of the BMW GS motorcycle,
bringing together those elements of leisure, adventure and challenge
that this bike engenders. The New Zealand 2020 event is the seventh
edition of the International GS Trophy, the previous editions took
place in Central Asia (Mongolia) in 2018, South East Asia (Thailand)
in 2016, North America (Canada) in 2014, South America (Chile,
Argentina) in 2012, South Africa (SA, Swaziland, Mozambique) in 2010
and North Africa (Tunisia) in 2008. This edition will see 19 teams
– maybe even 20 – competing, meaning 54-57 riders, from around the world.
The event is not a race but a team competition, pitching the
GS-riding international contingent against each other in a series of
challenges – and not all involve riding. With the competitors camped
nightly in a bivouac, the event also fosters a sense of brotherhood,
sisterhood and camaraderie. Equally the GS Trophy is a celebration of
culture and nature, the riders learning about and understanding the
peoples and the terrains of the regions they encounter. So the
successful team will be respectful of the environment, skillful and
sympathetic with their machinery and understanding of team-mates.
Follow the event.
In forthcoming press releases
BMW Motorrad will provide details on the GS motorcycles that will be
used, the equipment the participants will receive to help them through
the event, and more information on the participating countries and
teams selected.
During the event BMW Motorrad will provide a multi-channel media
experience, with outputs ranging from social media feeds to regular
written press releases to professionally shot and edited video
synopses of each day, full details of which will be released closer to
the time. For now you can find out more about the event and the teams
at the dedicated website
gstrophy.com.
You will find press material on BMW motorcycles and BMW Motorrad
rider equipment in the BMW Group PressClub at www.press.bmwgroup.com.
In case of queries, please contact:
Liane Drews, Communications BMW Motorrad
Tel.: +49 170-227-2147, Liane.Drews@bmw.de
Tim Diehl-Thiele, Head of Communications BMW Motorrad
Tel.: +49 151-601-57505, Tim.Diehl-Thiele@bmw.de
Internet: www.press.bmw.de
E-mail: presse@bmw.de
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