Dirt and Trail July 2018 issue 2
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BLE<br />
Leonard van<br />
Greunen<br />
Every two years since 2008 BMW Motorrad has hosted the BMW Motorrad International GS Trophy<br />
that started in deserts of Tunisia. Since then it has been hosted in South Africa in 2010, South America<br />
in 2012, Canada in 2014, Thail<strong>and</strong> in 2016 <strong>and</strong> for <strong>2018</strong> in Mongolia.<br />
The Trophy is an opportunity for the BMW customer to use the GS <strong>and</strong> put their skills to the test<br />
against other top teams selected from around the globe. Each participating country hosts a local GS<br />
Trophy competition to select their best 3 riders to partake in the International GS Trophy.<br />
No professionals. No race license holders. No GS instructors are allowed.<br />
This creates a great opportunity for the average GS owner to be able to participate.<br />
Once you have been selected to represent your country in the International GS Trophy you are not<br />
allowed to go again, thus there will always be new heroes…<br />
Our friend Leonard van Gruenen was invited along with 18 other global ambassadors to marshal this<br />
years event. We wanted the story from a slightly different angle – <strong>and</strong> he told us what it was like…<br />
Pics by Leonard van Greunen <strong>and</strong> Vanessa Blankenagel…<br />
DIRT & TRAIL MAGAZINE JULY <strong>2018</strong> 73
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