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GS Trophy 2014 - Day 7 : TEAM CEEU CROWNED 2014 INTERNATIONAL GS TROPHY CHAMPIONS

After seven days and well over 2,300 kilometres of tough riding interspersed with 20 special stages, Team Central and Eastern Europe (CEEU) were deserving winners of the 2014 GS Trophy, having led the competition from the very first day and won many specials, as well as both photo competitions.



The team of Wojciech Zambrzycki, Maciej Gryczewski and Karel Rahcek dominated this year's competition that finished in the same place as it started – at the Kananaskis resort in Ex Shaw, west of Calgary. They finished with 276 points, 49 ahead of South Africa in second place, while Team France came in third with 198 points.



Today's final day, dubbed the “coming home ride”, by Chief Instructor Tomm Wolf, was a celebration of the Canadian Rockies, with scenic and deserted gravel roads initially taking participants across picturesque mountain passes, before the splendid paved road network brought them back north back into Alberta and all the way to the finish line at Stoney Nakoda. 



And just like every other day, there were several specials thrown in for good measure, including an early morning 'car pull' in sub-zero temperatures and using a vintage Dodge; a 'bear turn' team relay special deep in the forest; and a trials-based 'Final Skills Challenge' back at base camp that even include blindfolded riding.

A final dinner by a roaring campfire included a prize-giving ceremony where all 16 teams received awards for participation. As GS Trophy organiser Michael Trammer put it: “All the teams are winners in my opinion. It doesn't matter if you don't finish among the top teams because we have all become one big team together.”

This was a view shared by Head of BMW Motorrad Marketing Ralf Rodepeter, who added: “It was a great experience here in Canada, from the bikes to the landscapes to the competitors and all the team working hard behind the scenes to make it happen. When you see that all the GS bikes are perfectly ok after more than 2,000 kilometres of the toughest riding imaginable, then it's really impressive. It's also great to see how a bike like the GS is unifying these people from all over the world who came to Canada to ride the GS Trophy.”



The final word went to Vice President of BMW Motorrad Sales and Marketing Heiner Faust, who added: “I don't know of any other event like the GS Trophy. You really can't compare one Trophy to another because they have all been fantastic events in their own way. The whole idea behind the Trophy is to go to a different nation every two years, and the riding and scenery have been stunning here in Canada. We are all here together, but a much wider GS community has been following online, making the GS Trophy the most important event for us in terms of media coverage. Every GS Trophy is for sure a hard act to follow and we certainly raised the bar high with this 2014 edition.”



BMW Motorrad GS Trophy 2014 
Final standings:
1 CEEU 276pts 
2 South Africa 227 
3 France 198
4 Argentina 182 
5 USA 174
6 Team Alps 160
7 Russia 158
7 Latin America 158
9 Canada 153
10 Team UK 142
11 Germany 136
12 Mexico 125 
13 Korea 124
14 Japan 120 
15 Brazil 117
16 Italy 116

MotoGP : Márquez quinzième suite à sa première erreur de l'année / Marquez crashes chasing Rossi and finishes 15th

Le leader du Championnat du Monde a admis avoir commis une erreur à l'origine de sa chute dans le dixième tour à Misano mais s'est dit satisfait du reste de sa course.

Tombé dans le virage de Rio, Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda) a perdu tout espoir de s'imposer à Misano dès le dixième des vingt-huit tours du Grand Prix TIM de Saint-Marin et de la Riviera di Rimini. Le leader du Championnat du Monde MotoGP™ est tout de même parvenu à relancer son RC213V pour repartir en vingtième position et aller chercher le point de la quinzième place. 

Au final, le Champion du Monde en titre dispose encore de 74 points d'avance sur son coéquipier Dani Pedrosa, troisième de la course, et a préféré retenir le fait qu'il se soit de nouveau montré compétitif plutôt que de s'attarder sur son erreur.

« Hier je ne pensais pas pouvoir suivre Valentino et Jorge et je suis donc assez content de la façon dont la journée s'est passée, même si je suis tombé en ayant commis ma première erreur de l'année, » a affirmé Márquez. « Ils avaient un peu plus de rythme et aujourd'hui nous étions assez proches d'eux. »

« Je voyais qu'il était possible de nous battre pour la victoire avec Valentino. Au final ça n'a pas été possible à cause de cette erreur. Je suis passé sur la partie intérieure des vibreurs et j'ai perdu l'avant. J'ai heureusement pu reprendre la course, continuer avec un bon rythme et marquer un point qui nous servira peut-être plus tard. »

World Championship leader Marc Marquez made an uncharacteristic error on lap ten of the Misano race and lost the front end at Rio corner, costing him a chance to fight for the win.

Marquez was able to restart but only managed to climb back to 15^th and take one Championship point.

After a promising start, Marquez steadily progressed up to second, after battling with Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi. However, as Marquez pushed to try and stay with race leader Rossi, he made a small mistake and lost the front at turn four at a fairly low speed, with the bike spinning out. He was able to pick the bike up but had trouble getting it started again. The race marshals arrived and managed to bump start him, but by this point the pack had disappeared.

The runaway standings leader pushed hard to catch the back markers and was able to match the lap times being set by the front runners, but the distance was too great.

Marquez maintains his lead in the World Championship, but the gap is now decreased to 74 points over second placed Dani Pedrosa, who finished third in the race.

Looking at things from a positive perspective Marquez said, “I’m happy with how today went, despite the crash due to my first mistake of the season, because yesterday I did not think that I would be capable of sticking with Valentino and Jorge. They had a little bit more pace, and today we were able to get fairly close to them.”

“I saw the possibility of fighting with Valentino for the victory, but that was not possible in the end because of the mistake; I was riding over the inside of the rumble strip and that meant that I lost the front. Luckily I was able to rejoin the race, continue with a good pace and score a point that could always come in handy in the future.”

Moto GP : Rossi règne à nouveau sur Misano / Rossi claims first win of 2014 as Marquez crashes

Valentino Rossi a renoué avec la victoire en s’imposant en solitaire chez lui au Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, devant son coéquipier Jorge Lorenzo et Dani Pedrosa. Tombé en début de course, Marc Márquez a fini quinzième.

Vainqueur pour la première fois à Misano depuis 2009, Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) a remporté une sensationnelle victoire au Grand Prix TIM de Saint-Marin et de la Riviera di Rimini, sa première de l’année, et est le premier pilote de l’histoire du Championnat du Monde à dépasser un total de 5000 points sur l’ensemble de sa carrière.

L’Italien a commencé par doubler son coéquipier Jorge Lorenzo, auteur de la pole position, pour mener dès le début de la course et a ensuite répondu aux attaques de Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda) alors que Lorenzo, seul pilote à avoir choisi le pneu avant dur, recalait en troisième position. 

La chute de Márquez dans le dixième tour, alors que le Champion du Monde en titre était lancé à la poursuite de Rossi, a été le tournant de la course et a permis à Rossi de se retrouver seul en tête avec deux secondes d’avance sur Lorenzo. L’Italien a maintenu un rythme suffisamment élevé pour entretenir son avance et a franchi la ligne d’arrivée 1.578s avant Lorenzo tandis que Márquez, reparti vingtième après sa chute, est remonté jusqu’à la quinzième place.

Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) a pris la troisième place suite à un long duel avec Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) tandis que Andrea Iannone (Pramac Racing) renforçait la présence italienne dans le Top 5 en finissant à six secondes de son compatriote.

Pol Espargaró (Monster Yamaha Tech3), Bradley Smith, Álvaro Bautista (GO&FUN Honda Gresini) et Yonny Hernández (Energy T.I. Pramac Racing) complétaient le Top 10 à l’arrivée. 

Karel Abraham (Cardio AB Motoracing) était le premier pilote de la catégorie Open suite à l’abandon d’Aleix Espargaró (NGM Forward Racing) et devançait Hiroshi Aoyama (Drive M7 Aspar), Scott Redding (GO&FUN Honda Gresini) ainsi que le pilote local Alex de Angelis (NGM Forward Racing). 

Mike di Meglio (Avintia Blusens) est tombé dans le premier tour et s’est fracturé les 4e et 5e métacarpien de la main gauche. L’ancien Champion du Monde 125cc devra vraisemblablement être opéré à son retour en France.

Malgré sa chute, Márquez, vainqueur à onze reprises en treize courses cette année, conserve respectivement 74, 75 et 112 points d’avance sur Pedrosa, Rossi et Lorenzo.

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The home crowd went wild at Misano on Sunday as Valentino Rossi took his first victory since Assen last year, with Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa also on the podium, whilst Marc Marquez finished 15^th after a crash.

Nine time World Champion Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) took the lead in the early laps after getting in front of pole man Lorenzo and then asserting his authority in an early battle with Marquez. On the 10th lap Marquez went down at Rio corner when in second place and whilst he restarted his RC213V he could not achieve more than a solitary point.

Rossi kept the hammer down at the front to eventually win by 1.578s and reach the milestone of 5000 Grand Prix points in style. It is the 107^th victory of Rossi’s remarkable career.

Lorenzo rode with determination to take another podium result and finished in second place for the fourth successive race.

Coming from fifth on the grid, Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) took his ninth podium finish of the season in third place, crossing the line 1.234s ahead of the hard working Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team).

It was another good ride for Dovizioso in front of the home crowd as he got the Ducati across the finish line 5.5s behind winner Rossi. Likewise, Andrea Iannone (Pramac Racing) impressed in fifth place with another solid result.

Rookie Pol Espargaro (Monster Yamaha Tech3) rode well again to secure sixth place, 4.1s ahead of his teammate Bradley Smith.

Alvaro Bautista (GO&FUN Honda Gresini), Cal Crutchlow (Ducati Team) and Yonny Hernandez (Energy T.I. Pramac Racing) completed the top ten.

Mike Di Meglio (Avintia Racing) was an early crasher, as was Danilo Petrucci (Octo IodaRacing Team). Di Meglio suffered a displaced fracture of the fourth and fifth metacarpus of his left hand and will require surgery. Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda MotoGP) also fell out of the top ten. Aleix Espargaro (NGM Forward Racing) crashed on the final lap. All the riders other than Di Meglio were uninjured.