What they said...
Ronnie Lundberg, Team Nordic
“This is our first International GS Trophy since 2010, so it’s great to
be here. We are enjoying every second of it; it’s been great riding on
the beaches and making friends from around the world. The scenery
is amazing. On day one we said, ‘woah, this is the best scenery we’ve
ever seen!’ but our marshal said ‘wait, it gets better’. And he was right,
every day is more magnificent.”
Andrea Padovani, Team Italy
“It’s been a very hard and beautiful spirit riding the GS Trophy, we
are every day riding hard to make our goals. Sometimes it is difficult,
sometimes easy, but we go on and see what each day brings. The
days are hard because we ride for many hours, but we are enjoying
it because the landscape is beautiful – New Zealand is something
amazing, different to all we know.”
Lisa Taylor, Int. Female Team II
“Today was totally beautiful, the mountains were full of green trees
and vegetation, and coming from the desert of Arizona I don’t
often get to see this much green! When we climbed the mountain
to the first special stage the clouds had settled below us and it was
absolutely beautiful. Then as the day progressed we found ourselves
riding along this amazing shoreline, with waves crashing onto the
beach, it was again absolutely beautiful. And through all this beauty
we were riding our bikes, having the greatest time.”
Jorge Osorio, Team Middle East
“What an amazing day! We start with a nice test, very technical. Then
we rode up the mountain pass, we saw massive slopes with waterfalls
and a huge viaduct – and shivered in the falling temperature! The views
were like we’ve never seen before – beautiful. And then we came to
this amazing off-road route where we crossed glacial rivers and were
riding up really technical climbs, it was amazing. And through it all we
got to experience what the Kiwis call ‘four seasons in one day’, we had
the cold, the rain and now the sunshine. Incredible.”
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