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were competing against fatigue. And that is perhaps why the final results were so close.
Team Germany had done enough to protect its men ' s lead, while Team Europe kept its composure when the women ' s title came down to the final challenge.
The 2026 GS Trophy therefore ended in much the same way it began: not with the fastest rider standing alone at the finish, but with groups of riders helping each other through terrain that would have been difficult enough to tackle individually. For BMW, that is the essence of the GS Trophy. For the 30 riders who spent six days crossing Romania ' s Carpathians, it was simply six days of exceptionally hard riding – and an experience unlikely to be forgotten anytime soon. TRAVERSE
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