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World MX: Back In The Winning Game In Germany

20 July 2008

In 2007 I made myself a promise – Visit Germany for the Motocross Grand Prix sometime soon. In 2008, when I made the choice to attend all but two Grands Prix, this vow became a reality. In a way I dreaded visiting Germany for personal reasons, but at the same time, I was terribly excited. You see, of the Grand Prix tracks in Germany, Gaildorf and Teutschenthal, this year would be at Teutschenthal in what once used to be the old East Germany. I grew up with the inevitable stories of the post-World War split, or Volkstrennung as the Germans call it, and my first, and frankly only, sign of that after leaving Berlin Tegel airport was a small series of signs on the E51 motorway towards Halle where the old border used to be.