MOTOTOURISM RALLY – MISSION LITHUANIA
Traditionally these two types of mototourism rallies take place in Lithuania:
Ryterna Modul Mototourism Rally (MTR) – is an intellectual, cultural mototourism rally where motorcyclists ride all over Lithuania, visit cultural, historic and heritage places, and get points for solving tasks provided by organizers. The team that collects most points – wins. Traditionally takes place at the end of August.
BMW Mototourism Sprint Vilnius (MTS VLN), Kaunas (MTS KNS) – are rallies of similar format, except that they take place in Vilnius or Kaunas region respectively. Traditionally take place in May and June.
BASIC INFO
- Organized since 2011
- Mission – Unity of Lithuania
- 2016 year motto: Show the way of Lithuania
- Audience: intellectual motorcycle travellers, regional citizens, wide society
- 2016 year number of competitors: 550 (MTR) + 350 (MTS VLN) +150 (MTS KNS) = 1000
- Format: All types of motorcycles are welcome. Team based. Teams comprise 2-5 motorcycles. At rally start every team is provided with a task book. Task book contains a list of trip points (objects). Every team is free to plan its own route. Team visits as many objects as possible within given time-frame, solves required tasks there. The team that collects most points – wins. MTR time-frame is 9 hours, MTS time-frame is 4 hours. In case of MTR teams start at 8 am from ANY location, and finish in 9 hours in Birstonas resort. In case of MTS teams start and finish at MTS Partner (BMW Motorrad) location.
SOCIAL VALUE
- Uniting Lithuania
- Exploring Lithuanian culture and heritage (supported by State Culture and heritage department, State tourism department)
- Safe traffic, road culture (supported by Lithuanian automobile roads directorate under Ministry of Transportation, Lithuanian Police)
- The mission is supported by numerous Lithuanian famous cultural and social leaders
2015 – 2016 year route point themes
Every rally route points are selected according some cultural themes. See below the ones, that were already actualized:
- Grand Duke Vytautas (MTS2015 VLN)
- Music and Lithuanian composer M. K. Oginski (LR Parliament official year 2015 theme) (MTR2015)
- Folk crafts (MTS2016 VLN, KNS)
- Local societies ((LR Parliament official year 2016 theme) (MTR2016)
- President K. Grinius ((LR Parliament official year 2016 themea) (MTR2016)
- Lithuanian literature ((LR Parliament official year 2016 theme) (MTR2016)
Partneriai
Social leaders that support the mission
VALDAS ADAMKUS,
President of Lithuania
DIANA VARNAITĖ,
Director of Cultural heritage department
NIJOLĖ DIRGINČIENĖ,
Major of Birstonas city
ALGIRDAS TOLIATAS,
Lithuanian police chaplain
BENEDIKTAS VANAGAS,
Dakar pilot
DONATAS KATKUS,
chef d’orchestre
JURGIS DIDŽIULIS,
singer
ANTANAS JUKNEVIČIUS,
Dakar pilot
VAIDOTAS ŽALA, Dakar pilot
AIDAS BUBINAS, traveller, journalist
MINDAUGAS SLAPŠYS,
Dakar pilot
AURIMAS TAMAŠAUSKAS,
BMW brand manager in Lithuania
VYTAUTAS GRAŠYS,
Head of Lithuanian road police
Mototourism rally 2016 finish @ Birštonas
Access Token not set. You can generate Access Tokens for your Page or Profile on fb.srizon.com. After generating the access token, insert it on the backend
Access Token not set. You can generate Access Tokens for your Page or Profile on fb.srizon.com. After generating the access token, insert it on the backend
Mototourism sprint 2016 Kaunas start and finish
Access Token not set. You can generate Access Tokens for your Page or Profile on fb.srizon.com. After generating the access token, insert it on the backendMototourism sprint 2016 Vilnius start and finish
Access Token not set. You can generate Access Tokens for your Page or Profile on fb.srizon.com. After generating the access token, insert it on the backend
Access Token not set. You can generate Access Tokens for your Page or Profile on fb.srizon.com. After generating the access token, insert it on the backend