Doha: With the Longines Global Champions Tour of Doha just two weeks away, tension is mounting for those star riders preparing for the final crucial round of the season.
The CSI5* Doha event which will take place from November 13 to 15 offers some of the biggest prize money in the sport, and this year over €1.7m is on the table, including the record €1m end of season bonus of which the lion’s share goes to the 2014 Championship winner.
Over three days of world-class competition at the state-of-the-art Al Shaqab stadium, Olympic, World and Continental Champions will push each other to the limit chasing the ultimate prize - the title of Champion of Champions and a potential total payout of nearly €450,000 if they are able to land both the Grand Prix and the Championship together. Only one of three megastars of the sport could achieve this.
British and World No1 Scott Brash managed to do the double last year on his lucrative 28th birthday and he is in a great position to defend his title in 2014, but he has stiff competition in the form of former Olympic Champion Ludger Beerbaum of Germany and former European Champion Rolf-Göran Bengtsson of Sweden, who both currently sit ahead of 3rd-placed Brash in the Championship Ranking. On November 15, the eagerly anticipated €450,000 Doha Grand Prix will sort the best from the rest and one of these three great sportsmen will be named as the 2014 Championship victor.
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