2018 Global Champions League teams unveiled

The new season 2018 of the Longines Global Champions Tour and Global Champions League is about to kick off, with both the individual and team events scheduled from March 22nd to 25th in Mexico City.
The Global Champions League teams have been revealed, featuring the biggest names in the sport of show jumping.
During an intense off-season period team owners and managers have been battling to sign up star strikers and talented youngsters to boost their firepower for this third edition. 
This year’s line-up sees 90% of athletes (excluding the U25 competitors) ranked in the top 250 in the world, including 25 out of the top 30 riders. And 25% of the total athletes taking part in the Global Championd League this season are aged U25.
This year a guaranteed overall season prize purse of €35 million will be paid out to the world’s best individual and team riders. This includes €12 million to be shared at the spectacular new Play Offs in Prague in December from 13th-16th.
With 19 teams competing throughout the 2018 season, only 16 will qualify for the GCL Super Cup at the Prague Play Offs. 
Strategy will be more important than ever, as teams decide which rider and horse combinations to field at the different events on the circuit.
This year team riders will start consecutively, one after the other, quickly showing fans the total team result.
Fans around the world will be able to watch all the sporting drama unfold on the official GC TV live streaming platform. In the meanwhile, here below is the full team list:
MIAMI CELTICS: Denis Lynch, Shane Breen, Jessica Springsteen, Cameron Hanley, Michael Duffy
SHANGHAI SWANS: Daniel Deusser, Pius Schwizer, Shane Sweetnam, Pedro Veniss, Alexandra Thornton
MADRID IN MOTION: Maikel van der Vleuten, Marc Houtzager, Eric van der Vleuten, Eduardo Alvarez Aznar, Michael Duffy
HAMBURG GIANTS: Renè Lopez, Christian Rhomberg, Cindy van der Sraten, Sameh El Dahan, Emil Hallundbaeck
ST TROPEZ PIRATES: Edwina Tops-Alexander, Pieter Devos, Wout-Jan van der Schans, Athina Onassi, Laura Klaphake
CANNES STARS: Jane Richard Philips, Sergio Alvarez Moya, Piergiorgio Bucci, Karel Cox, Daniel Coyle
CASCAIS CHARM: John Whitaker, Rolf-Goran Bengtsson, Luiz Felipe de Azevedo Filho, Mathilda Carlsson, Philip Houston
PARIS PANTHERS: Kent Farrington, Darragh Kenny, Gregory Wathelet, Nayel Nassar, Jennifer Gates
MONACO ACES: Simon Delestre, Jerome Guery, Julien Epaillard, Romain Duguet, Jeanne Sadran
CHANTILLY PEGASUS: Roger-Yves Bost, Dayro Arroyave, Carlos Lopez, Sadri Fegaier, Mègane Moissonnier
BERLIN EAGLES: Ludger Beerbaum, Kamal Bahamdan, Philipp Weishaupt, Christian Kukuk, Ben Asselin
LONDON KNIGHTS: Ben Maher, Martin Fuchs, Olivier Philippaerts, Nicola Philippaerts, Emily Moffitt
VALKENSWAARD UNITED: Marcus Ehning, Bertram Allen, Alberto Zorzi, Jur Vrieling, Maurice Tebbel
ROME GLADIATORS: Laura Kraut, Lorenzo De Luca, Marlon Modolo Zanotelli, Abdel Said, Constant van Paesschen
DOHA FURSAN QATAR: Sheikh Ali Bin Khalid Al Thani, Bassem Hassan Mohammed, Michael Whitaker, Rashid Towaim Ali Al Marri, Hamad Ali Mohamed A Al Attiyah
PRAGUE LIONS: Niels Bruynseels, Holger Wulschner, Ales Opatrny,Gerco Schrider, Anna Kellnerova
SCANDINAVIAN VIKINGS: Christian Ahlmann, Josè Maria Larocca, Geir Gulliksen, Leopold van Asten, Evelina Tovek
NEW YORK EMPIRE: Georgina Bloomberg, Scott Brash, Cian O’Connor, David Will, Lillie Keenan
MONTREAL DIAMONDS: Harrie Smolders, Danielle Goldstein, Eric Lamaze, Mark McAuley, Jos Verlooy.
Press Release Longines Global Champions Tour
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