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The Russian hitchhiking club [[Saint Petersburg Autostop League|PASL]] is currently organizing the first [http://transglobal-race.org/ ''TransGlobal Autostop Race''], a world-wide contest of [[competitive autostop]].
The final race is planned to take off in August 2012. Before, two qualification rounds are planned. During all stages, the ''global race competition rules'' are applied.
The first round should consist of a min. 5000 km of hitchhiking, preferably through the country of the local hitchhiking club organizing it. Also, a minimum of ten checkpoints and six teams participating is recommended. Some checkpoints exist (far) off the road, asking participants certain skills in ''sport orienteering'' & ''navigation'' through unknown territory. If not enough teams are to be found, it is possible to participate in another club's qualification round.
The [[Baltic states|Baltics]] are having their qualification rounds in early autumn 2011.
===Russia===
Between August 7 and 23, 2011, the first national selection round took place in [[Russia]]. Six teams participated in the event, representing four different hitchhiking clubs of Russia:
* 2 teams – Petersburg AutoStop League ('''[[Saint Petersburg Autostop League|PASL]]''')
* 2 teams – Moscow Team of Competitive Hitchhiking ('''MKSA''')
* 1 team – Nizhny Novgorod Hitchhiking Club ('''NiKA''')
* 1 team – Hitchhiking Masters Guild ('''GMA''')
Winning team was MKSA2 (Igor Gefenider & Juliana Mikhailova), second NiKA10 (Alexander Medov & Irina Kanteeva), third PASL4 ([[Alexey Vorov]] & Tatyana Ovchinnikova).
For detailed results of the teams and the route through (Western)-Russia, check the [http://transglobal-race.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24&Itemid=21&lang=en route] {{en}} and the [http://transglobal-race.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25%3A2011-08-09-10-33-07&catid=1&Itemid=22&lang=en time results] {{ru}}.
The final route will be announced no earlier than three days prior to the start of the race. Though hitchhiking of freight traffic (airplanes & ships as well) is allowed, to cross the two big oceans it is planned to use casual air transport. The race will be probably split up in several stages to a maximum of seven to ten days per stage, with rest days inbetween. Also, there are defined rest times per team for during the race that have to be conducted.
===Sponsorship & Media===On July 7, 2011, [[Saint Petersburg Autostop League|PASL]] hold their first press conference in [[St. Petersburg]]. Media coverage within [[Russia]] is already established, as well as sponsorship by a well-known Russian tourist agency.
===Links===
* [http://transglobal-race.org/ Website] of the TransGlobal Autostop Race {{ru}} ({{en}} coming soon)
* [http://www.zeit.de/2010/47/Interview-Worow Interview] {{de}} with PASL founder [[Alexey Vorov]] about their intentions of setting up the ''world championships''
