True, this event is an adventure, rather than a race. Google translation gives:
"Together with the Berlin Wall and the Nikolaikirchhof in Leipzig, the inner-German border ( 1,378 km in length) is perhaps the most historically significant patch of earth in the German postwar period. What kind of ideas does it trigger when you go over ground in complete freedom (after all, the GST has only a minimum of dependencies), which was mined just a few years ago and where more than 1,000 people died because they wanted to flee to freedom ? What kind of feeling does impressive nature leave behind when you know what kind of political framework it was just a few years ago? One thing is certain: this tour does not follow just one route, this trail does not just challenge your legs. But we would not be mountain bikers if we did not make driving demands on the terrain to be driven: the former German-German border strip is the longest green strip in Germany. It offers plenty of variety: starts at the sea, leads along rivers and climbs low mountain ranges. Also, this green area is the maximum of loneliness (prairie, width), which can be seen in Germany over a longer distance."
and
"The Landmark Trophy is not a race for many reasons:
1. A race is a race is a race: a ranking destroys solidarity among the riders, it promotes the use of money and the temptation to manipulate ...
2. We want to go with us and not mutate into a "race organizer"!
3. How do you want to design a 1,300 km route "cheating-free"?
4. After this kind of challenge, who needs an award ceremony with a sponsor's banner to be the winner?"