If we can say that the Attakwas Extreme puts a line in the sand for the 2020 endurance mountain bike season, then we can see that Matt Beers and Jennie Stenerhag have shown their cards and made their mark. The pair overcame formidable elite fields to win the Momentum Health Attakwas Extreme presented by Biogen. […]
Attakwas Extreme to open 2020 South African MTB season
The attention of the endurance mountain bike world turns to South Africa for the first three months of each year. It isn’t just the Cape Epic that brings in a big crowd, but it’s the top marathon events and shorter stage races as well. They make a group of racing where riders can test themselves […]
Hometown heroes shine at 2019 Attakwas Extreme
Pyga Euro Steel’s Matthys Beukes has been crowned Momentum Health Attakwas Extreme presented by Biogen Champion for the second consecutive time. In the elite women’s category, 46-year old Yolande de Villiers (Team Altes Landhaus powered by Madmacs Kawasaki) stormed to victory to become the oldest winner of the country’s “toughest one day mountain bike race.” The event doubles as […]
Beukes and Lüthi claim Attakwas accolades
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It’s January, and the cycling world is not just waking up but starting to fire on all cylinders. With two Australian National XCO races, a UCI S1 stage race with the Snow Bike Festival, and the first race in the UCI XCM Series – 2018 is off to a flying start. This past weekend, a […]
All eyes to the Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge
Related Event: Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge - UCI XCM Series
The 2018 South African mountain biking season gets underway in a few short days, on the 20th of January, at the traditional season opener: the Momentum Health Attakwas Extreme, presented by Biogen. The one hundred and twenty one kilometre ultra-marathon – from Chandelier, near Oudtshoorn, to Pine Creek, in Great Brak River – has once […]
Sauser and Langvad claim 2017 Attakwas titles
Related Event: Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge - UCI XCM Series
Swiss mountain bike racing legend, Christoph Sauser didn’t only mark his return from retirement at the Fairview Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge in South Africa on Saturday, he won the gruelling 121km race after the most incredible comeback following a mechanical delay early on. The 40-year-old Investec-Songo-Specialized rider clocked a winning time of 04 hours 50 […]
Lüthi has here eyes set on Attakwas crown
Related Event: Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge - UCI XCM Series
Five-time winner Ariane Lüthi (Team Spur) is eager to reclaim the Fairview Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge title that she won consecutively from 2011–2015. But the Swiss marathon champion will be up against the strongest field ever assembled at Saturday’s 121km point-to-point race, which is considered among the toughest one-day races in South Africa. A crash […]
Star Studded Line-Up for the Fairview Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge
Related Event: Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge - UCI XCM Series
South Africa’s traditional season opener, the Fairview Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge, takes place on Saturday the 21st of January. Along with a stellar field of local challengers, a number of European mountain biking stars are set to line-up for the 2017 edition. The race’s newly acquired UCI Status and its formidable reputation as the Hell […]
Fairview Attakwas Extreme – a pictorial review
South Africa lead the way in National XCM Series’ having a well publicised and well-attended series each year. Given South Africa’s pull on European MTB professionals for summer training – the racing is pretty hot, literally and figuratively. And the Fairview Attakwas Extreme was no exception. Zoon Cronje just sent through his highlights from the […]