2016 Momentum Health Attakwas Extreme, presented by Biogen, champion and mountain biking legend Karl Platt has confirmed that he will be returning for the 2018 #HellOfTheSouth as he builds up form ahead of the Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by…
As South Africa gears down for the annual summer holidays the country’s mountain bikers ramp up their training ahead of the infamously tough Momentum Health Attakwas Extreme, presented by Biogen. Taking place on Saturday the 20th of January 2018 the…
Warren Williams, Biogen’s Sponsorship and Events Manager (and an avid mountain biker himself), suggests the following approach to ultra-endurance nutrition for the Momentum Health Attakwas Extreme, presented by Biogen: “Attakwas is known as an extremely tough mountain bike race, the…
The Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge, South Africa’s most prestigious one-day mountain bike race, has received a significant boost with the announcement that Momentum Health and Biogen are the new title and presenting sponsors respectively. The 121km race, which will hold…
Words & Photos by Craig Kolesky. These are the words we hear hanging out at the finish of what most say is the toughest 1 day race in SA… and in my opinion the Fairview Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge is…
The 2017 Fairview Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge was live Tweeted by Oliver Munnik and the Dryland Events Management media team, but before we could put together a compilation post of all the Tweets from the day Dennis Nathrass posted the…
Jade de Hutton has done so many Dryland Event Management events in the last six months that she's practically part of the team. In 2016 she rode her first Fairview Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge and wrote about the experience for…
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…
Denmark’s multiple mountain bike world champion, Annika Langvad (Specialized) beat off a strong field to win the Fairview Attakwa Extreme MTB Challenge in a new women’s record time in South Africa on Saturday. It was Langvad’s debut appearance at the…
After a short hiatus, two of global mountain biking’s most successful competitors will revive their rivalry at the Fairview Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge in South Africa on Saturday. Germany’s Karl Platt (Team Bulls) and Switzerland’s Christoph Sauser (Investec-Songo-Specialized) top the…
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…
The Momentum Health Attakwas Extreme, presented by Biogen, is undoubtedly a daunting event to undertake but by keeping a few things in mind you can complete the 121km route from Chandelier Game and Ostrich Show Farm, through the Attakwaskloof, to…