Video: Fairview Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge 2017 highlights
Find out what went down at the 2017 Fairview Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge; where Christoph Sauser made a spectacular chase to reel in and overtake Karl Platt and Kristian Hynek to take the title, while Annika Langvad led virtually from line to line to break the women’s course record.
Sauser delivers incredible comeback to win Attakwas
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 men’s lead pack negotiates the dry Karoo roads during the early […]
Langvad smashes Attakwas record on debut
Denmark’s multiple mountain bike world champion, Annika Langvad (Specialized) beat off a strong field to win the Fairview Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge in a new women’s record time in South Africa on Saturday. Annika Langvad (right) and Robyn de Groot lead the women’s front pack during the early stages of the Fairview Attakwas Extreme MTB […]
Sauser and Platt set to revive fierce rivalry at Attakwas
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 high-profile start list for South Africa’s premier one-day race, which covers a distance of 121km […]
The Fairview Attakwas Extreme granted UCI status
South Africa’s premier one-day mountain bike race, the Fairview Attakwas Extreme, has been given a boost for 2017 after being granted International Cycling Union (UCI) status. Photo credit: www.zcmc.co.za. The 121km point-to-point race from the Karoo town of Oudtshoorn to the coastal settlement at Groot Brak Rivier, celebrates its 11th edition on 21 January 2017 […]
R100 000 up for Attakwas-record
The organisers of the Fairview Attakwas Extreme Mountain Bike Challenge has up the ante at the Holy Grail of one day mountain bike races by putting up R100 000 for a new record time of 4 hours and 30 minutes for the 121km marathon. Urs Huber (Team Bulls) holds the current record of 4:47. The […]
Huber crushes record and strong field to win Attakwas
Swiss marathon specialist, Urs Huber (Team Bulls), shattered the course record on his way to winning the Fairview Attakwas Extreme mountain bike marathon near Oudtshoorn, South Africa on Saturday. Karl Platt (Team Bulls) leads the pack with defending champ Christoph Sauser (Specialized Racing) in tow Photo: ZOON CRONJE/NIKON The 28-year-old former Swiss national champion clocked […]