Attakwas Extreme Turns 20 – Shorter, Faster Route Set to Shatter Records in 2026 | The Newspaper

Attakwas Extreme Route Tweaks Likely to Produce Faster Hell of the South in January 2026 - Dis-Chem Living Fit

The 20th anniversary edition of the Momentum Medical Scheme Attakwas Extreme, presented by Biogen, will challenge mountain bikers with an infamously tough course from the Klein Karoo to Great Brak on the coast, but the tweaked route may well prove faster. A return to the original approach to the Attakwaskloof removes two rocky climbs,

Attakwas Extreme Turns 20 – Shorter, Faster Route Set to Shatter Records in 2026 | The Newspaper

The toughest single-day mountain bike race in South Africa is celebrating its 20th birthday with a birthday gift to riders: a slightly kinder, definitely quicker course for the 2026 Momentum Medical Scheme Attakwas Extreme, presented by Biogen. Still nicknamed the “Hell of the South”, the iconic January suffer-fest from the Klein Karoo to the Garden Route coast will be 120 km long (down from 124 km) with 2 650 m of climbing (250 m less than 2025…