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TransMadeira 2024 - Day 1 - An Amateur Guide to Race one of the Hardest Races in the World! Video The first day set the stage for all of us and gave us an insight into what the rest of the week would look like.

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It is unquestionably one of the world's hardest races, and that's before any unexpected encounters with a razor-toothed reptile. Next race: September 16-23, 2017. 2. Yak Attack, Himalayas

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The Toughest Mountain Bike Race in the World In Kyrgyzstan, determined riders persevere through blizzards, lack of sleep, and disintegrating shoes. by Yam G-Jun July 15, 2022

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2. Iron Bike - Italy. Iron Bike claims to be the world's hardest mountain bike race and the numbers back this up - eight days, 700km and 26,000m of elevation. It has a high attrition rate

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Gee Atherton. Red Bull Hardline returned to its regular September spot in 2022 with a downhill mountain bike course that once again set the bar higher than it's ever been before. It wasn't just

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Yak Attack, Nepal. Altitude, temperature extremes, harsh living conditions, and very tough terrain make the Yak Attack one of the hardest mountain bike races around. Taking place in the mighty Himalayas, comprising of eight days, covering 280km, and with a total altitude gain of over 9,000 meters, this race throws every obstacle under the sun

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8 days, 50k feet of climbing, and 402 miles of trail—the Cape Epic is one hell of a mountain bike race. But as the 2023 winner, Christopher Blevins, will tel

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Because the annual Park City Point-to-Point endurance mountain bike race isn't just a long day of riding at max capacity. It's 75 miles of singletrack with 12,000 feet of climbing at elevations

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An 8 day adventure through the Western Cape region in South Africa, the Cape Epic has forged a name for itself as one of the hardest mountain bike challenges you can take on. The race is undertaken in pairs (up to 1300 riders), with both needing to finish the 700km and 15,000m of accumulated climbing.

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Red Bull Hardline riders confirmed and the course is primed for one of the toughest downhill mountain bike races in the world (Image credit: Sven Martin / Red Bull Content Pool) Riders have been announced for the 2021 iteration of Red Bull Hardline, one of the hardest and most unique downhill races.

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The Mongolia Bike Challenge sponsored by Orbea is earning the reputation as one of the world's toughest mountain bike events. The 1200km, 10 stage race takes riders through some breath taking scenery that is far removed from civilization and is devoid of tourist visits. The 2011 edition of the race took place in August through a remote rugged

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Introducing the Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race. Listed by Rodale as one of the 12 hardest races in the world, it is located in North America's highest city, Leadville, CO. Riders test their mental fortitude and physical fitness as they climb Colorado's two highest peaks, Mt. Elbert and Mt. Massive. At the start of the race, there are

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Often described as the toughest mountain bike stage race in the world (and one of the hardest athlete events in general), La Ruta consists of three days of cross-country racing across Central America. Dip your wheel in the Pacific Ocean, pedal several hundred kilometers and up more than 30,000ft.

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Here is the story of the week - from practise to podium celebrations - in pictures. Rewatch the whole of Red Bull Hardline 2021 in the player below: The hardest course in downhill mountain

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Canadian becomes youngest-ever winner of world's toughest downhill race. Rising Canadian downhill star Jackson Goldstone became the youngest-ever winner of Red Bull Hardline as the 18-year-old dominated the world's toughest downhill course to win the race in Wales by more than six seconds over local riders Joe Smith and Taylor Vernon. Here is all you need to know: - Goldstone might only be

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The world's toughest downhill mountain bike race, Red Bull Hardline, just got tougher with brand new, challenging features sculpted by this year's trail crew. In the wake of the UCI Downhill World Cup Championships, many of the elite riders won't be heading home to rest and recuperate but will instead be bound for the Dyfi Valley, ready to tackle the 2022 Red Bull Hardline track designed

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Race Across America - United States. 2 of 9. Another race that boasts to be the toughest, RAAM totals 3,000 miles point to point from Oceanside, California to Annapolis, Maryland. That's about 1,000 miles longer than the Tour de France, and the winners often do it in half the number of days compared to the Tour's three-week trek.

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This is all part of what it's like to tackle hardest mountain bike races on the planet. We're not talking about elite events here like the Tour de France or the Downhill World Cup. Instead, we've focused on the toughest endurance mountain bike races around - that you can sign up for right now. 1: Yukon Arctic Ultra, Canada ».

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The three-week race starts Saturday, paradoxically in the Italian region of Tuscany. ... one of the three grand tours of cycling. He then went on to win the 2020 and 2021 Tours de France, first by

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Rich Payne is in Scotland to take on one of the world's hardest 24hr mountain bike races: the Strathpuffer! 17hrs of darkness, snow, rain, cold & misery amid

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The Breck Epic is a 6-day mountain bike race which takes place in the picturesque Breckenridge, Colorado every year. The race is roughly 240 miles long (386 kms) with each stage 28-46 miles long

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Unbound Gravel (Dirty Kanza XL) When: June 3, 2023. The Americans are renowned for going big and the Dirty Kanza XL is no exception. The invitation-only race is a 350-mile (563km) gravel grinder

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The first half of the race saw six cars nose-to-tail at the front of the field as Verstappen led Norris, Piastri, Sainz, Russell, Hamilton and Leclerc, who made three places on the opening lap.

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Iron Bike claims to be the world's hardest mountain bike race and the numbers back this up - eight days, 700km and 26,000 metres of elevation. It has a high attrition rate, with only 50% of