Wearing it around the race villages of other mountain bike races is a badge of honour which sets the riders who have scaled the mountain apart.įor the UCI elite men and women, as well as the competitive age category racers, the event serves up a tough four days. An ascent so testing that the race often uses it on the official t-shirt to commemorate those who conquer the Monster. Then there is the Merino Monster – unquestionably the toughest climb in South African mountain biking. The route is packed with technical single track, including sandstone slab rides in the Witzenberg Valley and trails that bisect rock arches or ducks under overhangs. It is on the bike that the Momentum Medical Scheme Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, really stands out. Next year will mark the race’s eleventh edition and is set to offer overall refinements and improvements to the route and race village to amplify the already world-class experience on and off the bike. In its 10-year history, the event has attracted the highest calibre international riders, including Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, Nino Schurter, Henrique Avancini, Gam Gaze, Simon Andreassen and Anne Terpstra, and local legends like Alan Hatherly, Matt Beers, Philip Buys, Candice Lill and Mariske Strauss. Entries for South Africa’s premier four-day UCI mountain bike stage race, the 2024 Momentum Medical Scheme Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, opened on 5 April 2023 on The 2024 event takes place from 8-11 February and is set to provide a race for the ages, which all avid mountain bikers should experience.
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