Donncha Cuttriss has a job to finish. 2019 he struggled with his tubeless setup in the Sahara desert and had to scratch. This time he will start at Irun for the Iberica Traversa and continue with the Morocco-BikeAdventure at Tangier.
finishing at: Sidi Ifni
what’s your experiences: Trans Am Bike Race, Race Across America (RAAM), Morocco-BikeAdventure, Race Around Ireland (RAI)
your goal: Enjoy
photo: in the Sahara desert near the Algerian border
Have you ever been in the Sahara desert? Do you know the Rif mountains?
The Morocco-BikeAdventure piste route is definitely not for bikepacking beginners. Navigation skills are a must not to get lost. If you are used to cycling from petrol station to petrol station shop, this is not for you. It’s a real challenging adventure!
For the first time we offer the opportunity Irun Spain to Sidi Ifni Morocco, 2 races in one.
“Happy New Year! If interested in an incredible bikepacking adventure for 2021 I highly recommend the Morocco Bike Adventure on 9 October. Its a great adventure for anyone and also a serious test for any competitive racer who can hold it together physically and mentally for a few weeks, the time which it will take to finish the 3000 km of the optional long route. The route combines a diverse range of incredible scenery and surfaces including shifting desert sands, rough piste and gravel. Strategy, logistics, planning, adaptability and resilience will be needed as riders will be seriously isolated with few and meagre options for resupply in rural Morocco where on occasions you may only find a few packet of wafer biscuits and tins of tuna. Andi Buchs has put years of work into this race and has divised a route which is simply breathtaking. The best thing is that this event doesn’t attract too many entrants so participants can mostly enjoy the route and experience as if out there on her/his own. However, when you do meet another participant on the course its just beautiful.”
Checkpoint two for the second edition of the #moroccobikeadventure 2021 will be at Erg Chebbi – the pink colour sand dunes located between the town of Merzouga and the Algerian border.
Photo : Steffen Streich – The first finisher of Morocco Bike-Adventure 2019.
He is an Ultra endurance bicycle racer, living on Lesvos island, Greece. Steffen participated and won many ultra endurance bikepacking events including the inaugural 7400km NorthCape-Tarifa.com bike adventure – the longest road bikepacking event!
His solo sprint of 757 km, 12,512 vertical climbing into the finish line in Tarifa in 44 hours, is an impressive example of human mind and body working together for hours and days back to back making and incredible Victory. True grit!
This place experience at the moment 60 degrees celsius as soon the sun is up. Unpossible to stay outside. And people living there don’t own airconditionings.
