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Husqvarna star Swanepoel off to Erzberg

Star Husqvarna Motorcycles South Africa off road and enduro racer Brett Swanepoel heads to Austria for perhaps the most exciting ride of his life when he lines up for the Erzberg Rodeo extreme enduro as part of the official Husqvarna race team 15-18 June. 
 
Erzberg is the first of three international extreme races planned for Pepson Plastics Husqvarna SA Off Road team rider Swanepoel, with the Romaniacs in Romania and Lesotho’s Roof of Africa to follow, but Brett is ready and set for the week ahead in the Austrian mine pit. “Husqvarna Motorcycles SA has given me an incredible opportunity by securing full factory squad support for both Erzberg and Romaniacs this year,” Brett pointed out. 

“Not only does this mean that I get full technical support so vital at these international extreme enduro events, but I also get to spend time with Husqvarna factory riders the likes of Graham Jarvis, Billy Bolt and Corton Haaker, which will prove an incredible learning opportunity and which I am sure will also prove a thoroughly motivational exercise for me.”
 
“Brett has proven that he is an extremely talented extreme rider at the Roof of Africa over the past few years,” Husqvarna Motorcycles South Africa brand manager Fred Fensham explained. “This allows him and us to showcase the immense talent we have in South Africa on the international stage.”

Regarded as the toughest dirtbike race on earth, only the fastest 500 riders out of the more than 1500 who start the prologue will qualify for the technically most demanding final, with riders setting off into the pit known as the Iron Giant in waves of 50 at a time, starting with the fastest 50 riders out of the prologue.

Man and machine is then put to the most extreme of tests across gnarly terrain that most would not be able to walk across, with riders required to pass 20 checkpoints in four hours before the chequered flag flies. Results are then calculated by the riders’ last checkpoint passed and in order of their times through that point of a route designed to be most difficult to cross.


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Issued on behalf of Husqvarna Off Road

What:Erzberg Rodeo Preview
Where:Erzberg, Austria
When:15-18 June
Community:Husqvarna Motorcycles Off Road Team

For further information please contact fred@husqvarna-motorcycles.co.za

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