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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Flo Clifford

‘It’s the Olympics, it’s the Super Bowl’: Inside the world’s most dangerous bike race

No other bike race in the world is approached by a long hike through the desert, scrambling over rocks and cliffs, following a treacherously narrow path along slick, dusty trails, climbing higher and higher into the desert mountains for a glimpse of the action. But Red Bull Rampage is no ordinary bike race.

“It’s the Olympics, it’s the Super Bowl, it’s whatever you want to call it of mountain biking,” says American rider Luke Whitlock. “This is the ultimate proving ground. To even get to the bottom at Rampage is an incredible feat.”

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