When asked about the Hell’s Gate race in Italy champion trial biker, Andreas Littenbechler, simply replied “ah fuck – don’t talk about Hell’s Gate.” The race is now into its second decade as one of the hardest on the Motocross calendar and in that time it’s claimed many victims.
Graham Jarvis, who won in 2013, called it the hardest race of the season and it’s not hard to see why. In fact it’s virtually impossible to finish without outside help. Having struggled through four hours of intense rockfields and technical riding, the Devil’s Gate culminates fittingly at the Devil’s Peak, a climb so hard that spectators spend most of their time winching bikes and their riders up to the finish.