KTM’s connection to Erzberg runs deep. From the very first edition in 1995, when just 120 riders lined up, to today’s global spectacle featuring over 1,300 entrants fighting for one of 500 places on the main race start line, the event has grown into a true festival of offroad racing. Each year, more than 43,000 fans descend on what’s known as the Iron Giant to witness the chaos unfold. The format is simple, but unforgiving. Two days of flat-out Iron Road Prologue runs decide who earns a place in Sunday’s main event. Then, the Erzbergrodeo Hare Scramble: 35 kilometers of relentless climbs, rock gardens, and legendary sections that push riders and machines up to and beyond their limits. With a strict four-hour time limit and 27 checkpoints to pass, fewer than five percent of riders will ultimately reach the finish. In 2025, just 14 riders made it to the end. And yet, this is where KTM dominates.