2020 Stage Race Calendar:
To view the stage races taking place in 2020, take a look at our 2020 Stage Race Calendar.
For your convenience, we have compiled a list of mountain bike stage races taking place in South Africa (and nearby) in 2018. Here you can get an overview of what is happening, and where, so you can start planning your leave, budget, and training to make the most of the multitude of events on offer. Happy riding!
joBerg2c. Photo credit: Em Gatland
January
20 – 21: EuroSteel Drak Descent (Drakensberg) – Event Website
February
3 – 4: Fairtree Capital Simonsberg Contour (Stellenbosch, Western Cape) – Event Website
4 – 10 TransCape MTB (Western Cape) – Event Website
8 – 11: Momentum Health Tankwa Trek presented by Biogen (Ceres, Western Cape) – Event Website
23 – 25: Bridgestone Route 66 MTB Experience (Gauteng) – Event Website
17 – 18: Stanford MTB Classic (Stanford, Western Cape) – Event Website
22 – 25: Knysna Bull (Knysna, Western Cape) – Event Website
March
01 – 04: FedGroup PEPLETT The Tough One + Lite (Eastern Cape) – Event Website
18 – 25: ABSA Cape Epic (Western Cape) – Event Website
22 – 25: 3 Mountains Challenge (Clocolan, Free State) – Event Website
Stage 6 of the 2017 Absa Cape Epic. Photo by Nick Muzik/Cape Epic/SPORTZPICS
April
05 – 08: Glacier Cradle Traverse (Gauteng) – Event Website
06 – 08: Spar Sabie Experience (Mpumalanga) – Event Website
14 – 15: The Cradle Mountain Trophy (Maropeng, Gauteng) – Event Website
TBC: Lighthouse to Lighthouse (Gansbaai, Western Cape) – Event Website
13 – 15: Liberty Cape Winelands (Winelands, Western Cape) – Event Website
14 – 15: Bike Girl 2 Day MTB (Wilderness, Western Cape) – Event Website
19 – 21: Trail & Trout (Gauteng/ Mpumalanga) – Event Website
21 – 22: Cederberg 100 Miler – 2-day Trek (Cederberg, Western Cape) – Event Website
20 – 28: Old Mutual joBerg2c (Gauteng to KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
27 – 29: Trek 2 Teebus (Steynsburg, Eastern Cape) – Event Website
28 – 30: Great Kei Trek (Queenstown, Eastern Cape) – Event Website
Erik Kleinhans during the Cederberg 100 Miler. Photo credit: Sam Clark
May
05 – 06: Houw Hoek MTB Tour (Western Cape) – Event Website
04 – 06: Gravel & Grape Extreme (Western Cape) – Event Website
05 – 06: Gravel & Grape Adventure (Western Cape) – Event Website
08 – 10: sani2c Trail (KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
09 – 11: sani2c Adventure (KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
10 – 12: sani2c Race (KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
TBC: Windhoek Light Namib Quest (Nambia) – Event Website
25 – 27: PwC Great Zuurberg Trek (Eastern Cape) – Event Website
Gravel & Grape. Photo credit: Chris Hitchcock
June
01 – 03: 1Zambia MTB (Zambia) – Event Website
02 – 08: Race To Rhodes (Kwa-Zulu Natal to Eastern Cape) – Event Website
08 – 10: Liberty Waterberg Encounter – Event Website
12 – 18: Freedom Challenge: Race Across South Africa – Event Website
13 – 17: Grindrod Bank Umngazi Pondo Pedal (Wild Coast, Eastern Cape) – Event Website
15 – 17: Katberg Quest (Eastern Cape) – Event Website
16 – 18: The Greyt Escape (Greyton, Western Cape) – Event Website
24 – 29: Cape Country Unplugged (Western Cape) – Event Website
29 – 01: The Midlands (Howick, KwaZulu-Natal)
30 – 01 July: RidetheBerg (Northern Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
July
13 – 15: Zambezi Cycle Challenge (Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe) – Event Website
August
02 – 07: Nedbank Tour de Tuli (Botswana – Zimbabwe – South Africa) – Event Website
09 – 12: Glacier Storms River Traverse (Garden Route, Eastern Cape) – Event Website
24 – 26: The Magoeba (Haenertsburg, Limpopo) – Event Website
26 – 30: Imana Wild Ride (Wild Coast, Eastern Cape) – Event Website
30 – 01 Sep: Namaqua Quest MTB (Namaqualand, Northern Cape) – Event Website
September
01 – 02: Greyton MTB Tour (Greyton, Western Cape) – Event Website
06 – 9: iSimangaliso MTB (iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
07 – 09: Ride2Nowhere (McGregor, Western Cape) – Event Website
20 – 22: Dr Evil Classic (Western Cape) – Event Website
22 – 24: De Hoop Vlei MTB Experience – Event Website
22 – 24: Langeberg Link (Swellendam, Western Cape) – Event Website
24- 29: Lesotho Sky (Lesotho) – Event Website
28 – 30: Lormar Endurance MTB Tour: #FarmTrail (Eastern Cape) – Event Website
28 – 30: Isuzu 3 Towers (Mpumalanga) – Event Website
29-30: The Magalies Adventure (Gauteng) – Event Website
TBC: Varsity MTB Challenge (Paarl, Western Cape) – Event Website
The canola fields of the Staalwater MTB Challenge. Photo credit: Chris Hitchcock
October
05 – 07: Lormar Endurance MTB Tour: #SheepTrail (Eastern Cape) – Event Website
06 – 07: Combo X MTB Tour (Arniston, Western Cape) – Event Website
05 – 07: Berg & Bush Descent (Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
09 – 11: Berg & Bush Great Trek (Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
13 – 14: Berg & Bush 2 Day (Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
11 – 13: The INYATSI Swazi Frontier (Swaziland) – Event Website
12 – 14: Eselfontein Festival (Ceres, Western Cape) – Event Website
19 – 21: The U MTB (Piket-Bo-Berg, Western Cape) – Event Website
14 – 20: Cape Pioneer Trek (Western Cape) – Event Website
17 – 20: Cape Pioneer Trek Adventure (Western Cape) – Event Website
23 – 28: Wild Corridor I (Eastern/ Western Cape) – Event Website
26 – 28: FNB Wines2Whales Chardonnay (Western Cape) – Event Website
29 – 31: FNB Wines2Whales Pinotage (Western Cape) – Event Website
The iconic Swartberg Pass at Cape Pioneer Trek. Photo credit: Hayden Brown for www.zcmc.co.za
November
02 – 04: FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz (Western Cape) – Event Website
17 -18: To Hell And Back (Western Cape) – Event Website
24-25: Origin of Trails (Stellenbosch, Western Cape) – Event Website
30 Nov – 2 Dec: Sondela Family 3 Day (Bela-Bela, Limpopo) – Event Website
December
28 – 03 Dec: The Munga – Event Website
