January
21 - 22: EuroSteel Drak Descent (Drakensberg) - Event Website
February
4 - 5: Fairtree Capital Simonsberg Contour (Western Cape) - Event Website
5 - 11 TransCape MTB (Western Cape) - Event Website
10 - 12: DUTOIT Tankwa Trek (Ceres, Western Cape) - Event Website
11 - 12: Lighthouse to Lighthouse (Gansbaai, Western Cape) - Event Website
17 - 19: Bridgestone Route 66 MTB Experience (Gauteng) - Event Website
17 - 19: Trans Outeniqua MTB (Great Brak River, Western Cape) - Event Website
18 - 19: Stanford MTB Tour (Western Cape) - Event Website
23 - 26: Knysnabull (Knysna, Western Cape) - Event Website
Photo credit: www.zooncronje.com
March
02 -05: PE PLETT The Tough One + Lite (Eastern Cape) - Event Website
19 - 26: ABSA Cape Epic (Western Cape) - Event Website
18 - 21: 3 Mountains Challenge (Clocolan, Free State) - Event Website
April
01 - 02: Cell C Arabella MTB Challenge (Kleinmond, Western Cape) - Event Website
08 - 09: The Cradle Mountain Trophy (Maropeng, Gauteng) - Event Website
21 - 23: Liberty Cape Winelands (Winelands, Western Cape) - Event Website
22 - 23: Cederberg 100 Miler - The Trek (Cederberg, Western Cape) - Event Website
21 - 29: Old Mutual joBerg2c (Gauteng to KwaZulu-Natal) - Event Website
28 - 30: Garden Route 300 (Knysna, Western Cape) - Event Website
28 - 30: Thirsti Extreme (Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal) - Event Website
29 - 01 May: Klein-Aus Vista Mountain Bike Challenge (Namibia) - Event Website
29 - 02 May: Spar Sabie Experience (Mpumalanga) - Event Website
May
04 - 07: Glacier Cradle Traverse (Gauteng) - Event Website
06- 07: Houw Hoek MTB Tour (Western Cape) - Event Website
05 - 07: Gravel & Grape Extreme (Western Cape) - Event Website
06 - 07: Gravel & Grape Adventure (Western Cape) - Event Website
08 - 12: Tour de Braai (George, Western Cape) - Event Website
09 - 11: sani2c Trail (KwaZulu-Natal) - Event Website
10 - 12: sani2c Adventure (KwaZulu-Natal) - Event Website
11 - 13: sani2c Race (KwaZulu-Natal) - Event Website
12 – 14: Croc2Croc (Mpumalanga) - Event Website
18 - 20: Trail & Trout (Gauteng/ Mpumalanga) - Event Website
20 – 21: Bike Girl 2 Day MTB (Oudtshoorn, Western Cape) - Event Website
20 - 21: Mpekweni MTB Stage Race (Eastern Cape) - Event Website
21 - 26: Windhoek Light Namib Quest (Nambia) - Event Website
25 - 28: PwC Great Zuurberg Trek (Eastern Cape) - Event Website
25 - 03 June: Race To Rhodes (Kwa-Zulu Natal to Eastern Cape) - Event Website
June
07 - 11: Grindrod Bank Pondo Pedal (Wild Coast, Eastern Cape) - Event Website
02 - 04: FNB 1Zambia MTB (Zambia) - Event Website
06 - 01 July: Freedom Challenge: Race Across South Africa - Event Website
09 – 11: Liberty Waterberg Encounter - Event Website
09 – 11 (Provisional): The Gem Diamonds Kalahari Challenge (Botswana) - Event Website
10 – 11: Dusi2c (KwaZulu-Natal) - Event Website
16-18: The Greyt Escape (Greyton, Western Cape) - Event Website
17 - 20 (Provisional): 7 Passes (Garden Route, Western Cape) - Event Website
17 – 18: Fish River Sun MTB Challenge (Fish River Sun, Eastern Cape) - Event Website
24 - 25: RidetheBerg (Northern Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal) - Event Website
July
27 – 01 Aug: Nedbank Tour de Tuli (Botswana - Zimbabwe - South Africa) - Event Website
TBC: Imana Wild Ride (Wild Coast, Eastern Cape) - Event Website
August
TBC: Glacier Storms River Traverse (Garden Route, Eastern Cape) - Event Website
17 - 20: iSimangaliso MTB (iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal) - Event Website
31 - 02 Sep: Namaqua Quest MTB (Namaqualand) - Event Website
September
TBC: Potberg & De Hoop MTB (Western Cape) - Event Website
02 - 03: Greyton MTB Tour (Greyton, Western Cape) - Event Website
08 - 10: Ride2Nowhere (McGregor, Western Cape) - Event Website
TBC: Staalwater MTB Challenge (Caledon, Western Cape) - Event Website
21- 23: Dr Evil Classic (Western Cape) - Event Website
22 - 24: Wagon & Spear (North Coast, KwaZulu- Natal) - Event Website
29 - 01 Oct: Lormar Endurance MTB Tour: Farm Trail (Eastern Cape) - Event Website
29 - 01 Oct: Isuzu 3 Towers (Mpumalanga) - Event Website
29 - 01 Oct: Varsity MTB Challenge (Paarl, Western Cape) - Event Website
TBC: Route 99 MTB Experience (Gauteng) - Event Website
Photo credit: www.zooncronje.com
October
02- 07: Lesotho Sky (Lesotho) - Event Website
03 - 05: Lormar Endurance MTB Tour: Sheep Trail (Eastern Cape) - Event Website
06 - 08: Berg & Bush Descent (Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal) - Event Website
10 - 12: Berg & Bush Great Trek (Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal) - Event Website
12 - 14: The INYATSI Swazi Frontier (Swaziland) - Event Website
20 - 22: The U MTB Stage Race (Piket-Bo-Berg, Western Cape) - Event Website
14 - 15: Berg & Bush 2 Day (Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal) - Event Website
15 - 21: Cape Pioneer Trek (Western Cape) - Event Website
23-28: Wild Corridor I (Eastern/ Western Cape) - Event Website
27 - 29: FNB Wines2Whales Adventure (Western Cape) - Event Website
30 - 01 Nov: FNB Wines2Whales Ride (Western Cape) - Event Website
30-04 Nov: Wild Corridor II (Eastern/ Western Cape) - Event Website
November
03 - 05: FNB Wines2Whales Race (Western Cape) - Event Website
18-19: To Hell And Back (Western Cape) - Event Website
25 - 26: Origin of Trails (Stellenbosch, Western Cape) - Event Website
TBC: The Magalies Adventure (Gauteng) - Event Website
TBC: The Munga - Event Website
December
01 - 03: Sondela Family 3 Day Stage Race (Bela-Bela, Limpopo) - Event Website
MK Killer, Nov 28 2016 06:34
Is there a list of all the one day extreme ultra MTB races in SA like 36one etc??Lighthouse, Nov 28 2016 08:47
Thanks for the posting here. You do not perhaps have a spreadsheet available for ease of use?
Thanks
Projmanzar, Nov 28 2016 02:20
Trail and Trout not listed here http://www.trailtrout.co.za/
Projmanzar, Nov 28 2016 02:20
C2T - Cullinan 2 Tonteldoos - http://www.c2tmtb.co.za/
Sitting slip, Nov 28 2016 02:22
a good pdf of all the races single marathon to ultra distance plus stage races. maybe sell it in a calendar format...
EmptyB, Nov 28 2016 02:27
1 listed for Gauteng....wow, we rock here with stage racesEmptyB, Nov 28 2016 02:30
Looking forward to this!
Trans Baviaans too...
Willie S1, Nov 28 2016 09:17
Sondela 3 Day Stage RaceBela Bela, Limpopo
2 -4 December 2016
1 - 3 December 2017
www.sondela.com
CASSIE1975, Nov 29 2016 09:00
We will be there this coming weekend with the family, looking forward to it.
AdamA, Nov 29 2016 09:29
Cradle Mountain Trophy 2 Day in Gauteng
8th/9th April
http://www.mountain-trophy.co.za/
CHUME, Nov 29 2016 12:27
HI,
An alternative to this is stageraces.com..
Some of the stage races in Gauteng
http://www.leveragecorporation.co.za/
Route 66
Route 99
Cradle Mountain Trophy
Magalies Adventure
Headshot, Nov 30 2016 01:46
There are over 60 events listed. Does this make SA the most stage racey country on the planet?
Grease_Monkey, Nov 30 2016 03:29
Wow - how lucky are we? More than 60 races to choose from!!!
CHUME, Dec 01 2016 07:25
Loads of races but how do people actually afford these races at over R1000 per day.
Please help me understand and rearrange my life so I can compete.
mon-goose, Dec 01 2016 02:21
we are seriously spoilt for choices. I guess the average person CHUME will have to pick one or two, maybe 3 for a year and save hard to do them