2018 Stage Race Calendar:
All the racing for 2016 has come to an end. Take a look at our 2018 Stage Race Calendar.
South Africa is undoubtedly the capital of the marathon cross country stage race world, with well over 50 stage races (and multiday single stage events) to choose from. It’s clear that proper planning is required. After the success of our 2015 Stage Race Calendar, we’ve compiled a list of the mountain bike marathon stage races taking place in South Africa (and other parts of Africa) in 2016.
Photo: Kelvin Trautman/ Gameplan Media
January
23 – 24: EuroSteel Drak Descent (Drakensberg) – Event Website
February
6 – 7: Fairtree Capital Simonsberg Contour (Western Cape) – Event Website
7 – 13 TransCape MTB (Western Cape) – Event Website
13 – 14: Lighthouse to Lighthouse (Gansbaai, Western Cape) – Event Website
13 – 14: Stanford MTB Tour (Western Cape) – Event Website
12 – 14: DUTOIT Tankwa Trek (Ceres, Western Cape) – Event Website
12 – 14: Bridgestone Route 66 MTB Experience (Gauteng) – Event Website
19 – 21: Trans Outeniqua MTB (Great Brak River, Western Cape) – Event Website
26 – 28: Garden Route 300 (Knysna, Western Cape) – Event Website
March
13 – 20: ABSA Cape Epic (Western Cape) – Event Website
18 – 21: 3 Mountains Challenge (Clocolan, Free State) – Event Website
31 – 2 April: Spur Lord of the Chain Rings (Hogsback, Eastern Cape) – Event Website
April
15 – 17: Liberty Cape Winelands (Winelands, Western Cape) – Event Website
22 – 30: Old Mutual joBerg2c (Gauteng to KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
23 – 24: Cell C Arabella MTB Challenge (Kleinmond, Western Cape) – Event Website
30 – 1 May: 7 Passes (Garden Route, Western Cape) – Event Website
30 – 1 May: Houw Hoek MTB Tour (Western Cape) – Event Website
30 – 2 May: Spar Sabie Experience (Mpumalanga) – Event Website
May
6 – 8: Gravel & Grape (Western Cape) – Event Website
7 – 8: Gravel & Grape Lite (Western Cape) – Event Website
10 – 12: sani2c Trail (KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
11 – 13: sani2c Adventure (KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
12 – 14: sani2c Race (KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
24 – 29: Windhoek Light Namib Quest (Nambia) – Event Website
27 – 29: Croc2Croc (Mpumalanga) – Event Website
28 – 29: MTBike Girl 2 Day MTB (Oudtshoorn, Western Cape) – Event Website
June
1 – 6: Grindrod Bank Pondo Pedal (Wild Coast, Eastern Cape) – Event Website
1 – 9: Race To Rhodes (Kwa-Zulu Natal to Eastern Cape) – Event Website
3 – 5: PwC Great Zuurberg Trek (Eastern Cape) – Event Website
3 – 5: FNB 1Zambia MTB (Zambia) – Event Website
5 – 2 July: Freedom Challenge: Race Across South Africa – Event Website
10 – 12: Liberty Waterberg Encounter – Event Website
10 – 12: The Gem Diamonds Kalahari Challenge (Botswana) – Event Website
11 – 12: Dusi2c (KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
17 – 19: RECM Knysna 200 (Knysna, Western Cape) – Event Website
17 – 19: Tour of Legends (Entabeni Game Reserve, Limpopo) – Event Website
18 – 19: Fish River Sun MTB Challenge (Fish River Sun, Eastern Cape) – Event Website
25 – 26: RidetheBerg (Northern Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
30 – 2 July: Innibos MTB Stage Race (Nelspruit, Mpumulanga) – Event Website
Photo: Anthony Grote/ Gameplan Media.
July
12 – 17: Laikipia XC (Kenya) – Event Website
28 – 2 Aug: Nedbank Tour de Tuli (Botswana – Zimbabwe – South Africa) – Event Website
August
TBC: Imana Wild Ride (Wild Coast, Eastern Cape) – Event Website
6 – 8: Glacier Storms River Traverse (Garden Route, Eastern Cape) – Event Website
18 – 21: iSimangaliso MTB (iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
September
1 – 3: Namaqua Quest MTB (Namaqualand) – Event Website
1 – 4: PE PLETT The Tough One + Lite (Eastern Cape) – Event Website
3 – 4: Potberg & De Hoop MTB (Western Cape) – Event Website
3 – 4: Greyton MTB Tour (Greyton, Western Cape) – Event Website
9 – 11: Ride2Nowhere (McGregor, Western Cape) – Event Website
15 – 17: Dr Evil Classic (Western Cape) – Event Website
19 – 24: Lesotho Sky (Lesotho) – Event Website
20 – 24: Rift Valley Odyssey (Kenya) – Event Website
30 – 2 Oct: Lormar Endurance MTB Tour (Eastern Cape) – Event Website
30 – 2 Oct: Isuzu 3 Towers (Mpumalanga) – Event Website
October
7 – 9: Berg & Bush Descent (Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
11 – 13: Berg & Bush Great Trek (Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
13 – 15: The INYATSI Swazi Frontier (Swaziland) – Event Website
15 – 16: The U MTB Stage Race (Piket-Bo-Berg, Western Cape) – Event Website
15 – 16: Berg & Bush 2 Day (Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
16 – 22: Cape Pioneer Trek (Western Cape) – Event Website
TBC: Wild Corridor (Eastern/ Western Cape) – Event Website
November
4 – 6: FNB Wines2Whales Adventure (Western Cape) – Event Website
7 – 9: FNB Wines2Whales Ride (Western Cape) – Event Website
11 – 13: FNB Wines2Whales Race (Western Cape) – Event Website
19- 20: To Hell And Back (Western Cape) – Event Website
25 – 26 (TBC): Origin of Trails (Stellenbosch, Western Cape) – Event Website
30 – 5 Dec: The Munga – Event Website
The 2016 stage race calendar will be kept up-to-date. If an event has been excluded or you spot an error, please leave a comment on the article so that we can look into it.
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To help make the 2016 Stage Race Calendar even better, please let me know if you notice any events that I have left out or if I've made any errors. I'll update the article accordingly.
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