We compiled a list of mountain bike stage races in South Africa and surrounds to help you plan your racing in 2020.
February
1 – 2: Euro Steel Drak Descent (KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
1 – 8: TransCape MTB (Western Cape) – Event Website
6 – 9: PE Plett (Garden Route) – Event Website
6 – 9: Momentum Health Tankwa Trek presented by Biogen (Ceres, Western Cape) – Event Website
19 – 22: Knysna Bull (Knysna, Western Cape) – Event Website
29 – 01 March: Stanford MTB Classic (Stanford, Western Cape) – Event Website
28 – 01 March: Bridgestone Route 66 MTB Experience (Gauteng) – Event Website
March
15 – 22: ABSA Cape Epic (Western Cape) – Event Website
27 – 29: 3 Mountains Challenge (Clocolan, Free State) – Event Website
28 – 29: Route Six 2 Two Trails (Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
April
1 – 3: Sabie Xperience (Mpumalanga) – Event Website
3 – 5: Glacier Cradle Traverse (Gauteng) – Event Website
4 – 5: Cool Ideas Cradle Mountain Trophy (Maropeng, Gauteng) – Event Website
24 – 02 May: Old Mutual joBerg2c (Gauteng to KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
30 – 02 May: Great Kei Trek (Queenstown, Eastern Cape) – Event Website
May
01 – 03: SabieXperience (Sabie, Mpumalanga) – Event Website
01 – 03: Trek 2 Teebus (Steynsburg, Eastern Cape) – Event Website
02 – 03: Houw Hoek MTB Tour (Western Cape) – Event Website
08 – 10: Gravel & Grape (Western Cape) – Event Website
08 – 10: Liberty Winelands Encounter (Franschhoek, Western Cape) – Event Website
12 – 14: KAP sani2c Trail (KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
13 – 15: KAP sani2c Adventure (KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
14 – 16: KAP sani2c Race (KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
16 – 17: Cederberg 100 Miler (Cederberg, Western Cape) – Event Website
23 – 24: RidetheBerg (Northern Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
24 – 29: Windhoek Light Namib Quest (Namibia) – Event Website
29 – 31: PwC Great Zuurberg Trek (Eastern Cape) – Event Website
June
01 – 04: Kilimanjaro 2 Ngorongoro (Tanzania) – Event Website
05 – 07: Liberty Waterberg Encounter (Limpopo) – Event Website
13 – 15: Trans Augrabies (Green Kalahari, Northern Cape) – Event Website
13 – 15: The Greyt Escape (Greyton, Western Cape) – Event Website
TBC: The Midlands (Howick, KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
July
10 – 12: Zambezi Cycle Challenge (Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe) – Event Website
15 – 19: Grindrod Bank Umngazi Pondo Pedal (Wild Coast, Eastern Cape) – Event Website
21 – 26: Tour de Tuli (Botswana – Zimbabwe – South Africa) – Event Website
August
07 – 09: Y2Karoo (Colesberg, Northern Cape) – Event Website
08 – 10: Glacier Storms River Traverse (Garden Route, Eastern Cape) – Event Website
28 – 30: Namaqua Quest MTB (Namaqualand, Northern Cape) – Event Website
30 – 03 Sept: Imana Wild Ride (Wild Coast, Eastern Cape) – Event Website
September
05 – 06 Sept: Greyton MTB Tour (Greyton, Western Cape) – Event Website
11 – 13: Ride2Nowhere (McGregor, Western Cape) – Event Website
06 – 12: Cape Pioneer Trek (Western Cape) – Event Website
09 – 12: Cape Pioneer Trek Adventure (Western Cape) – Event Website
17 – 19: Dr Evil Classic (Western Cape) – Event Website
22 – 26: Rift Valley Odyssey (Kenya) – Event Website
TBC: Isuzu 3 Towers (Mpumalanga) – Event Website
21- 26: Lesotho Sky (Roma, Lesotho) – Event Website
25 – 27: Ride the Karoo Stage (Eastern Cape) – Event Website
28 – 29: The Magalies Adventure (Gauteng) – Event Website
October
02 – 03: Berg & Bush Descent (Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
06 – 08: Berg & Bush Great Midweek (Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
08 – 10: The INYATSI Swazi Frontier (Swaziland) – Event Website
10 – 11: Berg & Bush 2 Day (Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website
TBC: Eselfontein Festival (Ceres, Western Cape) – Event Website
23 – 25: The U MTB (Piket-Bo-Berg, Western Cape) – Event Website
30 – 01: FNB Wines2Whales Chardonnay (Western Cape) – Event Website
November
02 – 04: FNB Wines2Whales Pinotage (Western Cape) – Event Website
06 – 08: FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz (Western Cape) – Event Website
14 -15: To Hell And Back (Western Cape) – Event Website
TBC: Origin Of Trails MTB Experience (Stellenbosch, Western Cape) – Event Website
December
Time to either recover or build some base for the 2021 MTB stage race season.