{"id":16224,"date":"2018-01-23T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T09:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2018\/01\/23\/2018-mountain-bike-stage-race-calendar-r6973\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T06:13:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T06:13:37","slug":"2018-mountain-bike-stage-race-calendar-r6973","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2018-mountain-bike-stage-race-calendar-r6973\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Mountain Bike Stage Race Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2020 Stage Race Calendar:<\/h2>\n

To view the stage races taking place in 2020, take a look at our 2020 Stage Race Calendar<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n

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!<\/p>\n

\nFor a comprehensive listing of single day races, check out our Events directory<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n

\"ccs-58780-0-32274500-1510048432.jpg\"<\/a>joBerg2c. Photo credit: Em Gatland<\/span><\/p>\n

January<\/h2>\n

20 – 21: EuroSteel Drak Descent (Drakensberg) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

February<\/h2>\n

3 – 4: Fairtree Capital Simonsberg Contour<\/a> (Stellenbosch, Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

4 – 10 TransCape MTB<\/a> (Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

8 – 11: Momentum Health Tankwa Trek presented by Biogen<\/a> (Ceres, Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

23 – 25: Bridgestone Route 66 MTB Experience (Gauteng) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

17 – 18: Stanford MTB Classic (Stanford, Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

22 – 25: Knysna Bull<\/a> (Knysna, Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

March<\/h2>\n

01 – 04: FedGroup PEPLETT<\/a> The Tough One + Lite (Eastern Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

18 – 25: ABSA Cape Epic<\/a> (Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

22 – 25: 3 Mountains Challenge (Clocolan, Free State) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

\"ccs-58780-0-80329900-1509975274.jpg\"<\/a>Stage 6 of the 2017 Absa Cape Epic. Photo by Nick Muzik\/Cape Epic\/SPORTZPICS<\/span><\/p>\n

April<\/h2>\n

05 – 08: Glacier Cradle Traverse<\/a> (Gauteng) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

06 – 08: Spar Sabie Experience (Mpumalanga) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

14 – 15: The Cradle Mountain Trophy (Maropeng, Gauteng) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

TBC: Lighthouse to Lighthouse (Gansbaai, Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

13 – 15: Liberty Cape Winelands (Winelands, Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

14 – 15: Bike Girl 2 Day MTB (Wilderness, Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

19 – 21: Trail & Trout<\/a> (Gauteng\/ Mpumalanga) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

21 – 22: Cederberg 100 Miler – 2-day Trek<\/a> (Cederberg, Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

20 – 28: Old Mutual joBerg2c<\/a> (Gauteng to KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

27 – 29: Trek 2 Teebus<\/a> (Steynsburg, Eastern Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

28 – 30: Great Kei Trek (Queenstown, Eastern Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

\"ccs-58780-0-36890000-1509975903.jpg\"<\/a>Erik Kleinhans during the Cederberg 100 Miler. Photo credit: Sam Clark<\/span><\/p>\n

May<\/h2>\n

05 – 06: Houw Hoek MTB Tour (Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

04 – 06: Gravel & Grape<\/a> Extreme (Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

05 – 06: Gravel & Grape<\/a> Adventure (Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

08 – 10: sani2c Trail<\/a> (KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

09 – 11: sani2c Adventure<\/a> (KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

10 – 12: sani2c Race<\/a> (KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

TBC: Windhoek Light Namib Quest (Nambia) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

25 – 27: PwC Great Zuurberg Trek<\/a> (Eastern Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

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Gravel & Grape. Photo credit: Chris Hitchcock<\/span><\/p>\n

June<\/h2>\n

01 – 03: 1Zambia MTB (Zambia) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

02 – 08: Race To Rhodes (Kwa-Zulu Natal to Eastern Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

08 – 10: Liberty Waterberg Encounter – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

12 – 18: Freedom Challenge: Race Across South Africa – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

13 – 17: Grindrod Bank Umngazi Pondo Pedal (Wild Coast, Eastern Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

15 – 17: Katberg Quest (Eastern Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

16 – 18: The Greyt Escape (Greyton, Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

24 – 29: Cape Country Unplugged (Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

29 – 01: The Midlands<\/a> (Howick, KwaZulu-Natal)<\/p>\n

30 – 01 July: RidetheBerg (Northern Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

July<\/h2>\n

13 – 15: Zambezi Cycle Challenge (Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

August<\/h2>\n

02 – 07: Nedbank Tour de Tuli (Botswana – Zimbabwe – South Africa) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

09 – 12: Glacier Storms River Traverse<\/a> (Garden Route, Eastern Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

24 – 26: The Magoeba (Haenertsburg, Limpopo) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

26 – 30: Imana Wild Ride (Wild Coast, Eastern Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

30 – 01 Sep: Namaqua Quest MTB<\/a> (Namaqualand, Northern Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

September<\/h2>\n

01 – 02: Greyton MTB Tour (Greyton, Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

06 – 9: iSimangaliso MTB (iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

07 – 09<\/span><\/span>: Ride2Nowhere (McGregor, Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

20 – 22: Dr Evil Classic<\/a> (Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

22 – 24: De Hoop Vlei MTB Experience<\/a> – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

22 – 24: Langeberg Link (Swellendam, Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

24- 29: Lesotho Sky<\/a> (Lesotho) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

28 – 30: Lormar Endurance MTB Tour: #FarmTrail (Eastern Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

28 – 30: Isuzu 3 Towers (Mpumalanga) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

29-30: The Magalies Adventure (Gauteng) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

TBC: Varsity MTB Challenge (Paarl, Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

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The canola fields of the Staalwater MTB Challenge. Photo credit: Chris Hitchcock<\/span><\/p>\n

October<\/h2>\n

05 – 07: Lormar Endurance MTB Tour: #SheepTrail (Eastern Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

06 – 07: Combo X MTB Tour (Arniston, Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

05 – 07: Berg & Bush Descent<\/a> (Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

09 – 11: Berg & Bush Great Trek<\/a> (Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

13 – 14: Berg & Bush 2 Day<\/a> (Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

11 – 13: The INYATSI Swazi Frontier (Swaziland) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

12 – 14: Eselfontein Festival<\/a> (Ceres, Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

19 – 21: The U MTB (Piket-Bo-Berg, Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

14 – 20: Cape Pioneer Trek<\/a> (Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

17 – 20: Cape Pioneer Trek<\/a> Adventure (Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

23 – 28: Wild Corridor I (Eastern\/ Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

26 – 28: FNB Wines2Whales Chardonnay<\/a> (Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

29 – 31: FNB Wines2Whales Pinotage<\/a> (Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

\"ccs-58780-0-04280500-1510048068.jpg\"<\/a>The iconic Swartberg Pass at Cape Pioneer Trek. Photo credit: Hayden Brown for www.zcmc.co.za<\/span><\/p>\n

November<\/h2>\n

02 – 04: FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz<\/a> (Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

17 -18: To Hell And Back (Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

24-25: Origin of Trails (Stellenbosch, Western Cape) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

30 Nov – 2 Dec: Sondela Family 3 Day (Bela-Bela, Limpopo) – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

December<\/h2>\n

28 – 03 Dec: The Munga – Event Website<\/a><\/p>\n

\nWe do our best to keep the 2018 stage race calendar 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.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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