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.
Nick, Dec 18 2015 11:19
Hi Hubbers
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.
Thanks
Lighthouse, Dec 18 2015 01:05
http://lormarenduran.../mtb-tour-home/
TimW, Dec 18 2015 05:48
EuroSteel Drak Descent on January 23 & 24 ...
http://www.drakensbe...l-drak-descent/
Wheeler2, Dec 18 2015 06:03
Wow, what an absolutely incredible selection to choose from !! Just shows how quickly the sport is growing.Nick, Dec 18 2015 06:56
Thanks.
G-man, Dec 21 2015 05:24
Hi there.Just wanted to thank you for including our 3Mountains event into your list. This is a great achievement for our race. #gettingnoticed
Thanks