Riders racing the Cape Epic · URIMARIO, CC BY 4.0
Eight days and roughly 650 km through the Western Cape, ridden in pairs who must finish together. UCI hors catégorie, and generally treated as the hardest mountain bike stage race in the world.
Checked against the organiser’s official site on 5 September 2026. Dates, routes and entry conditions change — confirm on the official site before booking flights or accommodation. We are not the organiser and take no entries.
A three-day mountain bike stage race for teams of two, linking the Lourensford and Oak Valley wine estates with Benguela Cove on the coast. It runs as three separate editions (Chardonnay, Pinotage and Shiraz) on the same route over roughly ten days, mixing gravel roads with flowing singletrack.
Point-to-point 30-mile mountain bike race from Kalkaska to Timber Ridge Resort in Traverse City, held in early November when snow or cold is common. Amateurs start in waves in the morning, with the pro race later in the day; a shorter Slush Cup is also offered.
A large closed-road ride through Johannesburg that starts on the M1 highway and finishes at the Kyalami Grand Prix circuit. Start groups are seeded on recent race results, and seeded entries close earlier than unseeded ones.