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Race details | |
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Date | April/May |
Region | South Africa |
Discipline | Mountain biking |
Competition | Professional and amateur |
Type | Stage race |
History | |
First edition | 2010 |
The joberg2c was the longest mountain biking stage race in South Africa if not the world. It took place over nine days and covered approximately 900 kilometres (exact distances vary from year to year) from Heidelberg in Gauteng to Scottburgh on the KwaZulu-Natal coast. [1]
joberg2c's organising team was led by Craig Wapnick, Gary Green and Glen Haw. Green and Haw are responsible for the successful Berg and Bush and sani2c mountain bike stage races respectively. The middle and last three days of the joBerg2c overlap with Berg and Bush and sani2c in varying degrees.
The event was fully serviced – each rider (team of two or solo) is allocated a tent and three meals per day at the eight overnight stops or race villages. Additional services such as massage therapists and bike mechanics are also available.
The joberg2c is a GPS navigated event. Every rider uses a GPS to follow the tracks.
Furthermore, top tier amateur and semi-pro riders can now apply for sponsorship on the condition that they are serious contenders for the main prize purse. This is aimed at developing talent in the cycling community, especially riders from a previously disadvantaged background. There are also a number of entries available for media representatives.
One of the differentiating factors of this race was that the bulk of the route crossed more than 90 private farms. Riders traversed a variety of agricultural holdings including game, dairy and cattle country, maize lands, rose and stud farms, sugarcane fields and pine plantations.
The 910-kilometre route takes riders across the country’s agricultural hinterland – from Heidelberg in Gauteng, through the north-eastern Free State and along the foothills of the Drakensberg to Scottburgh in KwaZulu-Natal. [2]
The route consisted of a combination of single track, 4x4 Isuzu track and private dirt roads, as well as short stretches on district by-ways. Although the basic skeleton of the route remains unchanged from year to year, the exact distances varied as organisers aim to add more and more single track.
The joberg2c was one of the best mountain bike races in the country but for most, it is more of a ride. There are three racing snake sections (men's, ladies' and mixed) that receive prize money for the overall classification, although serious riders in the sub-veteran, veteran and masters categories may compete for the same prizes.
Year | Category | Winners | Overall time | |
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2010 | Elite men | Andrew McLean / Shan Wilson | 38:22:42 | |
2010 | Elite women | Lise Olivier / Yolandi du Toit | 45:16:50 | |
2010 | Mixed | Johan Labuschagne / Yolande de Villiers | 40:52:24 | |
2011 | Elite men | Neil MacDonald / Waylon Woolcock | 34:20:18 | |
2011 | Elite women | Ischen Stopforth / Catherine Williamson | 40:45:34 | |
2011 | Mixed | Erik Kleinhans / Ariane Kleinhans | 38:41:50 | |
2012 | Elite men | Kevin Evans / David George | 32:27:39 | |
2012 | Elite women | Ischen Stopforth / Catherine Williamson | 38:33:27 | |
2012 | Mixed | Erik Kleinhans / Ariane Kleinhans | 36:08:58 | |
2013 | Elite men | Neil MacDonald / Brandon Stewart | 34:11:05 | |
2014 | Elite men | Gawie Combrink / Johann Rabie | 33:26:41 | |
2014 | Elite women | Janine King / Amy McDougal | 40:35:55 | |
2014 | Mixed | Yolande De Villiers / Franso Steyn | 36:50:51 | |
2015 | Elite men | Gawie Combrink / Johann Rabie | 34:38:51 | |
2015 | Elite women | Catherine Williamson / Yolande De Villiers | 38:33:55 | |
2015 | Mixed | Billy Stelling / Carmen Buchacher | 39:01:21 | |
2016 | Elite men | Nico Bell / Gawie Combrink | 32:29:25 | |
2016 | Elite women | Samantha Saunders / Anriette Schoeman | 39:50:19 | |
2016 | Mixed | Darren Lill / Candice Neethling | 35:10:58 | |
2017 | Elite men | Philip Buys / Matthys Beukes | 33:22:01 | |
2017 | Elite women | Lolita Van Aardt / Simone Van Aardt | 43:14:42 | |
2017 | Mixed | Darren Lill / Candice Neethling | 35:47:42 | |
2018 | Elite men | Gawie Combinck / Nico Bell | 33:06:02 | |
2018 | Elite women | Sarah Hill / Theresa Ralph | 38:49:31 | |
2018 | Mixed | Arno du Toit / Amy Macdougall | 35:14:33 | |
2019 | Elite men Solo | Matthys Beukes | 34:29:56 | |
2019 | Elite women | Sarah Hill / Theresa Ralph | 38:38:08 | |
2019 | Mixed | Mike Posthumus / Amy Macdougall | 36:39:07 |
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joberg2c 2022 was the final year of joberg2c. go2berg is the new event created by Craig Wapnick and Gary Green