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The Virgin Active Ride Joburg (formally known as the ''94.7 cycle challenge)'' is the world's second-largest timed
cycle race Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling sports in ...
, after the
Cape Argus Cycle Race The Cape Town Cycle Tour, formerly known as the Cape Argus Cycle Tour, is an annual cycle race hosted in Cape Town, South Africa, usually long. It is the first event outside Europe to be included in the Union Cycliste Internationale's Golden ...
. It is held annually on ''cycle challenge Sunday'', the third Sunday of November in the South African city of
Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and Xhosa language, Xhosa: eGoli ) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa. With 5,538,596 people in the City of Johannesburg alon ...
. Between 20,000 and 30,000 participants complete the challenging course every year. The event's main sponsors are
947 (radio station) Hot AC 947 (formerly 94.7 Highveld Stereo) is a radio station that broadcasts on the 94.7FM frequency from Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Current on-air lineup History The station first went on the air on 1 September 1964, as the fi ...
and Virgin Active (In previous years, Momentum.) The ''Virgin Active Ride Joburg Mountain Bike Challenge'' is held the weekend before the road race. It consists of two distances; a race and a race. In 2012 a fun ride was introduced and took place the day before the ''Mountain Bike Challenge''.


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947 (radio station) Hot AC 947 (formerly 94.7 Highveld Stereo) is a radio station that broadcasts on the 94.7FM frequency from Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Current on-air lineup History The station first went on the air on 1 September 1964, as the fi ...
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Cape Town Cycle Tour The Cape Town Cycle Tour, formerly known as the Cape Argus Cycle Tour, is an annual cycle race hosted in Cape Town, South Africa, usually long. It is the first event outside Europe to be included in the Union Cycliste Internationale's Golden ...
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Cycle racing Cycle, cycles, or cyclic may refer to: Anthropology and social sciences * Cyclic history, a theory of history * Cyclical theory, a theory of American political history associated with Arthur Schlesinger, Sr. * Social cycle, various cycles in s ...


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