SCOTT Factory Racing’s Philip Buys and Matthys Beukes claimed a second consecutive stage victory on the third day of the Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek yesterday.
Stage three of the Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek came down to a sprint finish with SCOTT Factory Racing (in yellow) just edging out Team Bulls (in white) for the victory.
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Buys and Beukes are hoping to claim another win in today’s 109km stage from De Rust to George with an ascent of 2690m.
“We predicted this morning the stage might finish in a sprint so were ready for it. We’ve discussed our sprinting tactics quite a bit, but didn’t have to implement them yesterday as Simon (Stiebjahn) made the first move and we were forced to react. Matthys went after him and I watched Tim (Bohme). Simon faded a bit and that allowed both Matthys and I to go across the line ahead of them,” explained Buys.
On the women’s side, Biogen Toyota Cape Brewing Co.’s Robyn de Groot and Jennie Stenerhag took their fourth successive stage win, against Asrin Cycling’s Catherine Williamson and Alice Pirard.
“We accepted with about 10km to go that it would come down to a sprint,” said De Groot.
“Catherine and Alice rode really well today and we knew that we’d have to be tactically smart to beat them. Fortunately we got our timing right and were able to win. We still have a 13-minute lead, but it’s not big enough to allow us to relax, especially with today’s big stage.”
View the results here.
