Buys & Wakefield win maiden SA Marathon titles at Karkloof
Philip Buys and Amy Wakefield produced supreme displays at the 2022 Sappi Karkloof Classic Trail Festival to claim maiden national marathon titles in the men’s and women’s races respectively on Sunday. PYGA Euro Steel’s Philip Buys wins the national marathon title at the Sappi Karkloof Classic Trail Festival on Sunday. Anthony Grote/ Gameplan Media Both […]
Pyga Euro Steel’s Buys and Beukes primed for overall Cape Epic victory
Philip Buys and Matthys Beukes of Pyga Euro Steel have seen red more than anyone else at the Absa Cape Epic but this year it’s the yellow jersey that’s on their radar. Buys has won the red Absa African special jersey three times, while Beukes has lifted the Burry Stander Memorial trophy on four occasions, […]
Aggressive Buys extends Ashburton Investments MTB series lead
Philip Buys extended his lead in the 2017 Ashburton Investments National MTB Series when he played the perfect hand on Sunday’s second stage and toppled overnight leader, Gert Heyns in a decisive battle at Dullstroom, Mpumalanga on Sunday. Pyga/Eurosteel team, Matthys Beukes (front) and Philip Buys (back) setting a hard pace on day 2 of […]
Team Pyga Euro Steel grow with promising new signings
The African MTB Team, Team Pyga Euro Steel are welcoming two new riders to the family. Julian Jessop and Phillimon Sebona will be joining Philip Buys, Matthys Beukes, and Kombo Bere on the highly successful team. Team Pyga Euro Steel from left to right: Julian Jessop, Phil Buys, Phillimon Sebona, Matthys Beukes and Kombo Bere. […]
Nissan Trailseeker Lionman a roaring success
Philip Buys and Samantha Saunders were crowned men and women’s winners in the marathon race at the Nissan TrailSeeker Lionman mountain bike event at the weekend. The third round of the 2017 Gauteng Nissan TrailSeeker Series attracted close to 2500 participants, who enjoyed the warm conditions and challenging bush trails of the Mabalingwe Nature Reserve […]
Team announcement for MTB Marathon World Champs
Cycling South Africa’s Mountain Bike Commission has great pleasure in announcing that the following riders have been selected to represent South Africa at the 2017 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships in Singen, Germany, from 24-25 June. The riders have been selected in line with the 2017 CSA-MTB Selection Criteria. Elite Men:Nico BellMax KnoxPhilip BuysSithembiso […]
Buys and Beukes defy the mud for KAP sani2c win
Despite starting with a hefty lead, the pairing of Philip Buys and Matthys Beukes had to fight back from crashing and technical problems in the slippery muddy conditions to claim the overall victory in the KAP sani2c at Scottburgh’s main beach on Saturday afternoon, while the fancied team of Candice Lill and Vera Adrian staged […]
Helter-skelter action on KAP sani2c stage one
The best elite mountain bike riders in South Africa set off from Himeville on Thursday morning for stage one of the 2017 KAP sani2c, a stage that was full of intensity and surprises as PYGA Euro Steel’s Matthys Beukes and Philip Buys took the overall win while the underdog-duo of Valencia Lady’s Sam Sanders and […]
Philip Buys and Matthys Beukes win 2017 joBerg2c
It was a day all about South Africa on the Old Mutual joBerg2c’s last official race day. South African MTB stars Philip Buys and Matthys Beukes sailed over the line to win day 8, and claimed the event outright for the recently formed PYGA Euro Steel team. In their first joBerg2c – the race across […]
Buys and Beukes consolidate joBerg2c lead
Philip Buys and Matthys Beukes (PYGA Euro Steel) continue to dominate the 2017 Old Mutual joBerg2c. On a short, punchy 82km day 7 ride from Glencairn Farm in Himeville to Mackenzie Club near Ixopo, PYGA Euro Steel were able to claim their fourth stage win of the event in a time of 3:00:39. The chasing […]
Beukes/Buys combo embracing KAP sani2c favourites tag
Having set alight the recent ABSA Cape Epic as Team PYGA Euro Steel, Matthys Beukes and Philip Buys have taken on the potential favourites tag at this year’s KAP sani2c will confidence as they build up to the three day Race from 11-13 May. Last year Beukes won the sani2c with Gert Heyns despite an […]
Bikes of the Epic: Philip Buys’s Pyga Stage
Philip Buys and Matthys Beukes of team Pyga Euro Steel won the red African Jersey title at the Absa Cape Epic, and came 7th overall in the strongest elite field to date. We had a closer look at Philip Buys’s Pyga Stage. Fittingly, Pyga bikes are designed in South Africa, for South African terrain, and […]