Whats the Hurry ?

For those of you not in the Mountain Biking loop the guy pictured here is our very own SA born and Natal North coast raised Burry Stander.

Burry, yes that's his name, has just won the U23 Mountain Bike World Title and placed 5th overall in the open category. That is massive folks especially as Burry is only 20. How it works is a bunch of the world's elite mountain bikers travel around the world riding in races competing for points similar to the F1.

Burry is one hell of a prospect and huge things are expected of this guy. So keep an eye or ear out for his name. Talk is he has just signed up with Specialized for next season and this would be a massive boost for him. Currently Specialized have another World Champ, Christoph Sauser in their team so you realise the potential being invested in this kid. Funnily enough these two raced in this years Cape Epic under the Team Songo banner and were leading going into Day 3 when Burry suffered knee problems and had to withdraw from the race. I'm sure we will see them next year as Team Specialized, Sauser loves the Epic which he hasn't won since 2005. Being a summer resident of Stellenbosch look out for these two training out there together come summer.

Well done Burry.

I am proud to say I stood on the start line alongside these guys at the SA Champs at the begining of the year, it was the last time I saw them but I'm sure they remember it as fondly as I do.