kosmonooit Posted July 17, 2012 Posted July 17, 2012 South Africa announces mountain bike Worlds team From cyclenews 18 racers headed to Austria Cycling South Africa's Mountain Bike Commission announced which riders will represent South Africa at the 2012 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships in Saalfelden Leogang, Austria. The downhill world championships will take place from August 31 to September 2, while the cross country world championships take place from September 6 to September 9. The following riders have been selected according to the 2012 CSA-MTB Selection Criteria. Elite men cross countryBurry StanderPhilip Buys Elite men downhillGreg MinnaarAndrew Neethling U23 men cross countryRourke CroeserJames ReidLuke Roberts U23 women cross countryCandice NeethlingMariske Strauss Junior men cross countryPatrick BeltonDylan HattinghKyle DorkinPaul Rodenbach Junior women cross countryLinda van WykNicole Erasmus Junior men downhillTiaan OdendaalAdi van der MerweSamuel Bull Bryan Strauss will serve as team manager while Rob Cunnington will perform team mechanic duties
tombeej Posted September 6, 2012 Posted September 6, 2012 Is Burry not in this race anymore? According to Cycling News he's not... http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-xcoxce-world-championships-2012/preview Friday: U23 women, followed by the U23 men and the junior women. Saturday: junior men, elite women and elite men.
Jaco-fiets Posted September 9, 2012 Posted September 9, 2012 I can't seem to find any comments on the mens XCO race yesterday. What is up with Burry's racing style lately? He used to be a fast starter and sit with the front okes from the beginning but lately seems to leave it for last 2 laps and then try and catch up. He did well to finish in 5th after spending most of the race around 15th but am i wrong saying that his tactics has changed and is obviously not working so well at this stage?
CAAD4 Posted September 9, 2012 Posted September 9, 2012 Didn't he finish 8th behind the Swiss Blitzkreig? Total domination. Bresset was also very impressive in the ladies. Today's XCE should be interesting as they crown the first ever WC in this discipline.
Jaco-fiets Posted September 9, 2012 Posted September 9, 2012 Didn't he finish 8th behind the Swiss Blitzkreig? Total domination. Bresset was also very impressive in the ladies. Today's XCE should be interesting as they crown the first ever WC in this discipline. Sorry! I meant 8th. Bresset was really impressive and still so young.
CAAD4 Posted September 9, 2012 Posted September 9, 2012 Even more impressive was Gunn Rita, at 39 years old. What a comeback after years of ilness..
jannosmit Posted September 9, 2012 Posted September 9, 2012 Didn't he finish 8th behind the Swiss Blitzkreig? Total domination. Bresset was also very impressive in the ladies. Today's XCE should be interesting as they crown the first ever WC in this discipline. RALPH NAEF!!!!!
Kranswurm Posted September 10, 2012 Posted September 10, 2012 Didn't he finish 8th behind the Swiss Blitzkreig? Total domination. Bresset was also very impressive in the ladies. Today's XCE should be interesting as they crown the first ever WC in this discipline. Very disappointed in Burry's performance lately.Is his opposition just getting so much better quicker through better training?This relationship with Jeroen is not working too well.Maybe its time for a new coachAs someone else said he has lost a lot of speed off the mark.If you are not with the frontrunners on the first lap it is too much to expect to catch up
Cippo Posted September 10, 2012 Posted September 10, 2012 Why are we always blaming coaches? Its the athlete that has to put in the work. Maybe Burry is having an off seaon.
jannosmit Posted September 10, 2012 Posted September 10, 2012 Why are we always blaming coaches? Its the athlete that has to put in the work. Maybe Burry is having an off seaon. I would not call it a off season at all. Epic, 2nd overall World Cup, 5th at Olympics, 8th at Worlds. Tough and long and he stuck through. Our team having a moment
Tumbleweed Posted September 10, 2012 Posted September 10, 2012 A kid to watch for the future is Anton Cooper. He was in his own class in this race; similar to what he did in PMB at the start of the year: http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-xcoxce-world-championships-2012/junior-men-cross-country/results
patches Posted September 10, 2012 Posted September 10, 2012 But hey... don't forget the SA cyclist that's performed the best this year on international level... Mr Minn! sitting 2nd overall World Cup, as well as 2012 DH World Champion. (and yes, I know he has a thread dedicated to him. Just thought he deserved a mention in the World Champs thread)
Kranswurm Posted September 10, 2012 Posted September 10, 2012 Why are we always blaming coaches? Its the athlete that has to put in the work. Maybe Burry is having an off seaon. There is no doubt that trainers or coaches can improve an athlete.When interviewed before the Olympics Jeroen was adament that Burry was a podium.It just seems to me that Burry is fading as the year progresses
SwissVan Posted September 10, 2012 Posted September 10, 2012 Watched the race last night on red bull tv and it looked like Burry got a better start and was not far behind Nino (the guy to follow....) but somewhere early still on the start loop saw someone go off track slightly and loose at least 20 places... could not see who it was but maybe it was Burry??? He did well to place 8th considering where he was at the end of lap 1 It does seem like he had better results when he still coached himself Burry's twitter: burry stander@africanmtbkidone race too far. well done to the swissies. i died out there. holiday time. thanks to all for the support this season. its been a good
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