Burry goes goldmining

[sometime]

Great race to watch and a pity Burry couldn't match the others today.

 

Forget the juvenile gloating about wheel sizes, to me the most interesting part of the race was watching a 1.87m rider weighing a little under 80kg AND riding a dual suspension bike, beating 1.74m riders weighing around 65kg, riding hardtails. He must've been pushing out some incredible power outputs.

 

Also what was Schurter thinking not protecting the inside line on that last climb. He should've held the inside line all the way and made Kulhavy take the longer outside line then moved over on him as they approached the next right hander and squeezed him to take the apex first. I suspect Kulhavy would've still had the legs and won it though.

[kosmonooit]

http://singletrack.competitor.com/files/2012/08/stander-642x421.jpg

Photo: Graham Watson

[fabes]

I agree with you showtime, I think Kulhavy would of won on any bike today he just wanted Gold more than Schurter wanted it

[sharkysa]

Harsh but fair, where do you draw the line or should I say pink marker?

[Nettie R]

Have a look again, looked more like his front stopped (locked) instantly,

 

did not look like a problem at the back, which would have caused the back to slide out.

 

G

But he replaced the rear wheel.

[Mads]

http://singletrack.competitor.com/files/2012/08/stander-642x421.jpg

Photo: Graham Watson

 

MMMMmmm this photo gives one a better idea of the track. On TV it looked rather flattish.........and dare I say do-able for a mortal like me. But not from this angle!!! .......and bearing in mind several times as well! .

[Flowspeed]

I reckon those boots are Czech team issue, as there was a female athlete that wore them on the podium a few days ago..

 

 

Ja they wore them in the opening ceremony as well.

I think they were told to prepare themselves for The Mud Island (aka England)

[Stretch]

MMMMmmm this photo gives one a better idea of the track. On TV it looked rather flattish.........and dare I say do-able for a mortal like me. But not from this angle!!! .......and bearing in mind several times as well! .

 

300 odd metres climbing per lap

[kosmonooit]

@taylorchick1

 

Having a toast to my hero @africanmtbkid

 

[akneethling]

300 odd metres climbing per lap

174m climbing........ 300 odd total ascent and descent

[Tumbleweed]

burry stander ‏@africanmtbkid

never experienced so much pain and pleasure all at the same time. no medal this time but gave it my all.all i can say is thanks. #mtbrocks

 

Well done, kid.

Felt a bit sorry for Nino. Fricshi says he was perhaps "too fair" when he made that "mistake". Jaroslav wasn't taking any chances though after sneaking past; that huge swing to the left in the final straight sealed it:

http://singletrack.competitor.com/2012/08/news/schurter-heartbroken-over-lost-gold-medal-opportunity_34213

Overall, an awesome race. The top five all road great races.

[Tumbleweed]

Just read some Burry quotes from Tim Whitfield (will post a link when the story goes online). Seems he lost ground at the start because it was fast and physical - "that it is not my strength" but “I don’t think the start made too much difference."

“I had a chance but there were ten guys in with a chance of winning this race and the racing was close and hard.

“They were just a little bit too good for me today.”

Edited August 13, 2012 by Tumbleweed

[Tumbleweed]

Nino Schurter ‏@nschurter

It's over! http://instagr.am/p/OQVO3wMxjl/

[rouxtjie]

Super proud of Burry, he rode his mielie off to crawl back after lap 1.

[Kranswurm]

@taylorchick1

 

Having a toast to my hero @africanmtbkid

 

 

Well done Burry.Good effort.

I really enjoyed the race which seemed to flash by in a few minutes.

Great racing

[jannosmit]

I really hope Burry does good at Worlds in 4 weeks time, he deserves it