World MTB Champs - Burry and Greg Bronze it!

South African mountain bikers were flying the flag high at Mont-Sainte-Anne in Canada this weekend.  There was a pretty solid group of contenders with juniors, women and the elite men. The two biggest names Burry and Greg did themselves proud with both of them getting onto the podium.

Burry Stander showed again that he has what it takes to beat the best in the world. This year he set himself two ambitious goals. On his blog he writes "i wanted to win a medal at both the marathon world championships and the xco world champs a month later." Thats exactly what he did when he took third place on Sunday after getting a bronze medal a month earlier at the marathon world champs.

Riding his Specialized 29er Burry blogged "for bike setup this week i went for a single ring in the front.a 34tooth rotor ring mounted to a specialized carbon road spider did the job perfectly.i was again aboard my 2010 stumpjumper 29er.i ran a new prototype mud tire on the front dubbed "winston" by the team.on the rear i ha my fast rolling renegade setup.sram hooked us up with some new xx world cup edition black box brake last week which rounds of the package superbly.the bike weighed in at 8.2kg and handled the rough and technical track like a dream."

Greg Minnaar summed up his 3rd place performance on Sunday with this tweet "Podium champagne smells good on ur cloths when you win. But when the winner's champagne gets on ur cloths, it really doesn't smell that good".

Follow these guys at www.burrystander.co.za and www.gmfanclub.com. Also go and support them at the World Cup in Pietermaritzburg next year April.

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