Scoop For MTN SA Marathon Championships

Race Report : Adventurance Media

Burry Stander (Specialized) the world’s third best cross country rider is back in South Africa and ready to race.

Stander announced today that he will be competing in the MTN National South African Championships – N3TC Dirty Harry Marathon Event, which will take place in Harrismith tomorrow.

Stander’s participation is like letting the proverbial cat loose amongst  the pigeons. Suddenly it is not just going to be case of everybody going to try and  beat Kevin Evans (MTN-Energade).

Stander made his intentions clear that he is going to race to win and it is not just idle talk.

The youngster only knows one way of racing and that is flat out from the beginning. So the challenge to the rest of the riders will be keep up or lose out.

There aren’t many riders that can match his climbing prowess and Stander is also fearless racing downhill making him a formidable opponent and an exciting addition to the MTN South African Marathon Championships.

Stander only arrived back on Wednesday in South Africa having competed over the weekend at a World Cup Cross Country-event in Bromont, Quebec where he finished an incredible 7th overall.

Stander is at the moment one of the most consistent riders on the World Cup-circuit having managed a top ten finish in each of the World Cup’s he has competed in.

He was 3rd once, twice 4th, twice 5th and twice 7th.

According to Stander he is still suffering from a little bit of jetlag and he has got a slight cold but that is not big bother to him.

According to him what does not kill you, makes you stronger.