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Burry Stander YouTube stillSouth African Olympic MTB rider Burry Stander killed by car on training ride
South African mountain biker Burry Stander, who finished fifth in the Olympic cross-country race at Hadleigh Farm in Essex last summer and won the under-23 world championship in that discipline in 2009, has been killed at the age of 25. He was hit by a car - reportedly a taxi, according to local sources - as he headed home from a training ride.
Three months before the Olympic Games last summer, Stander got married to elite road cyclist Cherise Taylor, which the Specialized rider described as "the best moment of my life."
Cycling South Africa spokesperson Mylene Loumeau said: "He was returning from a training ride in Shelly Beach, on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast, and was hit by a vehicle.”
No further details are available as yet. Stander’s death comes almost two years after one of South Africa’s leading female riders, Carla Swart, was herself killed on a training ride. Swart, who had joined HTC-Highroad shortly before her death, was aged 23.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
Latest Comments
- stonojnr 1 sec ago
crazy that his own brief describes it as "his long suffering partner" also how come the two blokes he collected from the snooker club to assist in...
- stonojnr 8 min 9 sec ago
but in cases where you report other cyclists close passes, you literally are the witness to it, not the victim ?...
- S.E. 11 min 27 sec ago
1. It's obviously more aerodynamic, even a small backpack or hydration pack can help, there are studies about this....
- stonojnr 16 min 17 sec ago
theres an attitude I encounter alot locally, and demonstrated in bucket loads by drivers on my commute home tonight, that cyclists shouldnt be on...
- FionaJJ 36 min 27 sec ago
When I was a student it was virtually unheard of for someone to have a car. It wasn't even that it was considered a luxury that almost no-one could...
- Keesvant 1 hour 35 min ago
If the chains snap that is lack of build quality or material.....
- Hirsute 2 hours 31 min ago
"Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good."
- Jaijai 2 hours 56 min ago
His life was only worth shy of 7 years ,that's too lenient in every book .Let alone drugged up and leaving him to die
- webbierwrex 3 hours 1 min ago
I came here to basically write the same thing, the floating bus stop near me has a very narrow cycling lane between a very narrow pavement and a...
- AS52 3 hours 24 min ago
It wasn't an official consultation meeting - see my comment above.
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This sad incident has given more impetus to calls for a 1.5m safe passing law like the one shortly to be enacted here in the Western Cape. If the rest of SA follows suit, Burry's death will not have been in vain.
How sad, my condolences to his family and friends. But what is even sadder are the comments being left by trolls on another site that has reported this news story.
Only 25; and not long married. Very saddened to hear this news. Too many cyclists being killed or injured on the roads. My sympathy is with his family.
Terribly sad news. Condonlences to his family and friends.
Heart breaking news.
Terrible news. SA roads are dangerous. More so than the UK.
RIP, very sad. One of the guys in the club is from SA, and when he goes back, his rides start at 5am so as to avoid the mental drivers.