{"id":21893,"date":"2013-08-14T01:19:23","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T23:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/neethling-ready-for-mtb-world-cup-fightback\/"},"modified":"2013-08-14T01:19:23","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T23:19:23","slug":"neethling-ready-for-mtb-world-cup-fightback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/neethling-ready-for-mtb-world-cup-fightback\/","title":{"rendered":"Neethling ready for MTB World Cup fightback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=13363\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13363\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-13363 \" alt=\"South African downhill talent Andrew Neethling (Giant Factory Off-road team) is starting to hit some good form ahead of the UCI MTB and Trials World Championships in Pietermaritzburg with a respectable eighth place finish in the most recent UCI World Cup event in Mont-Sainte-Anne. Photo: Darren Goddard \/  Gameplan Media \" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/fb65e_2012D3Neethling.jpg\" width=\"383\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">South African downhill talent Andrew Neethling (Giant Factory Off-road team) is starting to hit some good form ahead of the UCI MTB and Trials World Championships in Pietermaritzburg with a respectable eighth place finish in the most recent UCI World Cup event in Mont-Sainte-Anne. Photo: Darren Goddard \/<br \/>Gameplan Media<\/p>\n<p>South African number two downhiller Andrew Neethling will be aiming to put a difficult season behind him with a positive medal-worthy performance <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/buys-will-race-for-stander-at-world-champs\/\" target=\"_blank\">at the biggest event of the year \u2013 the UCI MTB  Trials World Championships<\/a> in Pietermaritzburg from August 26.<\/p>\n<p>Neethling, who has battled injury throughout the 2013 UCI MTB World Cup series, remains determined to race for a podium position.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old recently competed at the fourth World Cup event at Mont-Sainte-Anne in Canada, where he claimed a solid eighth place despite difficult and wet conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Many will be hoping this is a sign of the Giant Factory Off-road racer\u2019s return to good form.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a bit of a roller coaster season for me so far. I have suffered a fair few big crashes which is not normal for me and have obviously been pretty frustrating,\u201d said Neethling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFort William was solid for me but I had to sit out of round two after crashing heavily the morning of the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m healthy now though and I\u2019m looking to try build up some momentum heading into the world champs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Somerset West resident\u2019s performance in Canada has been his best finish in the world cup so far.<\/p>\n<p>He has one more event, the Whistler Crankworks Festival, to use as a fine-tuning exercise before heading back to his homeland for the start of the world champs.<\/p>\n<p>For more breaking sporting news and views, visit MySport24 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySport24\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mysport24?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/sanders-makes-world-mtb-champs-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/fb65e_191945871_80_801.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/sanders-makes-world-mtb-champs-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sanders makes world MTB champs debut<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/knox-crosses-over-to-xco\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/fb65e_192978626_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/knox-crosses-over-to-xco\/\" target=\"_blank\">Knox crosses over to XCO<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/rourke-now-a-momsen-croeser\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/fb65e_192024430_80_802.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/rourke-now-a-momsen-croeser\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rourke now a Momsen \u2018Croeser\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/3e69f_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African downhill talent Andrew Neethling (Giant Factory Off-road team) is starting to hit some good form ahead of the UCI MTB and Trials World Championships in Pietermaritzburg with a respectable eighth place finish in the most recent UCI World Cup event in Mont-Sainte-Anne. 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