Final Results: British National Downhill - Round 2 Fort William
Taking three podium spots at today's British National downhill race it looks like the new Atherton DH prototype is definitely up to race pace. In the Elite Men Gee Atherton would take the win over Danny Hart with Adam Brayton coming just behind in third. Greg Williamson and Gee's teammate Charlie Hatton would round out the podium in fourth and fifth respectively. Matt Walker, the first round winner, would not end up racing in finals after having a nasty crash which led him to abandon the race.
For the Elite Women, it would be the expected results with Rachel Atherton taking the win but it wouldn't be an easy victory with Marine Cabirou under a second behind her. Katy Curd would finish third and Becci Skelton and Mikayla Parton would complete the Women's podium.
Elite Men:
1st. Gee Atherton - 4:35.164
2nd. Danny Hart +0.186
3rd. Adam Brayton +4.730
4th. Greg Williamson +4.848
5th. Charlie Hatton +6.179
Elite Women:
1st. Rachel Atherton - 5:29.593
2nd. Marine Cabirou +0.424
3rd. Katy Curd +22.972
4th. Becci Skelton +25.881
5th. Mikayla Parton +27.925
Full results here.
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Probably the point gabriel-mission9 is making is... That only 5 of the top 20 in the world were there. (Pretty much the same that 5 of the top 20 were there from last years WC).
2018 WC standings.
1. Pierron - NOT at BDS
2. Hart - Yes at BDS
3. Brosnan - NOT
4. Vergier - NOT
5. Greenland - Yes
6. Macdonald - NOT
7. Bruni - NOT
8. Shaw - NOT
9. Gee... of course
10. Fearon - NOT
11. Gwin - NOT
12. Thirion - NOT
13. Blenkinsop - NOT
14. Wallace - NOT
15. Iles - NOT
16. Harrison - Yes
17. Gutierrez - NOT
18. Wilson - Yes
19. Lucas - NOT
20. Meas - NOT
This kinda means that we know Gee and Danny are up to speed on the Fort William track and probably have a little more to give in a WC and the exciting bit is the 15 we dont know about... pretty sure they will be turning up soon. Gee and Danny have shown their hand in the game, put a message out there too. Rock on the WC at Fort William.
British champs is at Glencoe later this year. That's a much rougher and steeper track.
@Jaime
These boys don't like to lose. Maybe much more relaxed and much less pressure but once in that start hut I bet they wanted to win. The time shows you that. Times are a message to the rest also. First round was the same. Shame those who did the IXS didn't win the WC.
yeh boys.
Thank god I was there at the weekend, racing in the over 40's.
#Iaintakeyboardwarrior
As for the guy who suggested I'm not a fan and haven't heard of Brayton. Literally made him a coffee and had a chat about his suspension settings a few weeks ago. But yeah sure, never heard of the guy....
Obviously you are a much bigger fan than me though. What with your in depth knowledge of the results of the British Champs race
Watching the fast boys in the woods (nice line taped in by the SDA for this combined race), through the corners before the hoofer and heading into the pedal before the motorway after my race run was so cool. It wasnt a world cup but they were certainly at world cup pace. 4.35 taking the win.
I think Rachel took it easy. I heard she nearly pulled over due to the wind which did pick up a little bit but not too bad. (She must have taken it easy as I beat her. Lol)
It was very, very windy up top so that will have affected results/splits early on in the track
Tahnee apparently complained bitterly about the "natural wood section"(damp boggy bit) when it was put in for the WC a couple of years back. There was a simillar section put in for this race, I saw her drive off before close of practice.
Maybe because there are only so many changes that can be made to the track, that there were fewer than usual International entries?
There were some big accidents, was the track getting too loose, we`ll just have to wait and in a fortnight`s time.Well doen everybody who DID race though.
Doesn't matter how much you coach and Ben is an amazing coach. When the pressure is on and Ben has owned the SDA until this year and is an amazing rider. Mistakes can happen. A BDS especially before a WC is another level from and SDA. Just look at the junior times, nobody was holding back at the weekend so mistakes were bound to happen.
Then they have National Championships (a single race) that anyone can race in, but only a genuine national can win.