1. Bernard Kerr (GBR) 3:32.46
2. Ruaridh Cunningham (GBR) 3:34.86 +2.40
3. Adam Brayton (GBR) 3:35.50 +3.04
4. Gee Atherton (GBR) 3:35.97 +3.51
5. George Brannigan (NZ) 3:39.14 +6.68
6. Mick Hannah (AUS) 3:39.28 +6.82
7. Eddie Masters (NZ) 3:39.94 +7.48
8. Joe Smith (GBR) 3:40.21 +7.75
9. Taylor Vernon (GBR) 3:41.22 +8.76
10. Brook Macdonald (NZ) 3:41.30 +8.84
11. Mark Wallace (CAN) 3:41.82 +9.36
12. Al Bond (GBR) 3:47.24 +14.78
13. Dan Atherton (GBR) 3:47.66 +15.20
14. Graeme Mudd (AUS) 3:49.50 +17.04
MENTIONS:
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Thanks to Dan and Olley. Thanks Red Bull.
Good idea to have a delay on broadcast too, just in case of problems/injuries, considering this is a gnarly course, now they have it down they may do it truly live next yeart??, a-la Rampage (although is there a tie delay on that too?)
There were some guys doing the commentary on the ground that are always on RedBull events (Gendle and that other bloke) that are broadcast on Dave TV channel here in the UK, I wonder if the extra cash in production is because they may run it on mainstream TV at some point?
However, I'd say some part of the quality coverage was due to Redbull having unfettered access to the track for as long as they needed. On a WC track they may have limited time available to get everything set up.
Congratulations Dan, on your vistion and the crazy amount of work you and your team did on the course. It would be interesting to see if this genre of DH bike race will evolve to attract more racers.
Gee -- you are a nutter for racing/freeriding with your injured wing, and what a show you put on.
To all the competitors -- I tip my hat.
jk, i want to see bottoming out photos!
I live 10 mins away,to see no wind and rain for the whole event was a miracle!
The DH weather gods were smiling this weekend
Rained on the way home
Awesome weekend!
The quarter second of footage showing a bike snapping in half, perfectly demonstrated the magnitude of the course.
His time may come eventually. Back in 2005 or so Danny Hart drew my attention by winning every single round of the BDS (or was it Dragon?) that year. Then joined Nicolas Vouilloz at Lapierre so I expected him to become pretty dominant on the world circuit. But except for the odd World Championship it just didn't happen. Until recently. Hopefully the same eventually goes for Ruaridh.
.. progression .. yes, of course .. and maybe in 10 years time this may be the norm, who knows eh!!