The first round of British Downhill Series is over. It was wet and things got wild. Congratulations to all the riders! Specially for Sean Davies from Fast/Hotlines/Kin-Gud/NS Bikes team for finishing on the 5th place and all the youth riders who were competing in the youth category sponsored by NS Bikes. 

Expert Men – Sponsored by X-Fusion
1. Craig Evans – 2:42.836
2. Calum Mcritchie – Icycles/O’neal/ Kabuto – 2:44.435
3. Brandon Love – Biketart.com/Dicker Precision/Eigtheen12 – 2:45.425
4. Morgan Gulland – Solidbikes/Wigwam Racing.com – 2:46.156
5. Sean Davies – Fast/Hotlines/Kin-Gud/NS Bikes – 2:46.248

Youth Men – Sponsored by NS Bikes
1. Charlie Hatton – Flyup downhill – 2:43.349
2. James Purvis - Cyclefix / Sickskills / Team-chr.co.uk – 2:50.547
3. Matthew Walker – Madison Saracen Development team – 2:51.553
4. Andrew Barrett – Pearce Cycles – 2:53.113
5. Conor Bate – Poferries.co.uk – 2:55.772

Elite Men – Sponsored by Schwalbe
1 Danny Hart – Giant Factory Race Team - 2:30.113
2. Josh Bryceland – Santa Cruz Syndicate - 2:31.667
3. Matt Simmonds – Madison Saracen - 2:31.856
4. Ruaridh Cunningham – Unior Tools - 2:32.612
5. Marc Beaumont – GT Factory Racing - 2:32.922

Elite women – Sponsored by Schwalbe
1 Rachel Atherton – GT Factory - 2:45.616
2. Manon Carpenter – Madison Saracen – 2:48.596
3. Tahnee Seagrave – FMD Racing – 2:59.866
4 Fionn Griffiths – Team GR – 3:02.395
5. Jess Stone – Trek Coventry – 3:06.498

Check out full race report on Pinkbike here.

Photos by Paul Cram