Halo/British Cycling National DH Championships 2011

Jul 25, 2011 at 7:31

Sequence shot of this will be up tomoz so keep an eye out. UK National Champs 11 Llangollen. Also check out my facebook page for up to date info on races and pictures. http www.facebook.com Tyler138Photo amp http www.tyler138.com

Kurtis Knowles was pcitured last year kissing the track, here an unkown disciple pays homeage to Llangollen

Lets not be shy shall we, you gotta go big.

How hard was the Llangollen National Champs track? 42 riders went home between sign on, walking the course and a Saturday night. How hard was it? Well we put in rope access at the top for the spectators to help pull themselves up the course. The CRC team will be back there for some pre-race Champery World Cup training.
Adam Brayton ruled seeding and everyone thought the big battle was between him and local hero Alex Bond. In the end Peaty crashed out on the steepest hardest section of the course, the log drop at marshal point 3. Catching his back tyre on a root and getting tangled in the crash netting loosing him some five plus seconds. Ruaridh Cunningham took the big win and his first ever National Championships title infront of a 3,000 strong crowd.

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George Milner has been busy on the video camera, here he shows his wares.

Steve Peat the Governor. Steve crashed at marshal point 3, the infamous log drop and got tangled in the catch netting costing him five seconds according to Ben Leah our marshal on the spot

Mitch Ingley taking time to style it out

Lewis Buchanan

Zak Hurrell doing the dance

Jono Jones enters the open section

The British fans were out in force

Tracy Moseley stepping it up on the final step down to take the win

Katy Curd

Nige Page on it for the Masters 35-39 win

Jason Davies hangs it out like no other..

Rhubarb Cunningham your new 2011National Champion

Adam Brayton

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Senior Men
CUNNINGHAM Ruaridh Maxxis/Rocky Mountain 2:07.682
BOND Alex Team Skene 2:11.377
BRAYTON Adam Banshee 2:12.357
SIMMONDS Matt Chainreactioncycles.com 2:12.692
PEAT Steve Santa Cruz Syndicate 2:13.704

Senior Women
MOSELEY Tracy Trek 2:37.660
CURD Katy Rose Bikes 2:45.617
STONE Jess Trek Gravity Girls 2:48.463
CARPENTER Manon Madison Saracen 31.96 3:00.930
HORRIDGE Emily Transition Bikes 3:08.370

Grand Vets 50+
JONES Dai Eryri DH 3:14.236
HICKS Tony Rockgardener/Revolution 3:29.538
YOUNG Neil 4:01.507

Junior Men
BUCHANAN Lewis Chainreactioncycles.com 2:17.276
MCGLONE Fraser MTBCut.tv 2:22.794
STUTTARD Mathew Ride On/Slik Graphics 2:23.505
SCOTT Mark 34.95 2:24.010
MATTHEWS Billy Steve Peat Syndicate 2:27.530

Juvenile Men
MCCUBBING Frazer Ae7 Bikes 2:40.566
GREENLAND Laurie 2:45.047 4.481
CARPENTER Rowan Escape Bikeshop 3:05.482
OXLEY Nial Nukeproof/Great Rock 3:07.072
DORRIT Andrew Fox/Descent Hamsterley 1:58.287

Master Men 30-34
HUGHES James 2:25.461
WHITFIELD Jethro All Terrain Cycles 2:27.568
GOUGH William Will Hire 2:34.943
TAYLOR Craig Devinci/Haven 2:37.219
FROST Seb Rootsandrain.co.uk/Michelin@RnR 2:38.468

Master Men 35-39
PAGE Nigel Chainreactioncycles.com 2:29.228
TUNSTALL Tristan Steve Peat Syndicate 2:37.426
GASKIN Anthony Shinny Racing Enterprise 2:41.125
WEIGHTMAN Mark 2:41.544
TITLEY Andrew 2:44.650

Veteran Men 40-44
HOWARTH Darren 2:33.832
SIMPSON Rich Foes/Balfa UK/Iso 2:40.290
BRADLEY Adrian Eryri DH 2:43.913
CARPENTER Jason Dragon Downhill 2:44.797
SIMPSON Ally Steve Peat Syndicate 3:17.610

Veteran Men 45-49
TWIGG Jerry Cycle World 2:52.016
FELSTEAD Steve Ticket2ridebc.com/Descent-Gear 3:10.239

Youth Men
ATWILL Phillip Madison Saracen 2:22.964
JONES Michael Team Bicycle Doctor 2:24.984
GANNICOTT George 2:26.234
GULLAND Morgan 2:27.696
HERD Sam Scott/Perth City Cycles 2:31.902

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43 Comments

Score Time

fox13 (Jul 25, 2011 at 8:32)

I think Buchanan's time is meant to be 2:17 not 1:17?? unless he was insanely pinned Razz

lumpy12 (Jul 25, 2011 at 9:39)

ya definite typo

downhilladdict (Jul 25, 2011 at 19:26)

he haz wings

whitetux (Jul 26, 2011 at 4:10)

and I am pretty sure its 2.14 not 2.17

jmbrit (Jul 26, 2011 at 6:46)

it was 2.14 for sure ! Really pisses me off how bad video's make tracks look - this place is steep as hell and yet looks nothing like it, where else do the spectators have to use rope to get to the top other than Llangollen? Another bloody good event, the BDS team have really stepped it up this year

jackmackenzie95 (Jul 27, 2011 at 12:18)

Alwinton?

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mcarswell (Jul 25, 2011 at 13:51)

I WISH THE STATES WOULD EMBRACE DOWNHILL RACING LIKE THE UK. props to Europe for keeping the scene thriving

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bigburd (Jul 25, 2011 at 9:58)

Sickest track around in the UK in my opinion , tight, steep , loose up top and flat out and jumpy out at the bottom . Perfect track ?

fantaman (Jul 25, 2011 at 12:18)

Does any one agree they need to host a world cup on this track

tom-towers (Jul 25, 2011 at 12:45)

YES that would be epic!

bill-guitarandbike (Jul 25, 2011 at 13:24)

Nope because the uplift struggles as it is!!

s100mphplus Plus (Jul 25, 2011 at 13:43)

Yep, I did 4 runs in 7 hours, grabbing drink/food btw finish and uplift queue, it really is shocking the uplift there. Someone in the queue had us all laughing when he said he was going to get some serious practice in for the next race at Llangollen by buying an old transit mini bus and sitting in it for 2 hours at a time, 5 times a day!!!!!

extremedhracer (Jul 25, 2011 at 14:03)

a world cup would have less riders to get up and down the hill. theres ways round the uplift problems, they just need vehicles capable of going down the green lane.

stryke Plus (Jul 25, 2011 at 14:16)

are you serious? have you ever seen a world cup?

extremedhracer (Jul 26, 2011 at 3:03)

well consedering i've been at every round this year i'd say i've seen a few... the maority of the world cups so far this year have had less that 200 people race. compared to 300 at a BDS do the math.

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neally (Jul 25, 2011 at 13:43)

No props so far for Ruaridh....!!!????:-)
Great job to that man. Awesome result.

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gbrouse01 (Jul 25, 2011 at 9:15)

I cant tell if the toy town is real or not it looks preety legit haha

I-SmacK-I (Jul 25, 2011 at 9:30)

Its called tilt-shift. Its a style of editing photos, look it up its boss

blrunner (Jul 26, 2011 at 12:18)

it doesnt have to be edited, its free lensing

I-SmacK-I (Jul 27, 2011 at 4:26)

ahh kk, cheers man

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Ironhorse-Rider-2011 (Jul 25, 2011 at 8:22)

POD!!!! LOOSE AS STEEZE AND KEN AND TINGS!

Joebohobo (Jul 25, 2011 at 8:34)

wich photo are you saying pod too, theres loads...

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Porgehead (Jul 25, 2011 at 8:44)

Holy shit, Phill Atwill would have placed 3rd in Juniors! He's going to be killing it in the world cups!!!

charleyboy14 (Jul 25, 2011 at 9:25)

No he's not

Porgehead (Jul 25, 2011 at 9:38)

It's a fact. You can't disagree with it.

+ 10

t1000 (Jul 25, 2011 at 10:51)

''He's going to be killing it in the world cups!!!'' is a prediction, not a fact.

Porgehead (Jul 27, 2011 at 4:52)

>:-( Just trying to be supportive.

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SarahStuttard (Jul 25, 2011 at 14:10)

Such a great weekend! Pictures and videos really don't give an impression on how steep this thing was, there were ropes to help people climb up and absail down.

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si-paton Plus (Jul 25, 2011 at 16:02)

Apologies for the mis-type, just rectified it now. Just drop me an- e-mail when I mess up again and i'll change it ASAP! si@descent-gear.com

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kinglewi (Jul 25, 2011 at 10:12)

where was all the top boys then like, athertons etc?

Bennyy4x (Jul 25, 2011 at 11:08)

Crankworx

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onetime (Jul 25, 2011 at 9:24)

that's Ben Evans worshipping the god of dust and shale!

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mikeyk (Jul 25, 2011 at 19:30)

lol "rhubarb" mad props... and to tracy too!

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shishka (Jul 25, 2011 at 18:05)

Oh you guys were riding over there, I was asleep and missd it.

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BLIPDH (Jul 25, 2011 at 12:29)

lewis buchanan with a 1:17?????

BLIPDH (Jul 25, 2011 at 12:29)

either its jsut a typo, or someone was f*cking pinned harder than anyone ever before

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BLIPDH (Jul 25, 2011 at 8:32)

what happened to the athertons?

norm (Jul 25, 2011 at 8:41)

they probably stayed in whistler for all of crankworx. they did compete in some of the mid-week events like the Garbanzo DH.

Porgehead (Jul 25, 2011 at 8:42)

They're at Crankworx this year Smile

BLIPDH (Jul 25, 2011 at 8:55)

ooohhhh duh didnt even think about that

markushazeldine85 (Jul 25, 2011 at 10:06)

there was still over 30 riders that flaked and went home when they saw how sketchy the course was.

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domminator (Jul 25, 2011 at 13:22)

that is one dope looking track

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rhys17 (Jul 25, 2011 at 14:55)

btw the athertons wernt thair because of some stupid rule or something i think. :/

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