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British National DH Series #4 - 2
Moelfre, Great Britain, August 10, 2008
2007 Results Results
Barnes and Gaskell win in mid-Wales
Perhaps the biggest obstacle in last weekend's British National Points Series (NPS) downhill round was showing up at the proper Moefre in Wales. Apparently, some racers found out the hard way that there is more than one such named town.
Saturday morning saw heavy rains soaking the course and 40-50 mph wind gusts up top, where it was almost impossible to stand upright. Conditions were so tough that the UCI's officials decided to drop the start to a stone alcove 200 yards further down the course - which would give everyone more shelter. The seeding was run through tough conditions - with lots of mist and fog reducing visibility to almost nothing.
Racing took part on Sunday after open practise with full runs all morning. Fortunately, the weather on Sunday was much kinder. The sun shone and the wind was lighter yet still blowing which meant many riders took off their peaks in order to combat the speed destroying gusts that destroyed the legs. The course was 99.9% open to spectators and the elements - making for a high speed course with rolling grass along a Welsh hillside.
Only a handful cleared the huge road gap due to the windy conditions. Natural whoops and greasy corners meant many a comedy moment before the launch off the BC jump and onto flat out wet and grassy corners. high speed right hand corner and a jump led to the finish.
Joe Barnes (MTBcut.tv/Orange) won the elite men's race by just a fraction of a second ahead of Ben Cathro (Mojo Orange) and and 1.37 seconds ahead of Matt Simmonds (CRC Intense).
Helen Gaskell (Halfords Bike Hut) took the women's race with a healthy 4.056 second margin over Katy Curd (Giant) and 12 seconds ahead of Haby-Blu Cann (EMBC/CF3).
Results
Elite men 1 Joe Barnes (MTBcut.Tv/Orange) 2.10.233 2 Ben Cathro (Mojo Orange) 0.00.794 3 Matt Simmonds (CRC Intense) 0.01.368 4 Tom Deacon (Ancillotti UK) 0.02.330 5 Robert Smith (Santa Cruz/Reverse) 0.02.787 6 Dave Smith (Santa Cruz Reverse) 0.03.054 7 James Hughes (Yeti/Reverse) 0.03.327 8 Ralph Jones (Dirt MTB Mag) 0.03.602 9 Danny Hart (La Pierre/Saab Solomon) 0.03.715 10 Gary Forrest (Sombrio) 0.03.960 11 Dan Stanbridge (Mojo Orange) 0.04.155 12 Tom Braithwaite (Orange) 0.04.310 13 Scott Beaumont (Rocky Mountain UK) 0.04.874 14 Liam Mason (Fusion Bikes) 0.05.777 15 Stuart Jenkinson (Foes Racing/Rockoil) 0.05.835 16 Rowen Sorrell (South Wales Trail Centres) 0.06.487 17 Ben Ineson (Solid) 0.06.497 18 Philip Ashbridge (Santa Cruz/Reverse) 0.07.260 19 Nikki Whiles (Team Skene) 0.07.468 20 Ben Baker (Astrix Europe) 0.08.358 21 Emyr Davies (Santa Cruz/Reverse) 0.08.554 22 Fergus Lamb (Alpine Bikes) 0.08.612 23 Will Longden (Bike Radar) 0.09.307 24 Andrew Philips (Yeti/Reverse) 0.10.295 25 Liam Little (Solid/Electric) 0.12.702 26 Nathan Vials (Yeti/Reverse) 0.13.038 27 Scott Laughland (Santa Cruz/Reverse) 0.16.148 28 Alistair Parkin (Santa Cruz/MTB Direct) 0.17.876 DNF Ashley Mullane (Cove/Race Face) Elite women 1 Helen Gaskell (Halfords Bike Hut) 2.31.717 2 Katy Curd (Giant) 0.04.056 3 Haby-Blu Cann (EMBC/CF3) 0.12.392 4 Sarah Newman (Balfa UK) 0.15.887 5 Aimee Dix (Mojo Orange) 0.18.933 Juvenile men 1 Fraser Mcglone 2.30.165 2 Billy Mathews (J E James Cycles) 0.12.305 3 Mathew Downes (Dave Rayner Cycle Sport) 0.18.001 4 Alex Glass (Bedstone College) 0.23.966 5 Mathew Lean 0.29.175 6 Sam Herd (Perth City Cycles) 0.36.162 7 Jevan Williams 0.47.670 8 Fraser Leadbetter (20 26 Distribution) 1.35.812 Youth men 1 Arran Gannicott (Santa Cruz) 2.24.344 2 Mark Scott (Ecosse DH Racing) 0.00.444 3 Jamie Maller (Knox) 0.01.580 4 Sam Flockhart (Astrix/Descent-Gear.com) 0.02.908 5 Lewis Buchanan (MT Cut Tv/Orange) 0.04.780 6 Callum Dew (MSC Bikes/Descent-Gear.com) 0.10.825 7 Stephen Millyard (Descent-Gear.com) 0.13.153 8 Andrew Kelly (All Terrain Cycles) 0.14.213 9 Brad Mather 0.14.302 10 Ronan Taylor (777 Racing) 0.14.474 11 Toby Davison (Team CHR) 0.14.664 12 Reece Shields (Pearce Cycles RT) 0.14.830 13 Willem Herd (Perth City Cycles) 0.14.976 14 Tom Knight (MTB Bitz.Co.Uk) 0.15.040 15 Sam Webster (Team Skene) 0.15.375 16 Sam Wakefield 0.16.456 17 Sean Davies (Foel DH) 0.16.628 18 Adam Burnside (Santa Cruz/Formula) 0.16.724 19 George Belk 0.17.236 20 Oli Wakeman (SUN Microsystems) 0.18.015 21 Jamie Crump (Pure Riders.Co/Bike Tape) 0.18.576 22 Richard Aycott (FOEL DH) 0.18.849 23 Robbie Nelson (Hetton Hawks CC) 0.23.280 24 Vivian Jones (Dragon DH) 0.26.250 25 Johnathan Beattie 0.27.279 26 Pete Robinson 0.28.954 27 Charlie Beach 0.30.252 28 Adam Jones 0.30.510 29 Tom Housman 0.30.675 30 Alex Powell (Team Loctite) 0.32.524 31 James Connock (Wood N Wheels DH Team) 0.36.635 32 Robert Black 0.37.488 33 Joseph Vials 0.58.762 34 Benjamin Williamson 1.07.447 Junior men 1 Alastair Wilson (Ancillotti UK) 2.16.526 2 Harry Heath (Morewood/Derry Air Cycles) 0.02.067 3 Bernard Kerr (Marzocchi/Millyard Racing) 0.02.498 4 Sam Shucksmith (Ram Bikes UK) 0.03.542 5 Gareth Brewin (Descent-Gear.com/Santa Cruz) 0.05.195 6 Ewan Doherty (Eze Fitness) 0.06.250 7 Todd Kierney (Solid/Electric) 0.06.664 8 Sion Whitecross (Team Skene) 0.06.681 9 Ashley Maller (Knox) 0.07.292 10 Ben Moorhouse (Ticket2Ride/Descent-Gear.co) 0.07.316 11 Kyle Farrow (Derry Air Cycles) 0.07.396 12 Lewis Hawthorne (Team Skene) 0.08.031 13 Harry Molloy (DMR/Resurgence/Mojo) 0.08.722 14 Ben Rodgers (All Terrain Cycles) 0.11.097 15 Joe Taylor (Mojo/Orange) 0.11.250 16 Joe Flanagan (All Terrain Cycles) 0.11.632 17 James Scott (Cycle Jersey/Burgtec) 0.11.929 18 Dale Russell 0.12.085 19 Robert Williams (Team Skene) 0.12.213 20 Martin Young 0.12.478 21 Joe Edge (Stendec) 0.12.986 22 Gregory Hampton 0.13.871 23 Scott Jones 0.13.976 24 Daniel Jary 0.13.987 25 Ross Hammond 0.14.028 26 Chris Collins 0.14.773 27 Daniel Millard (Ecosse DH) 0.15.018 28 Sean Pringle 0.17.128 29 Mark Blackler (Karcher) 0.18.540 30 Perry Gardener (Pearce Cycles RT) 0.18.984 31 Cameron Leadbetter (Perth City Cycles) 0.19.250 32 James Metcalfe (Moonglu Cycles) 0.19.587 33 Jamie Callow 0.19.727 34 Ian Stark (Kustom Bikes) 0.19.992 35 Huw Oliver 0.20.321 36 John Bolton 0.21.834 37 James Storey (Pscycles.Co.Uk/Cwmdown) 0.21.987 38 Craig Munro 0.22.844 39 Alex Holowko 0.23.678 40 Ed Parks 0.24.681 41 Simon Parsons (Freedom Bikes) 0.25.438 42 Benjii Harrison (Pureriders.Co.Uk/Bike Tape) 0.32.882 43 Charlie Collins 0.33.496 44 Jimmy Smith (Bergamont Bikes) 0.39.919 45 Nicholas Burton Legge (Red Mist Racing) 0.49.609 46 Sam Potter (Mountain Trax) 0.57.101 DNF Johnathan Weaver Veteran men 1 Rich Simpson 2.27.498 2 Alastair Maclennan (Off Beat Bikes) 0.02.095 3 Jerry Twigg (Cycleworld) 0.02.574 4 Keith Clarke (Rave Racing) 0.03.070 5 John Cobb 0.03.570 6 David Michael (Fastlanephotography.Co.Uk) 0.10.046 7 Jason Gun Brennan (Rave Racing) 0.12.253 8 Steve Felstead (T2R/Descent-Gear.com) 0.15.719 9 Neil Edgar (Rave Racing) 0.16.409 10 Iain Wilkinson 0.19.792 11 Tim Webb (Red Mist Racing) 0.21.538 12 Greg Taylor (Rave Racing) 0.21.582 13 John Boylett (Dartmoor Cycles) 0.23.636 14 Dave Wills (Foel DH Riders) 0.26.952 15 Derek Laughland (Castle Melamine) 0.30.790 16 Paul Molloy (Lifestyle Ford) 0.31.029 17 Peter Southern 0.49.049 18 Jeremy Scott 1.00.370 DNF Martin Crocket (MSC Bikes/Descent-Gear.Com) Master men 1 Andrew Titley (Kona Sombrio) 2.16.446 2 Alan Lewis (AW Cycles) 0.04.190 3 Mark Milward (Swinnerton Cycles) 0.04.977 4 Dave List (Stourport Cycles) 0.05.236 5 Russ Harland 0.05.781 6 Stephen Russell (Badd Ass Bikes) 0.09.756 7 David Tallontire (MSC Bikes/Uplift Scotland) 0.10.790 8 Andrew Buddin (Descend Hamsterley) 0.11.180 9 James Roberts (High Peak Cycles) 0.12.409 10 Lance Harland 0.13.020 11 Mark Wilcox 0.13.159 12 Jason Cavill 0.13.454 13 Sion Jones (Santa Cruz MTB Direct) 0.15.208 14 Andy Williamson (FOEL DH) 0.15.861 15 Jason Gidney (Cycle Centre PZ) 0.16.558 16 Neil Cousins (TF Tuned) 0.18.439 17 Phil Gray (Rave Racing) 0.19.170 18 Jamie Armitage (High Peak Cycles) 0.22.285 19 Paul Bowyer 0.24.200 20 Alex Slater (Rave Racing) 0.25.741 21 Dave English (Descend Hamsterley) 0.26.836 22 Peter Roberts 0.26.842 23 Paul Bridge 0.27.225 24 Niall Ingram (Redmist Racing) 0.27.902 25 Philip Mclaren (Descend Hamsterley) 0.29.094 26 David Carpenter (All Terrain Cycles) 0.57.014 27 Colin Williams (Solid) 1.08.136 DNF Chris Whitfield (Leasure Lakes) Women 1 Emma Wareham (Trek-Extreme Medics) 2.46.137 2 Monet Adams (Solid Electric Cwmdown) 0.05.221 3 Kerry Wrigglesworth (MTB Bitz) 0.11.984 4 Jessica Stone (Trek-Extreme Medics) 0.12.495 5 Bex Reilly (Castle Douglas Cycle Center) 0.20.818 6 Harriet Latchem (High Peak Cycles) 0.21.344 7 Wendy Chambers (MSC Bikes/Descent-Gear.com) 0.28.867 Senior men 1 Ben Whitehead (All Terrain Cycles) 2.18.032 2 Damon Smith (MTB Direct) 0.00.664 3 Richard Challinor 0.00.881 4 Andy Woodvine (Leisure Lakes) 0.03.601 5 Paul Goddard 0.04.046 6 Tom Dale 0.04.323 7 James Shirley (Off Beat Bikes) 0.04.536 8 Tom Lamb (Alpine Bikes/Iron Horse) 0.05.311 9 Neil White 0.05.490 10 Ross Anderson (MSC Bikes/Descent-Gear.com) 0.06.033 11 Billy Campbell 0.06.831 12 Callum Gault 0.06.865 13 Rob Scullion (Continental/Orange) 0.07.849 14 Michael Inman (Continental/Orange) 0.07.884 15 James Green (Midlands & Borders DH Club) 0.08.262 16 Adam Holleyman 0.08.639 17 Chris Breeze (Utopia) 0.08.809 18 Dan Simmons 0.09.490 19 Patrick Campbell Jenner (MTB-Bitz) 0.09.573 20 Don Howe (Kustom Bikes) 0.10.255 21 Micky Boswell (Solid/Electric) 0.10.273 22 Jeremy Callow 0.10.692 23 Jonny Lodge 0.10.925 24 Richard Norton (Urban Air) 0.11.212 25 Duncan Porter (Red Mist Racing) 0.11.393 26 Simon Ward 0.12.248 27 Al Ward (TWR Electric) 0.12.615 28 Tim Breeze (Cool Runnings) 0.12.624 29 Richard Huggett (HG Cyclesport) 0.12.764 30 Martin Nairn (MSC Bikes/Descent-Gear.com) 0.13.123 31 Andrew Cooper (MTB Bitz/Found 8 Clothing) 0.13.216 32 Tom Fryer (Revolution Bikes) 0.13.382 33 Joe Winston (Www.Ibike.Co.Uk) 0.13.823 34 Rob Williams (Bicycle Doctor) 0.13.951 35 Lee Huskinson (DMR) 0.14.475 36 Peter Durston 0.14.492 37 William Davis 0.14.764 38 Steven Morris (Freeflow Bikes) 0.14.952 39 Seb Frost 0.15.862 40 Thomas Kelly 0.17.988 41 Craig Griffiths 0.19.066 42 Roger Valler 0.19.104 43 Robert Mcdonald 0.21.596 44 Ross Young 0.21.780 45 James Dalleywater 0.22.195 46 Ben Southern 0.24.697 47 Thomas Clarkson (Fenwicks) 0.25.827 48 Alastair Keen (MTB Bitz) 0.25.832 49 Karl Cooper 0.27.975 50 John Stevenson 0.28.068 51 Dan Haines (Red Mist Racing) 0.30.198 52 Michael Crosby 0.30.437 53 Vaughan Evans (Orange Bikes) 0.35.101 54 Michael Papadopoulos 1.23.809 DNF Doug Macgrain Expert men 1 Rich Thomas (Ancillotti UK) 2.15.453 2 Richard Cheetham 0.01.297 3 Peter Williams (Descent-Gear.com) 0.01.457 4 Kieron Mcavoy (MSC Bikes/Descent-Gear.com) 0.03.045 5 Chris Sinden (Phil Corley Cycles) 0.03.233 6 Mike Strickland 0.03.674 7 Scott Mears (Fox/Astrix/5 10) 0.04.158 8 Rob Young (Cross Trax) 0.04.578 9 Tom Rodgers (All Terrain Cycles/Giant) 0.04.737 10 Ben Hall (Team CHR) 0.04.824 11 Chris Coates (Cycle Jersey) 0.05.667 12 Simon Parkinson (Ticket2Ride/Descent-Gear.co) 0.05.802 13 Will Soffe (Bigpeaks.com) 0.05.922 14 Jack Tattersall (Sunn Ride-Central) 0.06.032 15 Alex Florian (Pearce Cycles) 0.06.162 16 Richard Cunnynghame (Charge Bikes) 0.06.482 17 Thomas Wheeler (Mojo/Orange) 0.06.706 18 Jethro Whitfield (Leisure Lakes) 0.07.070 19 Adam Morgan (Pearce Cycles) 0.07.398 20 Bradley Shields (Pearce Cycles RT) 0.07.536 21 James Flinders (MSC Bikes/Descent-Gear.com) 0.07.752 22 Graeme Forrest 0.08.291 23 Andrew Wright (Astrix Europe) 0.09.009 24 Kris Boram 0.09.590 25 Joseph Horton (Pearce Cycles Race Team) 0.09.716 26 Dave Valler (Mountain Cycle) 0.10.140 27 Ian Cookson (Pedal Power) 0.10.156 28 Leon Rosser (Bicycle Doctor/Zeal) 0.10.793 29 Jack Graham 0.11.062 30 Michael Gray (Psyclewerx/Cove UK) 0.11.553 31 Gary Drake (AW Cycles) 0.11.576 32 Tudor Jones 0.11.666 33 Jamie Camburn 0.17.182 34 Nick Turner (The Development/Orange) 0.25.901
