Atherton takes title while Peaty crashes
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Gee Atherton (Animal Comencal) put in a super-smooth run in front of 2,000 specatators at Innerleithen in Scotland this weekend to take home the title of 2009 British downhill champion.
The Animal/Commencal rider's main rival, multiple World Cup champion and defending British downhill champion Steve Peat (Santa Cruz Syndicate), was on course for the win but clipped a pedal and crashed on a steep chute near the finish. He limped home in fourth place.
A similar, but opposite outcome happened last year, when Atherton was up on the split, but crashed out.
Second place went to local favourite Ben Cathro (MTB Cut), with Matt Simmonds (ChainReactionCycles/ Intense) taking third.
Tracy Moseley (Trek World Racing) was victorious in the women's race, with a 15-second lead over Helen Gaskell (Halfords).
In the juniors, it was Bernard Kerr (Identiti) who took top honours ahead of Danny Hart (LaPierre), adding to his British 4X and European downhill championship titles.
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| 1 | Gee Atherton (Animal Commencal) |
| 2 | Ben Cathro* |
| 3 | Matthew Simmonds* (Chain Reaction Cycles.com/Intense) |
| 4 | Daniel Stanbridge (Mojo Orange) |
| 5 | Steve Peat (Santa Cruz Syndicate) |
| 6 | Marc Beaumont (GT Bikes) |
| 7 | Dan Atherton (Animal Commencal) |
| 8 | Joseph Smith* (Team Kona) |
| 9 | Ruaridh Cunningham* (Chain Reaction Cycles.com/Intense) |
| 10 | Joshua Bryceland* |
| 11 | Joe Barnes* (Nevis Cycles Racing Team) |
| 12 | Dave Wardell |
| 13 | David Smith |
| 14 | Tom Deacon (2StageFactory) |
| 15 | Richard Thomas* |
| 16 | Fergus Lamb (Scottish Downhill Association) |
| 17 | Peter Williams* |
| 18 | Robert Smith |
| 19 | Ralph Jones* |
| 20 | Chris Hutchens* |
| 21 | Daniel Critchlow (Chain Reaction Cycles.com/Intense) |
| 22 | Ben Baker* |
| 23 | Will Longden (Lapierre - Oakley) |
| 24 | Neil Donoghue (4 Mountains) |
| 25 | Richard Cheetham (Royal Leamington Spa 4X - RLS 4X) |
| 26 | Gary Forrest |
| 27 | Alex Florian (Pearce Cycles RT) |
| 28 | Stuart Jenkinson |
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| 1 | Tracy Moseley (Trek World Racing Team) |
| 2 | Helen Gaskell (4 Mountains) |
| 3 | Jessica Stone* (2StageFactory) |
| 4 | Aimee Dix* (Mojo Orange) |
| 5 | Sarah Newman |
| 6 | Haby-Blu Cann* (EMBC - Exeter Mountain Bike Club) |
| 7 | Emma Wareham |
| 8 | Reanne Atherton (Dave Mellor Cycles ) |
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| 1 | Bernard Kerr |
| 2 | Danny Hart |
| 3 | Harry Heath |
| 4 | Gareth Brewin |
| 5 | Brad Mather |
| 6 | Joel Moore (Team Skene) |
| 7 | Harry Molloy |
| 8 | James Scott |
| 9 | Greg Williamson |
| 10 | Ronan Taylor |
| 11 | Arran Gannicott |
| 12 | Alastair Wilson |
| 13 | Callum Dew |
| 14 | Benjamin Moorhouse |
| 15 | Willem Herd (Perth City Cycles) |
| 16 | Joe Edge |
| 17 | Liam Moynihan (West Highland Wheelers) |
| 18 | Shaun Conway |
| 19 | Perry Gardener |
| 20 | Jack Ward |
| 21 | Jamie Maller |
| 22 | Ben Millward |
| 23 | Scott Jones |
| 24 | Andrew Kelly (All Terrain Cycles) |
| 25 | Craig Munro |
| 26 | Edward Smith |
| 27 | Peter Robinson (PS Cycles/ Cwmdown) |
| 28 | Simon Stuttard |
| 29 | Oliver Wakeman (Hayes Hawks BMX Club) |
| 30 | Alex Powell (2StageFactory) |
| 31 | Jamie Crump |
| 32 | Steven Turnbull (Team CHR) |
| 33 | Tom Knight |
| 34 | Todd Kearney |
| 35 | Philip Carters |
| 36 | Cameron Leadbetter (Perth City Cycles) |
| 37 | Calum McRitchie |
| 38 | Adam Lock |
| 39 | Rhys Matson |
| 40 | Toby Davison |
| 41 | Callum McCubbing |
| 42 | James Dower |
| 9999 | Vivian Jones |
| 9999 | Anthony Henry |
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| 1 | Monet Adams (All Terrain Cycles) |
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| 1 | George Gannicott |
| 2 | Ross Wilcox (Innerleithen MTB Racing/i-Cycles) |
| 3 | Philip Atwill |
| 4 | Stuart Wilcox (Innerleithen MTB Racing/i-Cycles) |
| 5 | Sam Herd (Perth City Cycles) |
| 6 | Jevan Williams |
| 7 | Drew Carters |
| 8 | Charlie Ross |
| 9 | Joe Paterson |
| 10 | Rory McRitchie |
| 11 | Lewis Boyce |
| 12 | Joel Anderson (UK Bike Park) |
| 13 | William Weston |
| 14 | Fraser Leadbetter (Scottish Downhill Association) |
| 15 | James Gibson |
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| 1 | Tahnee Seagrave |
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| 1 | Christopher Whitfield (All Terrain Cycles) |
| 2 | David List |
| 3 | Thomas Reed |
| 4 | Jamie Smith |
| 5 | Anthony Gaskin |
| 6 | Andrew Titley |
| 7 | Zac Hubery |
| 8 | Adrian Bradley (Eryri DH) |
| 9 | Sion Jones |
| 10 | Sandy Plenty |
| 11 | Daron Osborn |
| 12 | Stephen Hardcastle |
| 13 | Philip Gray |
| 14 | Graeme Cook |
| 15 | Paul Blight |
| 16 | Alex Slater |
| 17 | Philip White |
| 18 | Lee Hammett |
| 19 | Colin Bell (Scottish Downhill Association) |
| 20 | Tim Langmaid (Dragon Downhill) |
| 21 | Drew Freeman |
| 22 | Joe Bishop |
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| 1 | Anne Langmaid (Dragon Downhill) |
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| 1 | Derek Laughland (Scottish Downhill Association) |
| 2 | Neil Young |
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| 1 | Stephen Simms |
| 2 | Jonny Lodge |
| 3 | Roger Valler |
| 4 | Zak Hurrell |
| 5 | Nick Turner |
| 6 | Glen Preece (Royal Navy & Royal Marines CA) |
| 7 | Thomas Gleave |
| 8 | Tom Fryer |
| 9 | Chris Lazenby |
| 10 | Jason Hartwright |
| 11 | Simon Ward (Wentwood Downhill) |
| 12 | Thomas Clarkson |
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| 1 | Jack Reading |
| 2 | Luke Marshall |
| 3 | Ashley Maller |
| 4 | Emyr Davies |
| 5 | Ross Anderson |
| 6 | Sion Whitecross (Team Skene) |
| 7 | Scott Mears |
| 8 | Andy Woodvine |
| 9 | Kyle Farrow |
| 10 | Alex Stock |
| 11 | Graeme Forrest |
| 12 | Mark Milward (Lyme RC) |
| 13 | Richard Cunynghame |
| 14 | James Stock |
| 15 | Will Soffe |
| 16 | Andrew Phillips |
| 17 | John Holbrook |
| 18 | James Green |
| 19 | James Flinders |
| 20 | Jack Tattersall |
| 21 | Alastair Parkin |
| 22 | James Coneron (Norco World Team) |
| 23 | Michael Inman |
| 24 | Alasdair Maclennan |
| 25 | David Duggan |
| 26 | Damon Smith (www.mtb-direct.co.uk) |
| 27 | Adam Holleyman |
| 28 | James Shirley (West Highland Wheelers) |
| 29 | Thomas Lamb (Scottish Downhill Association) |
| 30 | Jack Graham |
| 31 | Joseph Horton |
| 32 | Billy Campbell |
| 33 | Gary Drake |
| 34 | David Valler |
| 35 | Robert Scullion |
| 36 | Seb Frost |
| 37 | Joseph Winston (Banjo Cycles.com) |
| 38 | Martin Nairn |
| 39 | Jethro Whitfield (Leisure Lakes RT) |
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| 1 | Oliver Burton |
| 2 | James McKnight |
| 3 | Tom Attlee |
| 4 | Grant Garden |
| 5 | Martin Young |
| 6 | Oliver Hooper |
| 7 | Sean Radcliff |
| 8 | Ben Rodgers (All Terrain Cycles) |
| 9 | Chris Breeze |
| 10 | Ryan Chambers |
| 11 | Chris Collins |
| 12 | Jonathan Morley |
| 13 | Timothy Breeze |
| 14 | Tom Whant |
| 15 | Kurt Brain |
| 16 | John Bolton |
| 17 | Thomas Evans |
| 18 | Rhys Evans |
| 19 | Tom Kelly |
| 20 | Andrew Cooper (Royal Leamington Spa 4X - RLS 4X) |
| 21 | Lewis Cochran |
| 22 | Jon Stout |
| 23 | Ross Henderson |
| 24 | Ross Young |
| 25 | Christopher Moore |
| 26 | Matthew Ineson |
| 27 | Ralph Richardson |
| 28 | Matthew Slocombe |
| 29 | Daniel Millard |
| 9999 | Robert McDonald |
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| 1 | Alastair Maclennan (West Highland Wheelers) |
| 2 | Neil Wilson (Glentress Riders) |
| 3 | Darren Howarth |
| 4 | Jeremy Twigg |
| 5 | Richard Simpson |
| 6 | Steven Boyd |
| 7 | Paul French |
| 8 | Peter Hoggan |
| 9 | Jason Brennan |
| 10 | Richard Abbott (Aston Hill MTB Club) |
| 11 | Greg Taylor |
| 12 | Dave Wills |
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| 1 | Lewis Buchanan |
| 2 | Mark Scott |
| 3 | Fraser McGlone (All Terrain Cycles) |
| 4 | Joseph Connell |
| 5 | Jordan Doig |
| 6 | James Shaw |
| 7 | Samuel Wakefield |
| 8 | Greg Gilfillan |
| 9 | Grant Boyce |
| 10 | David Kynaston |
| 11 | Josh Lewis |
| 12 | Allan Findlay |
| 13 | Michael Turnbull (Walkers Cycling Club) |
| 14 | Charlie Beach |
| 15 | Billy Matthews |
| 16 | Daniel Carrigan |
| 17 | Joseph Clixby |
| 18 | Nathan Million (4 Mountains) |
| 19 | Robert Black (Scottish Downhill Association) |
| 20 | Darren Wilson |
| 21 | Will Mapstone |
| 22 | Adam Ramsay |
| 23 | Bow-Jango Cann (EMBC - Exeter Mountain Bike Club) |
| 24 | Craig Shaw |
| 25 | Matthew Cooper |
| 26 | Benjamin Williamson (Perth City Cycles) |
| 27 | Alex Glass |
| 28 | Mathew Stuttard |
| 29 | George Belk |
| 30 | Gregor Notman |
| 31 | Freddie Oxley |
| 32 | Ruairidh Fraser |
| 33 | Liam McGowan |
| 34 | Gregor Samuels |
| 35 | Isaac Anderson (UK Bike Park) |
| 36 | Tom Robinson |
| 37 | Matthew Downes |
| 38 | Matthew Scott (Gala Cycling Club) |
| 39 | Matthew Lean |
| 40 | Harry Bowman |
| 41 | Daniel Joyce |
| 42 | Tom Hodgkinson |
| 9999 | Jamie Bailey (West Highland Wheelers) |
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