Saracen British Downhill Series Round 1: Combe Sydenham - Photo Round-up

CRC/Nukeproofs Joe Smith taking on the Double Double in the open field section.

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Jono Jones piloting his Transition out of a compression in the field section.

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Gee Atherton laying her flat in the turn.

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The weather on Saturday began with an eerie mist that slowly deteriorated into a full on mudbath. Not ideal for riders, spectators or the media squids that braved the conditions!

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Brendan Fairclough looking a little like a mudmonster during saturday practice.

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Sam Hill made the trip over from Australia to join his new team. He looked strong all weekend but could only manage 5th place in finals!

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Considering the weather the spectators were out in force on Sunday...

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The 2nd wooded section ended up more like a Moto circuit come finals but Gee Atherton piloted his Prototype GT to 1st round glory.

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Brendan Fairclough dabbled with the bigger 650b wheel size on the Saturday as seen here but he struggled with mud clearance issues so they went back in the van.

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Kye Forte took 4th in the Masters category at his first ever BDS. We caught up with him and grabbbed an interview which will be online along with loads more pit chat later on today.

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