Red Bull Hardline: Full Rider Line-Up Revealed

With Red Bull Hardline less than two weeks away, the full rider line up has now been announced. The roster boasts an impressive 29 riders, 12 of which will be making their debut in Machynlleth, Wales.

UK dirt-jumper and slopestyle specialist Matt Jones will be amongst the 12 riders making their debut at this year’s race. Now slated as one of the best up-and-coming slopestyle riders in Europe, Matt Jones is sure to be a crowd favourite at this year’s event. His twin, Jono Jones will also be competing adding another case of sibling rivalry to this year’s competition alongside the Atherton brothers.

13 British riders will be included in this year’s field, however, Adam Brayton has announced that he’ll miss this year’s event after breaking his collarbone in a heavy crash during training. In 2017 he qualified fastest but the weather conditions and long technical course were too much to handle causing him to crash out in the final section on the last run of the day. The full rider list can be found here.

The sixth edition of the toughest downhill mountain bike race in the world, Red Bull Hardline, will take place across the weekend of the 14th-15th September. This year, tickets are available for the Saturday open practice session and qualifying. Finals will take place on Sunday. A huge screen will be in the event village for the public to watch the race on both Saturday and Sunday. All the action, both Saturday’s qualifying and Sunday’s final will be available to watch live at redbull.com/hardline.

Sunday tickets have now sold out, however, tickets for Sunday are available, they are sold per car, for a cost of  £40 + booking fee (max five people per car). In total, 500 tickets per day have been made available. In 2019, spectators will have access to more of the course than in previous years with viewing areas accessible further up the track.

For more information and to buy tickets please visit redbull.com/hardline and join the conversation @RedBullUK with the hashtag #RedBullHardline.

Riders

Gee Atherton (Atherton bikes)
UCI Rank: 16
Hardline History: Winner 2018

Dan Atherton (Atherton bikes)
UCI Rank: N/A
Hardline History: Hardline creator, 3rd 2017, 13th 2016, 2nd 2014

Matt Jones (Marin)
FMB Rank: 50
Hardline History: N/A
 
Jono Jones (DMR Bikes)
Hardline History: N/A

Brendan Fairclough (Scott downhill factory)
UCI Rank: 68
Hardline History: DNQ 2018

Laurie Greenland (MS Mondraker)
UCI Rank: 6
Hardline History: 9th 2018, 4th 2017

Brook McDonald (Team: MS Mondraker)
UCI Rank: 7
Hardline History: 10th 2016

Charlie Hatton (Atherton bikes)
UCI Rank: 32
Hardline History: 3rd 2018

Craig Evans (Team: Santa Cruz free agents)
UCI Rank: N/A
Hardline History: winner 2017, 6th 2015

Bernard Kerr (Pivot Factory Racing)
UCI Rank: 33
Hardline History: 2nd 2018, 2nd 2017, winner 2016,3rd 2015

Brage Vestavik (MS Mondraker)
UCI Rank: 92
Hardline History: 6th 2018

Florent Payet (VoulVoul Racing)
UCI Rank: 57
Hardline History: 7th 2018

Kade Edwards (Trek Factory Racing)
UCI Rank: 61
Hardline History: 10th 2018

Alexandre Fayolle (Polygon UR)
UCI Rank: 69,
Hardline History: 5th 2018, 10th 2017

Kaos Seagrave (Transition Bikes/ Muc-Off Factory Racing)
UCI Rank: 380
Hardline History: 7th 2017

Eddie Masters (Pivot Factory Racing)
UCI Rank: 28
Hardline History: 7th 2016

Alexandra Fayolle (Polygon, PR)
UCI Rank: 69
Hardline History: 5th 2018, 10th 2017

Gaëtan Vigé (Cube Global Squad)
UCI Rank: 253
Hardline History: 8th 2018

Erik Irmisch (YT Industries)
UCI Rank: 98
Hardline History: N/A

Cole Lucas (Pivot Factory Racing)
EWS Rank: 10
Hardline History: N/A

Joe Smith (Propain Factory Racing)
UCI Rank: 82
Hardline History: 4th 2018, 8th 2016, 2nd 2015

Harry Molloy (Insync Racing)
UCI Rank: 71
Hardline History: N/A

Leo Sandler (Transition Bikes)
UCI Rank: N/A
Hardline History: N/A

Oscar Härnström (Intense)
UCI Rank: N/A
Hardline History: N/A

David McMillan (Specialized)
EWS Rank: 56
Hardline History: N/A

Juan Diego Salido (Transition Bikes)
Hardline History: N/A

Jérôme Caroli (Santa Cruz)
UCI Rank: 225
Hardline History: N/A

Matt Walker (Pivot Factory Racing)
UCI Rank: 84
Hardline History: N/A

Joel Anderson (Specialized)
Hardline History: N/A