Halo British Downhill Series Round 4: Results/Video

This weekend passed held the 4th round of the Halo British Downhill Series, at the infamously steep Welsh track of Llangollen. Riders were greeted with wet weather on arrival Friday but as the weekend progressed and the sun came out, the track became very fast and loose. Brendan Fairclough lost his title of 'King Of Llangollen' after Josh 'Ratboy' Bryceland stole his possible 4th win in a row by a good 3.1 seconds. Along with Bryceland the top 4 spots were all taken by British youngsters, including Sam Dale in 2nd, Danny Hart 3rd and Joe Smith in 4th. Steve Peat had a crash in his race run and had this to say on his twitter: "Great day @britishdownhill shame I spoilt it with a crash !!! Yes @Ratboy_Bryce 1st spot , nice one brother." The Elite Women category was won by another youngster rider Manon Carpenter, who is already making her mark on the World Cup Circuit at the age of 17.

Results: Elite Men: 1st: Josh Bryceland (1:44.163) 2nd: Sam Dale (1:45.362) 3rd: Danny Hart (1:45.737) 4th: Joe Smith (1:45.777) 5th: Matti Lehikoinen (1:46.863) Expert Men: 1st: Rob Young (1:52.208) 2nd: Nikki Whiles (1:52.391) 3rd: Joel Moore (1:52.692) 4th: James Stock (1:53.335) 5th: Joel Chidley (1:53.592) Juvenile Men: 1st: Ben Kennedy (2:02.263) 2nd: Frazer McCubbing (2:03.353) 3rd: Luke Cornforth (2:07.124) 4th: Jacob Dickson (2:08.191) 5th: Nial Oxley (2:20.005) Youth Men: 1st: Phil Atwill (1:54.894) 2nd: George Gannicott (1:55.011) 3rd: Sam Herd (2:00.324) 4th: Stuart Wilcox (2:00.453) 5th: Cameron Cornforth (2:00.597) Junior Men: 1st: Joe Connell (1:50.385) 2nd: Christopher McGlinchey (1:53.476) 3rd: Jono Jones (1:53.533) 4th: Matt Stuttard (1:53.546) 5th Mark Scott (1:54.235) Senior Men: 1st: Nick Geoghegan (1:57.099) 2nd: Ewan Findlay (1:58.741) 3rd: Oliver Carter (2:00.366) 4th: Adam Halling (2:01.546) 5th: Sean Davies (2:01.969) Master Men: 1st: James Hughes (1:53.858) 2nd: Nigel Page (1:54.322) 3rd: Chris Griffiths (1:57.729) 4th: Antony Gaskin (1:58.640) 5th: Tim Ponting (1:59.952) Veteran Men: 1st: Jason Carpenter (2:03.745) 2nd: Darren Howarth (2:04.082) 3rd: Adrian Bradley (2:04.619) 4th: Rich Simpson (2:07.497) 5th: Niall Ingram (2:09.510) Elite Women: 1st: Manon Carpenter (2:05.097) 2nd: Emily Horridge (2:09.057) 3rd: Katy Curd (2:10.958) 4th: Jess Stone (2:12.322) 5th: Emma Wareham (2:20.843) Women: 1st: Rosie Smith: (2:49.127) 2nd: Jenny Beesley (2:55.123) Video by: Chris Seager