British Downhill Series 

Rnd2 Fort William

The British Downhill Series came to Fort William on the weekend of 10th/11th May which was great as it meant no long hours of travelling for our Fort William based team (apart from Ewan) and racing on an awesome track.

With the World Cup Round 3 coming to town in a few weeks time, it was great to see so many top pros entered including Sam Hill and the Chain Reaction Cycles/Nukeproof Team. This gave the whole event a mini world cup feel.

The track had a little bit of work done since the winter with the top open section. Lots of holes had been filled in and awkward rocks moved out of the main line. It was a massive improvement making it faster and as smooth as the track has been in a long time.

 The track started the same way to the first rock garden where the was a inside line off the back of one of the berms and again after the dear gate with a similar inside line. The woods went around the old tack dipping in and out twice then onto the fire road with a rut that went down about 2 foot deep but my  nukeproof scalp was running amazing and super stable.

The motorway section remained unchanged as did the massive effort needed to sprint its entire length on to the finish line.

 

On Saturday it rained in the early morning so by the time it came round to practise it was fast and grippy. Similar conditions continued on to Sunday but the showers where later in the day and made the wood section horrible to ride and it took skill just to stay on the bike.

All the team put in good seeding runs and tried to conserve energy for the main race runs on this physically demanding track.

First up for race runs were Alastair and Ewan in the Youth Category, both put in good runs  and finished 24th and 21st respectively.

Keir put in a good solid performance in Juniors finishing up 29th in the super fast category.

Alastair Snr came away from the race with maximum points winning the Grand Vets Category.

 Thanks to Paul Cram for the above  images and Emer Hughes for the podium image.

Full results Here