Fort Bill Finals

Wow ! I've just watched the finals from Fort Bill, on the telly. The new sections of the Downhill Course looked really good and the extra length on the 4X made the racing a lot more competitive. But not for Cedric Gracia, who broke his wrist, putting him out of the Downhill.
The Mens Junior Downhill gold medal was won by a Scot, Ruaridh Cunningham. Rachel Atherton took away gold in the Senior Womens. Rachels big brother, Gee took a bronze medal in the Senior Mens race.
Peaty had a bad race. Still nursing his dislocated foot, he came off in the upper section of the course and rode most of the track without a saddle.
Still, at the end of the day, despite the rain and wind and mud and midges. I'd rather be there now, facing a possible 8 hour drive home, than sitting here typing this.
Ah well only 2 hours to go and I'm back in work to start another 12 hour shift.

RESULTS

Elite Men

1. 1 AUS HILL Samuel AUS 4:15.29 4:52.01

Course length : 2820 m / 1.75 Mile - Average Speed : 34.77 Kmh / 21.60 Mph

2. 6 FRA BAREL Fabien FRA 4:16.17 4:52.65 +0.64

3. 13 GBR ATHERTON Gee GBR 4:21.71 4:56.38 +4.37

4. 10 RSA MINNAAR Greg RSA 4:23.54 4:59.96 +7.95

5. 16 ESPCANALS FLIX Pasqual ESP 4:24.96 5:00.29 +8.28

6. 2 FIN LEHIKOINEN Matti FIN 4:24.39 5:00.93 +8.92

7. 20 FRA CAMELLINI Julien FRA 4:23.06 5:01.11 +9.10

8. 14 FRA PAYET Florent FRA 4:25.01 5:01.51 +9.50

9. 27 NZL BLENKINSOP Samuel NZL 4:25.34 5:01.77 +9.76

10. 36 GBR ATHERTON Dan GBR 4:26.54 5:01.99 +9.98

11. 8 AUS HANNAH Michael AUS 4:25.07 5:02.37 + 10.36

12. 5 AUS RENNIE Nathan AUS 4:27.19 5:03.19 + 11.18

13. 7 GBR BEAUMONT Marc GBR 4:27.05 5:03.37 + 11.36

14. 12 IRL REID Ben IRL 4:27.68 5:05.44 + 13.43

15. 15 FRA PEDEMANAUD Fabien FRA 4:29.19 5:06.34 + 14.33

Elite Women

1/Sabrina Jonnier FRA

2/Rachel Atherton GBR

3/Tracey Hannah AUS

Junior Men

1/ Ruaridh Cunningham GBR

2/ John Swanguen USA

3/ Mathew Scoles NZL

Junior Women

1/Floraine Pugin FRA

2/Katy Curd GBR

3/Myriam Nicole FRA