It was a wet and wild day at Nant Gwytheyrn yesterday for round 1 of the Halo British Downhill Series!
Marc Beaumont didn’t waste any time defending his 2010 title and stomped out a win. His winter Land’s End to John O’ Groats mission obviously paid off on the flat, muddy pedal fest to the finish! Wild card Al Bond took a surprise second place with Peaty landing in third after a wobble in sight of the line.
BEAUMONT Marc GT Bikes                 42.86 -1 01:28.1 -1 02:16.7
BOND Alex Team Skene                     39.72 -22 01:28.4 -3 02:20.9 00:04.2
PEAT Steve Santa Cruz Syndicate           39.87 -20 01:28.1 -2 02:22.4 00:05.7
For the ladies it was Manon Carpenter on the top step – no doubt making new sponsors Saracen pretty happy indeed. Ffion Griffiths and Jess Stone followed her down.
Haven’t quite got their times yet…
Stay tuned to Wideopenmag for our video edit, hosted by MTBCut’s Ben Cathro. That’ll going online any minute now!
