Seeding runs were moved to first thing this morning to avoid the forecast weather that seems to plague Red Bull Hardline Wales with finals also moved forward tomorrow.
Seeding runs have been and gone before the weather arrived, and let’s just take another moment to give props to Louise Ferguson who is the first woman to qualify at Red Bull Hardline Wales.
With no Jackson Goldstone present, Asa Vermette did it for the young North Americans by putting a two second gap into MS-Zerode’s Tuhoto-Ariki Pene. Charlie Hatton rounded out the top three. The top six riders being a fair whack of time ahead of the rest of the pack.
Ronan Dunne suffered yet another puncture in a race run, and Bernard Kerr went for a trip out the front door not long after the big road gap. Hopefully we’ll see them lining up tomorrow, remember, this is seeding, so everyone gets to ride.
Once again, Louise Ferguson ladies and gents. Our hero.
Rank Rider Time Time Gap 1 Asa Vermette 2:29.063 +0.00 2 Tuhoto-Ariki Pene 2:31.130 +2.067 3 Charlie Hatton 2:31.948 +2.885 4 Laurie Greenland 2:33.931 +4.868 5 Oli Clark 2:34.750 +5.687 6 Matteo Iniguez 2:35.681 +6.618 7 Sam Gale 2:40.418 +11.355 8 Roger Vieira 2:41.110 +12.407 9 Josh Bryceland 2:41.487 +12.424 10 Adam Brayton 2:43.062 +13.999 11 Gee Atherton 2:43.199 +14.136 12 Brook Macdonald 2:44.069 +15.006 13 Joe Smith 2:49.195 +20.132 14 George Brannigan 2:50.381 +21.318 15 Kaos Seagrave 2:50.485 +21.422 16 Thibaut Laly 2:51.257 +22.194 17 Harry Molloy 2:52.363 +23.300 18 Theo Erlangsen 2:52.904 +23.841 19 Dan Booker 2:53.703 +24.640 20 Jeronimo Paez 2:56.199 +27.136 21 Jono Jones 2:56.416 +27.353 22 Matt Jones 3:04.272 +35.209 23 Louise Feguson 3:36.903 +1:07.840 DNF Felipe Agurto DNF Ronan Dunne DNF Bernard Kerr DNF Sebastian Holguin Villa DNS Brendan Fairclough
