BDS Round 4 Llangollen

For BDS number 4 we returned to North Wales for the rider scare-er that is Llangollen. With it's steep gradient, amazing corners and deep ruts it was always going to be an awesome race regardless of the weather, which luckily was brilliant!

Come Saturday practice we were up early like excited little puppies and heading over to the track to get cracking, they were using the new-ish squirrel track. First run down (even though I'd walked the track) I got a bit wild trying a new grass chute line and incidentally went over the bars on a tiny little double, luckily I got away with it but my pride was off to A+E!

Chilling... 3 Minute Gaps and putting the steed to bed.

 It didn't seem to be going too well on Saturday so after 3 horrendous runs filled with carnage and crashes I decided to call it a day, pack up and have a re-grouping session with a couple of mates... dorito and foster!

Waking up Sunday morning, the Sun was still shining and I was feeling pumped for a day of racing. As the morning unfolded, the impossible happened, and not only did most people (myself included) get 3-4 runs in, it was 3-4 runs at Llangollen!

After quali was done I'd come down in 5th place but I knew that I still had a bit more in the tank... i was still yet to win a BDS this year so was hungry for some gold! My race run probably turned out to be the ride of the year so far for me, it was a little loose but generally felt smooth and fast, the track was getting rougher and more blown out after every run so it was difficult to anticipate what would be laying around every corner.

Top step!

I sprinted through the line and went into the hot seat with just 4 riders to go, probably the most intense 2 minutes of waiting ever! But as it happens I stayed in the hot seat and took my 1st BDS win of the season!

You can see me racing at Llangollen from about 16:03.00 in the stream above from Extreme.com.