BikeRadar Live: Ward wins open dual slalom for second year
Jones is top junior, Curd heads the women
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Jake Ward proved that last year’s win in the open dual slalom at BikeRadar Live was no fluke with a repeat performance where he once again posted the fastest time in qualifying (22.27sec) and then saw off all comers in the knockout rounds.
In the final he faced Pete Warner, who had narrowly made it through after a crash in his first 1/2 final run against Nigel Smith left him with a lot of time to make up.
Ward, now riding for 44Racing, put the hammer down to win both big-final runs and take the senior crown. The battle for third place was between Nigel Smith and Russ Parsons, with the latter managing to win both small-final runs by several bike lengths.
“It was a pretty good race,” said Ward. “The track was better than last year, a bit more challenging. I’ll definitely be back next year – we should have more dual slalom races in the UK because they’re good fun.”
Jake Ward topped the senior men’s podium ahead of Pete Warner and Russ Parsons
In the junior race, top woman Katy Curd lost out to Isaac Mundy in the 1/2 final, and he went on to face Matthew Jones in the final. Mundy won the first run but a crash in the second relegated him to the middle step of the podium.
Isaac Mundy was heading for victory in the junior category until a crash in his final run
In the small final, Jordan Lunn ended Curd’s hopes of getting onto the overall podium – but she was chuffed to have got that far. “It was wicked,” said the Rose Bikes rider. “I didn’t expect to do that well. I’ve never raced against boys, so I was happy.”
Suzanne Lacey, Katy Curd and Claire Pollard topped the women’s podium
Senior results
Big final
| 1 | Jake Ward | ||
| 2 | Pete Warner |
Small Final
| 3 | Russ Parsons | ||
| 4 | Nigel Smith |
1/4 Final
| Jamie Askew | |||
| Matthew Wray | |||
| Gareth Parr | |||
| Alan Bland |
1/8 Final
| Rob Weaver | |||
| Matthew Sills | |||
| Adam Nightingale | |||
| Ryn Forrest | |||
| Adam Muray | |||
| Lionel Akram | |||
| Gordan Bond | |||
| Ian Armstrong |
Qualifying
| Jake Ireland |
Not classified
| Scott McLoughlin |
Junior results
Big final
| 1 | Matthew Jones | ||
| 2 | Isaac Mundy |
Small Final
| 3 | Jordan Lunn | ||
| 4 | Katy Curd |
1/4 Final
| Henry Woods | |||
| Alex Metcalfe | |||
| Liam Joyce | |||
| James Baker |
1/8 Final
| Jack Hudson | |||
| Sam Northam | |||
| Cai Mahon | |||
| Suzanne Lacey | |||
| Bruce Dickinson | |||
| Josh Souto | |||
| Ben Hill | |||
| Claire Pollard |
Qualifying
| Martin Brown | |||
| Bill Harrington |
Authors
James Costley-White is the editor of Mountain Biking UK (MBUK), the UK's best-selling mountain biking magazine, founded in 1988. James, often known as JCW, has been an avid mountain biker since 1992, during which time he's amassed a huge amount of knowledge about the sport and masses of riding experience. He can regularly be found riding the trails around Bristol and south Wales. As well as editing MBUK, JCW contributes regular product reviews and other articles to the magazine. He's a fully-qualified professional journalist, certified as a senior reporter by the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) and holds a postgraduate diploma in journalism from Cardiff University's School of Journalism, Media and Culture. As well as heading up MBUK, he's worked for other cycling titles including BikeRadar.com, ChopMTB.com and Triathlon Plus magazine, along with the Bristol Post, Western Daily Press, Gloucestershire Echo and Gloucester Citizen newspapers.
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