Gee smashes through the ranks into 9th place
at Red Bull Foxhunt, Rostrevor Ireland
450 riders
descended on Rostrevor in the Mourne Mountains over the weekend for one of the
craziest mass start races ever seen – this year riders had to avoid not one Fox
but three Foxes! Fast ones at that with double World Champion Gee leading out
the fox-pack joined by current World Champ Loic Bruni and last year’s winner
Colin Ross!
At 3.5
miles long it was also plenty physical! Gee said: "The level of
testosterone at the top of that hill was immense, everyone was roaring! We even
had the Dire Wolves from Game of Thrones up there!"
Gee placed
9th, ahead of 395 other riders. Colin Ross placed 17th and Loic Bruni, the
third Fox, was 18th. Kelan Grant the 24 year old Irish Enduro champion
from Omagh clinched the win after opening up a gap in the top climb.
Results
I Kelan
Grant 6.47.57
2 James
McFerron 7.10.76 +23.19
3 Conor Bate
7.20.75 +33.18
9 Gee
Atherton 7.44.81 +57.245
17 Colin
Ross 8.31.247 1.43.67
18 Loic
Bruni 8.31.247 + 1.44.00
The Fourth Female Red Bull Foxhunt
The 2017 Red Bull Foxhunt was seriously muddy! 250 women flocked to Machynlleth in Wales for
an awesome weekend that felt more like a festival than a race. The atmosphere
at Foxhunt is famously supportive, never more needed than at this year’s
event where conditions made the riding
difficult.
Katy Winton did an absolutely top job as the fox while Rachel was on
hand with loads of tips and encouragement and Trek Factory Racing mechanics Sam
and Joe fixed, tweaked and advised for hundreds of riders who dropped by for a
chat and a helping hand.
Practice was hilarious, queues for the B lines erupting into
laughter and qualifying was tough with some riders choosing not to ride again
after the arduous morning, about 170 riders took the uplift to the top.
Rachel said: “ Everybody here can do this, even in the mud, its just having
the confidence to have a go.”
So in the final reckoning 190 women took to the mass start grid, Fox
Katy was wild, overtaking all but 20 of
the riders in some impossible situations, Atherton Academy’s Mille smashed it
into 1st and Atherton Racing’s Gill was happy to survive in 163rd
– despite some serious heckling and several crashes!
Mille said: “Woohoo that was super mega fun! So stoked to take the
win at the Red Bull Foxhunt and to hang out with all these awesome women!”
Results
1 Mille Johnset Atherton Academy 3.50
2 Rosy Monagahan 4.23 +33s
3 Claire Bennett 4.25 +35s
21 Katy Winton 5.41 + 1.51
Photo credits: Red Bull Content Pool / Olaf Pignataro / Romina Amato
Photo credits: Red Bull Content Pool / Olaf Pignataro / Romina Amato
