BDS 2015 Entries Live Now
2015 is here at last which means it’s time to start planning your racing calendar and what better place to start than with the BDS. Entries are now live.
British Cycling’s National Downhill Mountain Bike Series, ‘The BDS’ returns for 2015 with six exciting and challenging venues to test Britain’s and the rest of the Worlds fastest racers. The world’s leading national downhill mountain bike series attracts over 320 of the world’s fastest racers to Great Britain at each round with an ever increasing swell of spectators numbering into their thousands. The series is affiliated to both the UCI and British Cycling, offering a wealth of UCI points, over £10,000 in prize money and over £25,000 worth of prizes.
Where and When
Round 1 – April 4/5th (Easter) at Ae Forest, Dumfries in Scotland.
Round 2 – May 16/17th at Nevis Range, Fort William in Scotland. UCi Category 1 Event.
Round 3 – May 30/31st at Llangollen, Clywd in Wales. UCi Category 2 Event.
Round 4 – June 27/28 Rhyd Y Felin (Bala) Llangynog, Powys in Wales.
Round 5 – July 11/12th Moelfre, Oswestry in Wales.
Round 6 – September 19/20th Antur Stiniog, Gwynedd in Wales.
Emyr Davies at BPW
How to Enter
There are three simple steps to racing British Cyclings National Downhill MTB Series you must first purchase membership directly from British Cycling in either Silver or Gold, this allows you to purchase a ‘Full Race Licence’:
http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/membership.
Then you need to hit up http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/membership/race or phone 0161 274 2010 to purchase your full Race Licence.
http://www.britishdownhillseries.co.uk/enter-bds/
What Category
Schwalbe Elite Men – If you are an Elite male rider.
Schwalbe Elite Women – If you are an Elite female rider.
Expert Men – If you are ranked as a British Expert rider.
Flare Clothing Women – Female rider in the year of their 13th birthday or older.
Juvenile – Riders must be in the year of their 13th or 14th birthday.
Marzocchi Youth – Riders in the year of their 15th or 16th birthday.
Spank Junior – Riders in the year of their 17th or 18th birthday.
Senior – Riders in the year of their 19th to 29th birthday.
NS Bikes Master – For riders aged 30 to 39.
Dainese Veteran – For riders aged 40 to 49.
Grand Veteran – For riders aged over 50.
Race Weekend Schedule
Friday
09:00 Venue open for team pits, parking and camping.
16:00 Course open for on foot inspection only. No transport to the top is provided or permitted.
16:00 Commissaire course walk.
18:00 20:00 Race registration, please bring your valid 2015 BC/UCI Race Licence.
Saturday
07:00 Course open for on foot inspection only. No transport to the top is provided or permitted.
08:00 – 11:00 Race registration, please bring your valid 2015 BC/UCI Race Licence.
09.00 Uplift opens for all riders. (09:10 for Round Two at Nevis Range).
09:30 Open practice for all riders.
17:30 Last uplift.
18:00 Course Closed.
18:05 Riders meeting.
18:30 Course open for on foot inspection only. No transport to the top is provided or permitted.
Sunday
08:00 Uplift opens.
08:30 Open Practice for all.
10:15 Last Uplift Leaves.
10:16 First Uplift for racing.
10:45 Course Closed.
11:00 Timed Seeding Run followed by one timed race run.
17:30 Podium for top five in each category.
19:00 Clear site. No parking or camping is permitted.
Rules and Regs
Check out http://www.britishdownhillseries.co.uk/rules/ for all 2015 rules and regs
Series Rankings
http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/mtb/article/mtbst_National-MTB-Ranking-Points-Explained
