Rose Bikes BDS Round 5/ 4X National Champs – Moelfre. Preview
It’s round 5 of the British Downhill Series this weekend at Moelfre and also the 4X National Champs. Should be a cracking couple of days.
This weekend, British Cycling’s National Downhill Mountain Bike Series, presented by Rose Bikes travels to Moelfre in Mid-Wales after an absence of three years. A stacked field of 330 riders have pre-entered to tackle the challenging 2km long course that has received a face lift from Gareth Brewin and his mechanical digger skills over the winter. The course is fast, furious and open with only two trees on the whole course. The track steepens mid point with technical switchbacks before you fire across the road and traverse around the hill side. More high speed action as you drop into the end of the 4x track and the large feature jumps. Two big berms follow as you race across the stream and pedal hard into the long finish straight.
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Schedule for the downhill:
Saturday
09:30 – 18:00 Open practice for all downhill riders.
Sunday
08:30 – 11:45 Open Practice for all downhill riders.
11:00 Timed Seeding Run followed by one timed race run.
17:30 Podium Presentations.
Schedule for the 4x:
Friday
19:00 – 21:00 Practice
Saturday
14:00 -15:00 Open Practice
17:35 Qualifications
18:00 Racing
21:15 Podiums
Careful to choose the correct Moelfre, there are several in Wales, the one you want is located near Oswestry.
Farmer Jaq’s
Moelfre Hall
Moelfre
SY10 7QJ
Just 15 minutes West of Oswestry near Llansilin.
Parking and camping is £5.00 per vehicle, spectating is free.
The Course: Moelfre is a natural and fast rolling course that is open to the elements with only one tree at the bottom to avoid! The switchbacks will be in the course along with the fast rolling middle section that runs parallel to the road. The end of the 4x track will again be utilised.
Start Line Grid Reference: SJ 18367 29407
Finish Line Grid Reference: SJ 18991 28397
Length – 2.32km
Start altitude – 499 m
Finish altitude – 221 m
Vertical descent – 278 m
Fastest time – 2:25 minutes
Course rating (1-5 with 5 being very technical): Rating 3.
Race Track and Spectator Map.
http://www.scribblemaps.com/maps/view/Moelfre_Course_Map/ZlRtYn3rBp
Event Village Map.
http://www.scribblemaps.com/maps/view/Moelfre_BDS/kTwLs4rl4L
Mobile phone signal is generally good.
Event Entry: The race is pre-entry only via the British Cycling Website.
Race entry is £75.00 and you will need 100 British Cycling points from your 2014 season to enter on January 3rd 2015. Then is spaces are available those with 1 British Cycling point or more can enter on February 1st 2015.
Racer numbers for riders that have not already competed in the series will be available at the race office where all riders must sign on and present their valid National Federations race licence and membership. Failure to do so will result in a £10.00 fine payable to British Cycling. Once paid, the rider can then complete registration and compete in the event.
Riders will be given one front number board for the series. It is your responsibility to look after the number board. A lost front number board will mean an immediate £5.00 cash charge for a replacement. The same £5.00 fee applies if you modify your front number board and it needs replacing.
The front number board must be displayed on the front of your bike at all times whilst on track. The number boards remain the property of BDS Events until the end of your race season. Please note no deposit is required.
Note: For series overall positions, five out of six rounds count, including seeding points.
Rider Registration opens: Friday from 18:00 to 20:00 and Saturday 08:00 to 11:00.
Note: For series overall positions, five out of six rounds count, including seeding points.
Race Categories and running order for both seeding and race run. Race numbers shown in brackets:
Juvenile – DMR 13-14 years (900-925)
Youth – Marzocchi 15-16 years (800-899)
Grand Veteran – Hookit Products 50 and over (780-799)
Veteran – Dainese 40-49 years (700-774)
Master – NS Bikes 30-39 years (600-699)
Junior Women – Rachel Atherton 13-18 years (130-149)
Women – Flare Clothing 13 and over (160-199)
Elite Women – Schwalbe Tires 19 and over (100-125)
Junior – Spank 17-18 years (500-599)
Senior – Shimano – 19-29 years (300-399)
Expert – X-Fusion 19 and over (200-299)
Elite – Schwalbe Tires – 19 and over (1-99)
Juvenile – Riders must be in the year of their 13th or 14th birthday.
Youth – Riders in the year of their 15th or 16th birthdays.
Junior – Riders in the year of their 17th or 18th birthdays.
Senior – Riders in the year of their 19th birthday then the Senior category is the appropriate aged based category. See below for how riders can attain Expert or Elite status.
Master – For riders aged 30 to 39.
Veteran – For riders aged 40 to 49.
Grand Veteran – For riders aged over 50
Prize Money: All prize money will be paid directly by the race organiser to the riders by bank transfer. You will be contacted within 48 hours of the event with a request for your bank details and will then be paid within 48 hours. Please note there is no series overall prize money.
Elite Men.
1st £300.00
2nd £200.00
3rd £100.00
Elite Women.
1st £300.00
2nd £200.00
3rd £100.00
For each remaining race category the top five will be invited onto the podium and will win a voucher to cash in at the end of the series after the last round. The race organiser will e-mail each winner directly within a week of the final event stating exactly how much you have won and put you in touch directly with your category sponsor to claim your prize. If you have won for example £100.00 worth of vouchers you can purchase a £120.00 item and pay the difference yourself. If you purchase an item worth £90.00, you can not be refunded the difference.
You must claim your prizes by 18:00GMT on Friday 30th October 2015 or you will loose your prize.
Prize breakdown for each category*.
£100.00 for 1st place.
£80.00 for 2nd place.
£60.00 for 3rd place.
£40.00 for 4th place.
£20.00 for 5th place.
*This excludes the Elite Male and Female categories. The Grand Veterans will receive vouchers for the top three at each round (£75, £50, £25) and for the top three overall (£100, £75, £50). The Junior Women will receive vouchers for the top three at each round (£100, £60, £40) and for the top three overall (A prize money can’t buy).
The Mud Hugger Fastest Time of the Day £100.00
The rider who records the fastest time of the day in their race run. In the event of a tie, the rider with the fastest race time in seeding will be declared the winner. Prize money will be paid directly by The Mud Hugger.
Works Components Fastest Speed Through the Speed Trap £100.00
The rider who records the fastest speed of the day in their race run. In the event of a tie, the rider with the fastest overall race time will be declared the winner. Prize money will be paid directly by the race organiser.
Ride Portugal the official riding holiday partner of the 2015 BDS. A fully inclusive holiday providing flights, accommodation and two square meals a day to one lucky category winner at each round of the BDS; Round 1 Women, Round 2 Senior, Round 3 Master, Round 4 Veteran, Round 5 Grand Veteran, Round 6 Expert.
POV Cam Footage: This will be made available for all to view by being posted online through all the various media channels.
Podium: The award ceremony will take place five minutes after the last rider has completed their race run. The podium will be located in the finish arena.
Instant Pop Up Shelters are kindly supplied by Surf & Turf who are supporting the BDS with Instant Pop Up Shelters at every round. http://www.surfturf.co.uk/
Uplift Procedure: Tractors and Trailers will be used to transport riders and bikes up the hill. Riders will be separated from their bikes. We will provide an uplift marshal at the pickup point. We aim to lift at least 200 riders per hour. The uplift route at no time crosses the race track.
Race Timing: www.sportstimingsystems.co.uk the UK distributor for Tag Heuer. Results will be posted in the main arena on completion of each event and online by Sunday 21:00. Wireless or hard wired ommunications will be used. The riders will start from a covered area and will cross a laser beam to start the timing. The finish line will use laser beams again to capture the rider crossing the finish line. A large T.V screen will show the results live at the finish line. Live split timing will be provided. Provisional results from each category will be printed and displayed within five minutes of the category finishing.
Race Regulations: The event will run under BC and UCI Regulations and Penalties. Please make sure you aware of the additional BDS rules:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/british-downhill-series/bds-rules/10152472068615119
Protection: Juvenile and Youth are required to wear the following body armour:
Full Spine, Elbow pads and Knee pads.
Refunds, Transfers and Cancellation of the Event: Refunds and Transfers:
If you wish to cancel a booking please note the following cancellation conditions:
29+ days notice: Entry fee minus a £15.00 administration charge per round cancelled. Refunds will be credited to your bank account. Please contact the Event Director stating which round you want to be withdrawn from and what category you are in. Also your bank account sort code and account number to si@pinkbike.com.
28 days or less, no refund.
Transfer requests with 29 days notice are applicable for any remaining events in the BDS series that year.
Transfer requests 28 days or less notice are not applicable.
Please note you can not swap your entry with another rider.
The race weekend starts from 16:00 on Friday (Course open for inspection) therefore the time scales above mean all e-mails must be received by our deadline which is 4 weeks before the 16:00 on the Friday of the race weekend.
The above policies are not dependant on circumstances and are final. Please email si@pinkbike.com please note we will not deal with any cancellations over the phone, by text or Facebook. Inform us of your full name, category racing and which rounds of the BDS we are dealing with.
Force Majeure: If the BDS is prevented (directly or indirectly) from performing any of its obligations under the entry agreement by reasons of act of God, strikes, trade disputes, breakdowns, government or political action, interruption of transport, acts of war or terrorism, acts of omissions by a third party for any other reasons whatsoever outside of the BDS control, then the BDS will be under no liability whatsoever to you and may as its option, cancel the event.
If a BDS event is cancelled we will not be liable for costs of travel fares, hotels, or any other expenses that may be incurred.
It is your responsibility to ensure the race is going ahead before travelling. We will do our best to inform you if the race has to be cancelled but we do not accept liability if we are unable to contact you. We strongly advise that you check before making travel and accommodation arrangements.
If the event is cancelled we are unable to refund or part refund any entry fee, we are also unable to transfer your entry to another event.
Please follow the British Downhill Series on Facebook to ensure you are kept up to date.
Media Manager: Our Media Manager will manage the media and provide all our sponsors and media with photographs from the weekend.
Officials: British Cycling Commissaires: Adrian Walls, Alastair Mackinlay, Chas Lamley and Julie Fox.
Course Marshals: 22x marshals will be in place on course both Saturday and Sunday. Each marshal will be easily identifiable by wearing a high visibility vest. Marshals will also be supplied with a working two way radio, a whistle, a red and yellow flag and refreshments. We aim to ensure all our marshals are aged 21 or over and fit and able.
The marshal briefing will be carried out by the or BDS Team and Chief Commissaire at 08:00 on the Saturday morning at the registration tent and then on Sunday morning at 07:30.
Insurance Document: British Cycling have issued the insurance document and this has been forwarded to all Commissaires and and will be on display at race registration.
Course Map: Will be presented to the Commissaires, Medics and Head Marshal on the Friday evening of the event. The map will also be displayed at race registration.
