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Gee Atherton performs at Red Bull Hardline in Dinas Mawddwy, September 13th 2018.
© Sven Martin
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Final results from Red Bull Hardline 2018
Find out everything that happened during qualifying and finals at Red Bull Hardline and watch Gee Atherton's winning run.
Written by Ali McCarthy
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A rainy morning couldn't dampen the spirits of the riders at Red Bull Hardline on Finals day. After a few practice runs, spectators headed trackside to watch the full qualifying session, with only the top 10 riders going through to the finals. The 2016 winner Bernard Kerr said after his qualifying, "It's kind of messy at the top, but I'm just having fun with it. Happy with my run!"
Charlie Hatton performs at Red Bull Hardline in Dinas Mawddwy, UK on September 15th 2018
Charlie Hatton drops the huge road gap during his race run© Sven Martin/Red Bull Content Pool
Gee Atherton put on an incredibly strong qualifying performance, reminiscent of his Downhill World Cup season, and qualified in first place. Bernard Kerr has always performed well at Hardline as his riding style flatters the track and today was no different, qualifying in second place.
Bernard Kerr performs at Red Bull Hardline 2018 in Dinas Mawddwy, UK.
Bernard Kerr is always in the hunt at Hardline© Dan Griffiths/Red Bull Content Pool
Junior Downhill World Champion Kade Edwards made his Hardline debut this weekend with an incredible performance, making it into finals. Unfortunately for Kaos Seagrave, a fall in the woods section just after the Road Gap ruined his run and a broken chain ring for Adam Brayton also ended his afternoon.

Full qualifying results

Position
Name
Qualifying: mm:ss:ms
1st
Gee Atherton
03:15:94
2nd
Bernard Kerr
03:17:52
3rd
Joe Smith
03:20:67
4th
Alexandre Fayolle
03:27:47
5th
Gaëtan Vigé
03:28:81
6th
Charlie Hatton
03:29:43
7th
Laurie Greenland
03:31:67
8th
Josh Bryceland
03:21:88
9th
Brage Vestavik
03:33:35
10th
Kade Edwards
03:34:74
11th
Florent Payet
03:34:843
12th
Jérôme Caroli
03:24:89
13th
Craig Evans
03:34:92
14th
Brendan Fairclough
03:36:14
15th
Kaos Seagrave
03:37:05
16th
Henry Fitzgerald
03:37:79
17th
Bas van Steenbergen
03:44:95
18th
David McMillan
04:02:47
19th
Adam Brayton
04:12:97
20th
Greg Williamson
05:31:14

Finals

Rain showers across the afternoon made the top section of the track muddier and gnarlier than even last year's competition, but there was a title to claim and rain wasn't going to stop the riders from giving it their all.
Kade Edwards suffered a broken chain during his finals run, and Gaëtan Vigé made it all the way to the bottom of the course but after coming off the final fly off, he slid and went down.
Kade Edwards performs at Red Bull Hardline 2018 in Dinas Mawddwy UK on September 15, 2018
Kade Edwards lost a chain and his shot at the podium© Boris Beyer/Red Bull Content Pool
The battle between the top three was intense, with Trek Factory Racing's Charlie Hatton setting a blinder of a lap time, putting the pressure on Kerr who was to follow him. At each split, Kerr was building up time against Hatton and came in five seconds ahead of him. Gee Atherton was the last man to drop in, and the crowd grew louder and louder with each split time he set. In the end, Gee took his first ever Red Bull Hardline win.

Watch Gee's winning run from Red Bull Hardline

4 minRed Bull Hardline 2018: Gee Atherton's Winning runGee Atherton's winning run from the Red Bull Hardline 2018 finals, September 15th 2018.
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Full finals results

Position
Name
Time mm:ss:msms
1.
Gee Atherton
03:06:73
2.
Bernard Kerr
03:12:30
3.
Charlie Hatton
03:18:92
4.
Joe Smith
03:18:99
5.
Alexandre Fayolle
03:22:78
6.
Brage Vestavik
03:25:84
7.
Florent Payet
03:26:48
8.
Gaëtan Vigé
03:40:67
9.
Laurie Greenland
03:43:24
10.
Kade Edwards
05:47:52
Your Red Bull Hardline 2018 podium men© Nathan Hughes/Red Bull Content Pool
Watch a full replay of Red Bull Hardline 2018 on Red Bull TV or Red Bull Bike Facebook with commentary from Rob Warner and Greg Minnaar.
Keep up with all the news from Red Bull Hardline at www.Redbull.co.uk/Hardline, and follow @RedBullUK and @RedBullBike on Instagram for behind the scenes news and video.
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