The first round of the Brixton Cycles Beastway Mountain Bike Series was held at Hog Hill (Redbridge Cycle Centre) on May 19 and hosted by Lee Valley Youth CC.

110 made the start for the return of the London mountain bike XC race series, and racing was fast and close.

Results

1 exm 42 Billy Whenman Whyte Racing 00:56:40 9 laps

2 exm 25 Hugo Humphreys Mosquito Bikes RT/Londoncyclesport.com 00:58:04 9 laps

3 exm 18 Serge Hunt Petra Cycles/SMG Vans 00:58:21 9 laps

4 exm 31 Steve Hambling Activ Cycles Folkestone 00:58:34 9 laps

5 exm 2 Gary Record VC Deal 00:59:37 9 laps

6 vem 57 Iain Kirkpatrick Spraytech Ltd 00:59:09 9 laps

7 mam 17 Rob Purcell 00:59:43 9 laps

8 vem 52 James Price 01:01:01 9 laps

9 mam 51 Jason Humphries Norwood Paragon CC 01:02:26 9 laps

10 spm 84 Michael Butler Activ 01:01:10 9 laps

The second round takes place on Wednesday 26 May – find out more at www.beastway.com