Billy in action at the XC Nationals wearing his new Whyte skin suit.

Billy’s race report:

At the weekend I used my whyte 19, sram xx with a gearing of 39 chainring and 32 cassette, which was super fast and comfortable on the dry and dusty circuit.
Gridded number 1 I had a good start and from lap 1, 3 of us were away…

On lap 2, the 3rd place rider tried to overtake me but ploughed into me sending me into a tree cutting myself from ankle to the top of my back ! The impact also seemed to shred my tyre………
I caught the leaders back up with this tyre and struggled to keep up as the tyre was now flat, none the less I got to the pits with this wheel and stopped and changed, meanwhile the leaders had attacked and got a gap, I slipped into 6th and played catchup for the rest of the race to finish a sore sore 4th place….

Billy.

Following his recent victory in the final stage of the Mountain Bike TDF, our pro elite rider, Billy Whenman has been filmed by the BBC.

Watch him @ http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/england/realmedia/southeasttoday/southeasttoday?size=16×9&bgc=C0C0C0&nbram=1&bbram=1&nbwm=1&bbwm=1, talking about his Olympic dreams and training regime.

Many thanks to all those who supported us at Bike Radar Live. We had a great time in the blistering sunshine with our customers and managed to demo an enormous number of bikes; including the new 146 and T120 suspension bikes.

To top it all off, Whyte Pro Elite rider, Billy Whenman finished on the podium at the Dirt Crit, MTB short course race.

Congratulations to everyone involved.

A gallery of the weekend can be seen @……………………..

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/103973124523020280582/BikeRadarLiveAndHogHill#

Congratulations to Billy for his podium finish in the Bike Radar Live Dirt Crit. After 30 minutes and 12 laps of intense short course racing, Billy finished 3rd in an amazingly fast race format. Competing against mountain bike legends such as Oli Beckingsale, Nick Craig and Brian Lopes on a dusty and super fast track, which included north shore, technical sections and flat loose corners. Billy was in a battle for a podium spot for most of the 12 laps and triumphed after showing real determination and technical skills in blistering sunshine.

Billy had a sling slot start through the opening loop, overtaking a number of riders to fall in 3rd on Jody Crawforth and Oli Beckingsale’s wheel; after starting on row three of the grid behind MTB legend Brian Lopes. After 12 laps only Jody Crawforth and Nick Craig were left in front of Billy after a heroic chase.

Billy’s set up for the day was as follows:

Whyte 19 Carbon

“I used Continental Mountain King tyres, for the extra grip and puncture protection as it was quite flinty…. the extra side wall grip was spot on as the course was very loose, but they are fast rolling too….”

“I used a stiff set of wheels as power was a must have, and used gear ratio

39 Chainring

11-32 cassette.. and that worked nicely……”

- Billy.

Good luck for the National Championships next weekend.

Call back soon for a full race report from Dalby……………….

Come along to Brandshatch at the weekend and see Whyte Bikes Elite riders, Billy and Luke take on the Dirt Crit at Bike Radar Live.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/103973124523020280582/Pictures?authkey=Gv1sRgCILPmtLcnLjxtQE#

You will also get a chance to see the new 2011 suspension bikes for the 1st time in the UK as well as the all new Urban range.

http://www.bikemagic.com/gear-news/whyte-2011-sneak-peek/8320.html

http://live2010.bikeradar.com/news/event/2010/05/20/whyte-bikes-to-launch-2011-range/

We will have a number of current demo bikes to test on the MTB track.

See you there.

Nice…………

Fresh from his Victory in the TT final stage of the MTB TDF, our Pro Rider Billy Whenman talks to the BBC.

BBC South East met with Billy at Whytes head quarters to talk about his amazing victory on the steps of the Sacre Coeur in Mont Matre, Paris.

They were amazed by his account of riding up and down the steps, the lightness and strength of his Carbon 19 Works and the determination and commitment it takes to be a pro-rider.

Billy explains the hours of dedication needed to compete at the top level and his aspirations for 2012 and beyond.

See the interview @…….

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006pfp8

Many thanks to Peter d’aguilar, Marketing and Communications Officer at Bedgebury Forest for sharing the great trails and to our friends at the BBC.

www.forestry.gov.uk/bedebury

Many thanks to Whyte riders, Billy and Luke for the images……………….

Congratulations to Billy for an awesome display at the final stage of the MTB Tour de France.

GC standings to follow………….

Please find to follow Billy’s race report with some photographs of the last week.

Awesome work Billy, from all at Whyte.

Final stage.. PARIS

Time Trial..

Today the race is me against the clock..

Everyone is set off at minute intervals and the fastest time wins..

I set off after 4 caffeine torq gels before the race.. I flew down the 1st set of steps..and was sprinting down the roads..in and out of people and cars..

I was sprinting up the steps on foot. And decided it was do or die on the down hill steps… I went down 8 flights of steps withought using the brakes..

Around the green and dismount to run steps, I ran not to fast to the top to save some gas for the next set… Mounted the bike and flew down the next steps..

Dismount and burried myself up the long steps…legs screaming at the top..

Jumped on the bike and no brakes down the steps !!

Sprinting up the climb and managed to ride the last set of steps

Sprinting around the roads to finish..with the best time..

Then the wait began… I stood and waited..

And waited

And waited .

Until every 1 had competed.. And I had won !!!

By 2 seconds !!

My biggest win of my career !!

1st place in the final stage of the mtb tour de france !! A big UCI cat 1 race !!

Over and out…

Billy