Aimee Dix won the Elite Women category of this weekend’s Fort William NPS round 2009 race. But she didn’t set the fastest time – that honour went to junior rider Manon Carpenter, who was 7 seconds faster again of the tough, physical track. Second in Elite went to Haby-Blu Cann, and third to Zumbi rider Helen Gaskell.

There were only 8 women entered, with 5 in Elite and 3 in Open, which seems surprising given the prominence that the UK has in DH racing at a World level.This time, the sun shone on Fort Bill for both the practice and race days, making conditions dusty on the notorious WC track. You can check out some photos of the race in the NPS gallery on Pinkbike.

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Elite Women
1 Aimee DIX (Mojo Orange) 6:07.554
2 Haby-Blu CANN 6:13.698
3 Helen GASKELL Zumbi 6:35.048
4 Emma WAREHAM Leisure Lakes 6:41.737
5 Harriet LATCHEM 6:54.258

Open Women
1 Manon CARPENTER 6:00.729
2 Angela COATES Fox Racing/CHR 6:49.961
3 Bex REILLY 6:51.678

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Published on 30/06/2009 by Martha Hucker.