It’s fair to say that history was made this weekend in Wales.
REPLAY: Red Bull Hardline Wales 2025
Red Bull Hardline Wales 2025 results
- Asa Vermette (USA) 2:24.477
- Charlie Hatton (UK) 2:26.158
- Rónán Dunne (IRE) 2:29.496
- Tuhoto-Ariki Pene (NZ) 2:29.673
- Bernard Kerr (UK) 2:30.430
- Sam Gale (NZ) 2:34.596
- George Brannigan (NZ) 2:35.525
- Roger Vieira (BRA) 2:36.045
- Gee Atherton (UK) 2:36.693
- Felipe Agurto (CHI) 2:40.533
- Josh Bryceland (UK) 2:40.909
- Oli Clark (NZ) 2:42.868
- Jeronimo Paez (ARG) 2:44.409
- Joe Smith (UK) 2:45.593
- Théo Erlangson (ZAF) 2:50.499
- Harry Molloy (UK) 2:50.550
- Jono Jones (UK) 2:58.634
- Louise Ferguson (UK) 3:44.593
- Matt Jones (UK) 3:54.088
- Sebastian Holguin (COL) DNF
- Brook MacDonald (NZ) DNF
- Adam Brayton (UK) DNF
- Matteo Iniguez (FRA) DNF
- Laurie Greenland (UK) DNF
- Kaos Seagrave (UK) DSQ
Race reports and photos courtesy of Red Bull Content Pool:
ASA VERMETTE & LOUISE FERGUSON SECURE VICTORY AT RED BULL HARDLINE UK 2025
18-year-old Asa Vermette edged out Charlie Hatton to claim the title of Red Bull Hardline UK 2025 champion in a dramatic final race in Wales.
Vermette became the youngest ever to secure the top spot with a time of 2:24.477, edging out Hatton by 1.681 seconds. The young American, who is proving to be one of the most exciting prospects in the sport, picked up speed from his qualifying time by 4.586 seconds to take the win.
Vermette kept his cool and laid down a near flawless run on the toughest downhill mountain bike course in the world.
After becoming the first woman to do a top-to-bottom and qualify at Red Bull Hardline, UK, Louise Ferguson makes history as the first to win the women’s category with a race time of 3:44.593.
After Vermette’s performance at Red Bull Hardline, Tasmania, Australia where he came 2nd to Jackson Goldstone, he had his sights set on putting on a performance this week and had been showing potential throughout practice. Conditions were tough on the unrelenting course as the track was wet after significant rainfall overnight. However, Vermette showed incredible technical skills and focus as he secured victory.
Both Vermette and Ferguson were met in the finishing field by a huge roar from the sold out crowd who have provided an electric atmosphere throughout the weekend’s action in Wales. BFGoodrich rider of the week was awarded to Louise Ferguson who has also been a crowd favourite after making history on both days.
On winning Red Bull Hardline UK, an ecstatic Asa Vermette said, “It felt like a bit of a sketchy run to be honest. I wasn’t expecting to come across in first place after a couple of mistakes but coming across the line and seeing green was an insane feeling. The conditions are mint – the rocks were still a little slippery but all the dirt in between was so money I’d like to go and do another lap!”
“I haven’t been doing the best all year so to get this feels so good and hopefully we’ll keep going forward in this way! I just tried to have fun on the run and have fun while biking so I always try and stick to that. The whole race is super cool – Hardline is one of the funnest races i’ve ever done”
UK’s Charlie Hatton put together a superb performance for the home fans to briefly sit in the lead, but Asa proved to be too quick.
Defending champion, Rónán Dunne sat on top before being overtaken by Charlie to place third. He was one of the first out the gates in the final due to a mechanical issue in his qualification run.
Red Bull Hardline UK – Podium and Awards
Men’s 1st Place – Asa Vermette (USA)
Men’s 2nd Place – Charlie Hatton (UK)
Men’s 3rd Place – Rónán Dunne (IRE)
Women’s 1st Place – Louise Ferguson (UK)
BFGoodrich Rider of the Week – Louise Ferguson (UK)
Young American rider, Asa Vermette, has been revelling in his first experience of Red Bull Hardline, Wales and has looked incredibly comfortable all week. The 18 year-old Junior World Champion has proven himself on the biggest stage and is set to compete for the highest accolades for years to come in downhill mountain biking.
On finishing in second, Charlie Hatton, said, “Red Bull Hardline done for another year, I ended up in 2nd place which I’m over the moon about. Anytime you’re on the podium at Red Bull Hardline is always a good day so I’m buzzing. The crowd were insane, the racing was insane so, it was a hell of a day out!”
After finishing Red Bull Hardline UK in third, Rónán Dunne said, “Finals day so I was definitely nervous coming into it and it was a super early start for me as one of the first riders going off. I can’t complain with P3 as we had pretty slippery conditions. Hats off to Asa and Charlie – they ripped it and it was sick to watch. I was definitely nervous at the top as it was tricky to know how much to push because of the conditions but I’m stoked I got it down.”
History certainly was made.
Native American Indian chefs don’t usually feature in DH races, but Geronimo Pies* broke down many barriers.
*With thanks to Rob Warner – always entertaining, intentional or not.
Check out that headline photo….A bunch of muppets that have schlepped all the way to an event stuffed to the gills with pro photographers that will be taking images you can only dream of…..and every single one of them decides to experience it all through a 4 inch screen.
Be in the moment you total melts.
I switched on the telly last night to catch up on the Hardline replay, I’d managed to avoid seeing much about it so was really looking forward to it.
FFS RedBull, thanks for ruining that by telling me the result before I’d pressed play 🙄
Censored so I don’t spoil it for anyone else. (Tbh I still enjoyed it, but took some of the suspense away 😞)