UCI Downhill World Cup: British sensation Jordan Williams, 18, wins on elite debut in Lenzerheide

British teenager Jordan Williams (Specialized Gravity) marked his elite debut with an astonishing victory at the UCI Downhill World Cup in Lenzerheide as his world champion team-mate Loic Bruni faded to finish third. Williams, 18, soared to the top of the timesheets with a remarkable ride of 2:39.222, with rider after rider failing to dislodge him from the summit.

Ad After winning the semi-final, French star Bruni set the timing screens green in the first three sectors, but eventually slipped to third behind Williams and Loris Vergier (Trek Factory Racing Gravity). UCI Mountain Bike World Series'Welcome to the big stage!' — Williams lands incredible debut win in Lenzerheide2 HOURS AGO “This is just insane,” said Williams afterwards.

“Lenzerheide isn’t one of my favourite tracks and I just rode as good as I could, and I don’t even know…” Williams, who finished ninth in the semi-final, went into this weekend as unprotected rider, meaning that his pathway to the final was purely determined by his results across qualifying and the semi-final as he was without the safety net of protected rider status. Bruni’s semi-final first place from earlier in the day meant that he was the last one to tackle the descent in the final which left a nervy wait for Williams in the hot seat.

European Champion Andreas Kolb (Continental Atherton) took second place in the semi-final and Vergier was third. 'Woah' — Rachel Atherton takes sensational comeback win in Lenzerheide UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup as it happened The final started with Baptiste Pierron (Dorval AM Commencal) the first to go down the mountain due to finishing 30th in the semi-final and he set a time of 2:45.2.