Asa Vermette Crowned as the Youngest Ever Winner of Red Bull Hardline

18-year-old Asa Vermette edged out UK's Charlie Hatton to claim the title of Red Bull Hardline UK champion after an intense final race in Wales while defending champion, Rónán Dunne placed third.

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- Vermette secured the top spot with a time of 2:24.477, beating Hatton by 1.681 seconds. The young rider improved on his qualifying time by 4.586 seconds, laying down a near flawless run on the toughest downhill mountain bike course in the world that brought him his first Red Bull Hardline UK victory.

- After his performance at Red Bull Hardline 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 the victory.

- Defending champion, Ronan Dunne, took the top spot on the hot seat early on in the race with a time of 2:29.496, then a superb run by Charlie Hatton pipped him off the top setting the time to beat for Asa Vermette who had qualified top in seeding.

- 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.

- 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."
- "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", stated Vermette.

- 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.”


Final results - Red Bull Hardline UK 2025

1. Asa Vermette (USA), 2:24.477

2. Charlie Hatton (UK), 2:26.158

3. Rónán Dunne (IRE), 2:29.496

4. Tuhoto-Ariki Pene (NZ), 2:29.673

5. Bernard Kerr (UK), 2:30.430

6. Sam Gale (NZ), 2:34.596

7. George Brannigan (NZ), 2:35.525

8. Roger Viera (BRA), 2:36.045

9. Gee Atherton (UK), 2:36.693

10. Felipe Agurto (CHI), 2:40.533

11. Josh Bryceland (UK), 2:40.909

12. Oli Clark (NZ), 2:42.868

13. Jeronimo Paez (ARG), 2:44.409

14. Joe Smith (UK), 2:45.593

15. Theo Erlangsen (ZAF), 2:50.499

16. Harry Molloy (UK), 2:50.550

17. Jono Jones (UK), 2:58.634

18. Louise Ferguson (UK), 3:44.593

19. Matt Jones (UK), 3:54.088

20. Sebastian Holguin (COL), DNF

21. Brook MacDonald (NZ), DNF

22. Adam Brayton (UK), DNF

23. Matteo Iniguez (FRA), DNF

24. Laurie Greenland (UK), DNF

25. Kaos Seagrave (UK), DSQ