Joshua Antonio Torres Bryceland, known as Josh Bryceland, and commonly referred to by his nickname, Ratboy, born 23 March 1990, in

Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...

is a professional downhill

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, who lives in Higher

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, England. He entered his first race at 10 . Andy Kyffin signed him to his Northwest Mountain Bike Centre team. He won regional and national junior titles. One of his father's friends, Steve Peat signed him to his Royal Racing team. Bryceland was Junior World Cup Series Champion in 2007 and finished 9th in the Elite Men's race of the Maribor World Cup round. After 2016 he left the Santa Cruz Syndicate team to pursue Enduro racing. Josh has since left the team and is now riding as a Freerider and brand ambassador for Cannondale Cycles. In 2008 Bryceland followed Peat to the Santa Cruz Syndicate racing team and won the junior

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, Italy.

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;2006 :1st DH,

European Mountain Bike Championships The European Mountain Bike Championships (EMBCs) are an annual mountain bike racing championship in Europe. They have been held since 1989, and on an annual basis since 1991. There have been 28 editions as of 2017. Editions Winners Cross-cou ...

- Youth ;2007 :4th DH, NPS #1

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, Scotland - Junior :1st DH, Dragon Downhill, Welsh Championships,

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, Series Overall :1st DH,

British National Mountain Biking Championships The British Mountain Biking National Championships are organized by British Cycling, and the winner has the right to wear the national champion's jersey for the following year. The races are only open to riders of British nationality The pri ...

- Junior :1st DH,

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, Series Overall - Junior ;2008 :1st DH,

- Junior :1st DH,

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, Italy - Junior ;2011 :1st DH, British National Mountain Biking Rd.3 - Elite :2nd DH,

, Mont Saint Anne, Canada - Elite Male ;2014 :1st DH, British Cycling National Championships - Senior Male Championship :2nd DH,

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, Australia - Elite Male :1st DH,

Leogang Leogang is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (district), Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg in Austria. It is a famous winter sports and summer mountain hiking resort. Population Sights :Mining ...

, Austria - Elite Male :2nd DH,

, Mont Sainte Anne, Canada - Elite Male :1st DH,

, Windham, United States - Elite Male :2nd DH,

UCI Mountain Bike World Championships The UCI Mountain Bike World Championships are the world championship events for mountain bike racing in the disciplines of cross country, downhill, and four-cross. They are organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the governing ...

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, Norway - Elite Male

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Josh Bryceland - official siteSanta Cruz Syndicate - official site''Interview: Josh Bryceland: 2005 NPS Winner on track for 2006'', British Cycling, 2006
1990 births Living people English male cyclists British male cyclists Downhill mountain bikers Cyclists from Manchester English mountain bikers British mountain bikers 21st-century English sportsmen {{England-cycling-bio-stub

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