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 in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

is a professional downhill

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, who lives in Higher

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, Cheshire, 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 Steve Peat (born 17 June 1974 in Chapeltown, South Yorkshire), nicknamed "Sheffield Steel" or more commonly just "Peaty", is a professional downhill mountain biker who was born and lives in Chapeltown, Sheffield, England. Prior to his career a ...

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 Medals * * Winner ...

- 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,

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- 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,

, Cairns, Australia - Elite Male :1st DH,

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, 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 ...

Hafjell Hafjell is a village and a ski resort in Norway, in the Øyer municipality in the county of Oppland. Hafjell hosted the alpine skiing technical events ( giant slalom and slalom) at the 1994 Winter Olympics; the speed events were held at Kvitfje ...

, 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 Downhill mountain bikers Sportspeople from Manchester English mountain bikers {{England-cycling-bio-stub

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