British rider Charlie Hatton produced a flying run to win the men’s mountain bike downhill final at the UCI Cycling World Championships in Fort William on Saturday.

As rain fell in the Scottish Highlands, the 25-year-old Hatton mastered the mud to post a time of 4 minutes, 26.747 seconds.

He set a pulsating time, finishing 0.6 seconds ahead of Austria’s Andreas Kolb with another Briton Laurie Greenland finishing third.

Defending champion Loic Bruni came in fourth, and world No. 1 Loris Vergier could only manage sixth.

“I’m gob smacked,” the world No. 17 said. “I'm not sure if I’m shaking because I’m cold or I’m nervous or all of the above.”

The English rider has never won a World Cup race but now can don the rainbow jersey as world champion.

“That was absolutely insane,” Hatton said. “I knew I was riding well this weekend, but I never ever expected the win.”

Austria’s Valentina Holl won her second consecutive women’s mountain bike downhill title, ending two seconds faster than any other rider.

Five-time world champion Rachel Atherton, who dislocated her shoulder Thursday, came in eighth.

The winding downhill track is made up largely of rocks and dirt, with jumps and bumps marked out by tape on a barren mountainside at Fort William.

The mentally and technically challenging course of 2.8 kilometers drops 550 meters, with a lively crowd welcoming each rider at the finish.

Denmark Beats Italy In Track World Championships 2023 Team Pursuit

In track cycling, Denmark won the men’s team pursuit title by beating Italy in the final.

Champions back in in 2020, the Danes succeeded Great Britain, which won last year, but was eliminated in qualifying after a heavy fall suffered by Charlie Tanfield.

Denmark, made up of Niklas Larsen, Carl-Frederik Bevort, Lasse Leth and Rasmus Pedersen, gave little chance to Filippo Ganna’s Italy, which also finished second in 2022.

In the race for the bronze medal, New Zealand dominated Australia.

In the women’s team pursuit, Britain took gold by defeating New Zealand in the final.

Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Josie Knight and Anna Morris came out on top in a time of 4:08.771, more than four seconds of the Kiwis.

France took third place after getting the better of defending champion Italy in the bronze medal clash.