Tejvan Pettinger has made a good start to the hill climb season. The Sri Chinmoy CT rider is the current national champion and so far he has won four uphill races, setting two course records as well.

Recently, he finished 1st in the Glossop Kinder Velo Hill climb up Snake Pass - in a time of 11.51

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Photo by Ken Norbury.

On September 7th, Tejvan won the Buxton CC hill climb, run up Long Hill. Pettinger placed first in a time of 12.16 - taking 10 seconds off his course record from 2010. He climbed the 4.4 mile Long Hill (average gradient 3%) at an average speed of 21.9mph