Mow Cop and Beeley Moor

Tejvan Pettinger of Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team continued his good run of form, taking 3 hill climb victories in his past four races.

First up was the Holme Valley Wheelers event. The event was scheduled to be up Holme Moss, which will feature in next years Tour de France. But, mist at the top forced the climb to be rescheduled to the  shorter Woodhead climb near Holmfirth. Tejvan finished 2nd in a time of 2.12 behind Tour of Britain rider Richard Handley (Rapha CC) (2.06)

In the afternoon, Tejvan was in action on Jackson Bridge, in the Huddersfield Star Wheelers event. The event has considerable history and is run as the  - Granville Sydney (six times national champion) memorial event. Tejvan came first in a time of 4.18 - one of the quickest times for a few years.

The next day was a trip to Mow Cop - the iconic 1 mile 'killer mile' with a finish gradient of 25%. Despite rain, Tejvan narrowly set a new course record of 4.22 - taking 2 seconds off Matt Clinton's previous time.

On October 20th, Tejvan entered his last hill climb before the national Championship- Beeley Moor, organised by Chesterfield Coureurs. He finished 1st in a time of 8.35 - the 2nd quickest time up the 2 mile hill.

This year's National Hill climb championship will be held 27th October on the Stang hill climb in North Yorkshire. Tejvan is riding number 174 at 14.54.