Tejvan Pettinger of Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team missed out on the podium by 1 second, finishing 4th in the UK National Hill Climb Championship.

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Tejvan's time of 3.56 was 15 seconds behind winner Dan Fleeman (Raleigh UCI) who stormed up the 1 mile climb at Dovers Hill, Gloucestershire.

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(earlier in year on same hill Dovers Hill)

The hill climb championship marks the end of the UK domestic scene and a substantial crowd came to cheer on the riders up the grueling 1 mile hill, averaging around 10%.

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Warming up at start - wearing number 137

After a successful season with 14 wins, Tejvan was happy with 4th place, though disappointed to get so close to a medal.

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