Tejvan Pettinger wins national hill-climb title

Tejvan Pettinger

After nine years of trying, Tejvan Pettinger (Sri Chinmoy CT) finally secured the National Hill-Climb Championship title with a superb performance on the 2.33-mile climb of The Stang in North Yorkshire on Sunday.

Despite notching up dozens of victories in climbs across the country the 36-year-old Oxford rider has never made it onto the podium before, his previous best finish being in 2010 when he was fourth.

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