Tejvan Pettinger of Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team, won the Bristol South CC hill climb on Burrington Combe in a time of 7.17. It was his seventh win at this event from nine attempts. He first rode Burrington Combe in 2004, and is now a regular at an event which suits his him well.
Burrington Combe 2016
- Length: 2.0 miles
- Average grade: 6%
- Time: 7.17
- Av. speed: 16.2 mph
In recent months, Tejvan has been hampered by an injury and this was his first hill climb win of the season. Speaking after the event Tejvan said:
"I was pleased with the ride, I haven't done much training in past few months, so I wasn't sure how I would do. After missing quite a few events with injury, it was nice to win one hill climb before the end of the season."
Tejvan Pettinger's results at Burrington Combe Hill climb
- 2004 – 7.12 – 2nd / 43
- 2005 – 7.06 – 2nd / 61
- 2008 – 7.21 – 1st / 50
- 2009 – 7.20 – 1st / 55
- 2010 – 7.10 – 1st / 51
- 2011 – 6.51 – 1st / 48 – new Course Record
- 2014 – 6.57 – 1st / 118
- 2015 – 6.58 – 1st / 110
- 2016 – 7.17 – 1st / 113
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Vilas, Dave and Tejvan from Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team in cafe after race.
Next week is the National Hill Climb Championship on Bank Road at Matlock
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