Allen Valley Velo held their annual 2-Stage hill climb in Whitfield, Northumberland on Sunday with Zeb Kyffin, Ribble Pro Cycling winning the mens and Hannah Farran fastest woman
Top 10/Report: Allen Valley Velo 2 Stage Hill Climb
Photo Credit to Jack Earl | Report Nicholas Badcock
Zeb Kyffin of Ribble Pro Cycling
Allen Valley Velo held their annual 2-Stage hill climb in Whitfield, Northumberland on Sunday. The organisers found a touch of ground frost on arrival at the HQ, but fortunately the temperatures had lifted by the time the first riders set off; giving sunny, cold conditions, but with a steady north-westerly breeze.
Stage 1, MH16 was 4 miles long with an average gradient of 4% – a long threshold type effort, made all the more difficult with headwinds on the upper sections.
Stage 2, MH15 was 1.1 miles, with the average gradient is 7%, but touching 20% in the first sections. The changing gradients make it a difficult one to pace, especially on the tight hairpin at the bottom of the climb.
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The overall event was won by Zeb Kyffin of Ribble Pro Cycling in a combined stage time of 16:25.3, setting a new course record on stage 2 in the process. Zeb has only recently returned to action after breaking his collarbone a couple of months ago. Zeb said “After recovering from the collarbone smash and subsequent surgery, I thought that doing hill climb season would be a great way to end the season”.
Hannah Farran of Boompods EDCO NRG won for the ladies in a combined time of 22:16.1. Hannah said “Overall, I’m really pleased with the way things went today The first climb was a lot steadier – long and gradual – but I really enjoyed it as I felt that I could just sit in and ride to power. The second climb was a bit more of a fight!”.
Niall Paterson
Marcus Cram
Hannah Farran
Jamie Johnson
David Huck
Top 10
1 Zeb Kyffin, Ribble Pro Cycling 16:25
2 David Huck, Barrow Central Whs 17:28
3 Jamie Johnson, Barnesbury CC 17:53
4 Marcus Cram, Blaydon CC 17:54
5 Jonathan Bayley, Reifen Racing 18:28
6 Niall Paterson, VC Cumbria 18:31
7 Ross Walton, GS Metro 18:47
8 Matty Smith, Muckle CC 18:52
9 Nick Badcock, Allen Valley Velo 19:11
10 Lee Cuthbertson, Muckle CC 19:14
Female
1 Hannah Farran, Boompods EDCO NRG 22:16
2 Joanne Rea, Blaydon CC 22:43
3 Sarah Wilkinson, Cestria CC 22:48
First FV40 Sarah Wilkinson, Cestria CC 22:48
First FV50 Sheena Harrison, Allen Valley Velo 29:33:00
First MV40 Niall Paterson, VC Cumbria 18:31
First MV50 Paul Hague, Gosforth RC 20:29
First MV60 Tom Guy, Sunderland Clarion 22:47
First Team Blaydon CC
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