National Hill Climb Championship 2021 – Results

The National Hill Climb Championship for 2021 was held Winnats Pass. It is an iconic venue for the event because it is an excellent hill (i.e. really hard – 11% average, 20% max gradient). The hill has a natural amphitheatre around the climb meaning there will be a great atmosphere for both riders and spectators.

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Photo Darren Cooling, Bolsover & CC. Winnats 2021

It is also by far the most popular hill climb venue for the National with 10 visits. However, this will be the first visit to Winnats since 1977.

The 2021 race was very popular with many entrants and spectators. It was run under difficult conditions with rain and wind making the steep slopes even harder. In the men’s race Tom Bell, broke the decades old course record to fly up the climb in a time of 3:01.6 pipping last year’s winner Andrew Feather. In the women’s event, Bithja Jones narrowly pipped Mary Wilkinson to the title.

Results 2021

Men top 10

position firstname lastname club time
1 Tom Bell High North Performance 03:01.6
2 Andrew Feather HuntBikeWheels.com 03:08.5
3 Andy Nichols Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion 03:11.6
4 Cameron Biddle Stolen Goat Race Team 03:21.4
5 Leon Wright Race Hub 03:24.0
6 David Fellows Solihull CC 03:24.8
7 Kieran Wynne-Cattanach Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion 03:24.9
7 Harvey Weinberger AS Test Team 03:24.9
9 Ed Laverack Backpedal 03:28.1
10 Dan Evans ASSOS Speed Club UK 03:29.3

Men’s team prize

Lifting Gear Products-Cycles in Motion, – Andy Nichols Kieran Wynne-Cattanach and Alex Raynard 10-07.0.

Vet Men

  1. Dan Evans (Assos Speed Club UK) – 03:29.9
  2. Phil Stonelake (Bristol Road Club) – 03.34.0
  3. James Hayward (Woolwich CC) – 03:56.8

Women top 10

1 Bithja Jones Pankhurst Cycles 04:00.4
2 Mary Wilkinson Yorkshire Road Club 04:01.8
3 Rebecca Richardson Team Brother UK 04:13.5
4 Illi Gardner CAMS Racing 04:14.1
5 Frances Owen Fibrax Wrexham RC 04:24.3
6 Joanna Blackburn Team Bottrill 04:28.1
7 Zoe Langham Beeston Cycling Club 04:36.1
8 Jessica Evans ASSOS Speed Club UK 04:42.5
9 Kate MacTear Bristol South Cycling Club 04:43.3
10 Hannah Bayes Saint Piran 04:45.4

Women’s team prize

Bristol South CC in 15-52.2 – Kate MacTear, Emily Kate Walton and Naomi Aylwin.

Vet Female

  1. Bithja Jones (Pankhurst Cycles) – 04:00.4
  2. Mary Wilkinson (Yorkshire Road Club) – 04:01.8
  3. Jessica Evans (Assos Speed Club UK) – 04:45.5

Junior men

 

1 Tomos Pattinson Halesowen A&CC 03:26.6
2 Tom Williams Webbs 1902 CC 03:31.3
3 James Hartley JRC Shutt Ridley RT 03:32.2

Junior women

1 Sannah Zaman Bigfoot CC 04:44.1
2 Amelia Cebak Team Milton Keynes 05:21.9
3 Ellie Mitchinson CC Ashwell 05:31.0

2021 Hill Climb Links

The reason the National hasn’t been back for 43 years is that there used to be an A road going up parallel to the hill climb route. However, a landslip meant the closure of the A road and so the hill climb route is now a major through road. Closing the road is much more tricky, these days.

It was very interesting to hear the efforts the organisers went to be able to get the local community to support the road closure. The event will be earlier in the morning so the road can re-open to traffic. Also because of pressure on the road, there will be 300 places – 50% men/women. So getting a qualifying time is likely to prove tricky.

The old course record for the event (men) was 3.11. Peter Greenhalgh (1966)

 

Full results 2021

Men’s Results

position firstname lastname club time
1 Tom Bell High North Performance 03:01.6
2 Andrew Feather HuntBikeWheels.com 03:08.5
3 Andy Nichols Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion 03:11.6
4 Cameron Biddle Stolen Goat Race Team 03:21.4
5 Leon Wright Race Hub 03:24.0
6 David Fellows Solihull CC 03:24.8
7 Kieran Wynne-Cattanach Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion 03:24.9
7 Harvey Weinberger AS Test Team 03:24.9
9 Ed Laverack Backpedal 03:28.1
10 Dan Evans ASSOS Speed Club UK 03:29.3
11 Alex Raynard Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion 03:30.5
12 Adam Kenway Team Brother UK 03:30.6
13 Archie Cross Bristol Road Club 03:31.4
14 David Huck Barrow Central Wheelers 03:32.2
15 Sam Clark TBW23 Stuart Hall Cycling P/b Trainsharp 03:32.6
16 Phil Stonelake Bristol Road Club 03:34.0
17 Joshua Aiken Orwell Velo 03:34.7
18 Kieran Savage Cycling Sheffield 03:35.2
19 Andrew Kirby 73 Degrees Bicycles, WestSide Coaching rt 03:35.3
20 Carl Jolly 73 Degrees Bicycles, WestSide Coaching rt 03:35.6
21 Hugh Smith Woolwich CC 03:36.2
22 Freddie Jagger Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion 03:36.5
23 Ricki Ellison CC Giro 03:37.3
24 Martyn Stewart East Lancashire RC 03:37.6
25 Tom Garnett Geared Up & CN Cycles RT 03:39.3
26 Ben Millar Team Tor 2000 | KALAS 03:39.4
27 Matthew Cleave The Service Course 03:39.9
28 Callum Stewart East London Velo 03:40.6
29 Eugene Cross Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion 03:40.7
30 Nicholas Latimer Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion 03:41.4
31 Jude Taylor Crimson Orientation Marketing RT 03:41.8
32 Tim Podlogar Stolen Goat Race Team 03:41.9
33 David Scott MULE .C.C. 03:42.1
34 Matthew Smith Muckle Cycle Club 03:42.7
35 Thomas Willan East London Velo 03:43.6
36 Joe Shillabeer Clifton CC York 03:44.6
36 Lee Ager Blaydon CC 03:44.6
38 John Bowman Muckle Cycle Club 03:45.6
39 Ross Fawcett Orwell Velo 03:45.7
39 Gabe Dellar Southampton University Road Cycling Club (SURC) 03:45.7
41 Adam Baker Royal Air Force Cycling Association 03:46.9
42 George Scott Islington Cycling Club 03:47.2
42 Tobin Brett Parlay CC 03:47.2
44 James Pearce Solihull CC 03:48.6
44 Iain Duffield PMRR 03:48.6
46 Jacob Vezey Harrogate Nova CC 03:49.6
47 Kirk Vickers Holohan Coaching Race Team 03:49.7
48 William Collie University of Warwick 03:50.7
49 Joe Rees Bikestrong-KTM 03:51.1
49 Martin Mikkelsen-Barron Velo Club Cumbria 03:51.1
51 Richard Lucas Mapperley CC 03:51.2
52 Ben McKie VC de Londres 03:51.3
53 Jonathan Morris AeroCoach 03:51.6
54 Luke Hind Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion 03:51.7
55 Mike Skidmore Cheltenham & County Cycling Club 03:51.9
56 Calvin Cheung Hub Velo 03:52.2
57 Jack Moore East Lancashire RC 03:53.2
58 Alex Whitmore Ratae RC 03:54.4
59 Harry Chamberlain Bynea Cycling Club 03:54.6
60 Ryan Oldam Reading CC 03:55.0
61 Gregg Booker Matlock CC 03:55.2
62 Liam Cahill Reflex Racing 03:55.4
63 Josh Coyne Bpm Coaching 03:55.8
64 James Hayward Woolwich CC 03:56.8
65 Ben MacKinson Apache Brave Racing 03:57.4
65 Arion Oates PDQ Cycle Coaching 03:57.4
67 Alastair Ribbands Manchester Wheelers 03:57.8
68 Josh Carr AeroLab Ward WheelZ 03:57.9
69 Tobi Ng Team PB Performance 03:58.1
70 James King OVB 03:58.2
71 William Adams Manchester Bicycle Club 03:58.4
72 Nick Munro Royal Air Force Cycling Association 03:58.8
73 Laurence Fryer-Taylor OVB 03:59.2
74 Matt Melville Cycle Club Basingstoke 03:59.4
75 James Haworth Team Jewson – MI Racing ~Poly Pipe~McCann 03:59.8
76 Richard Cartland HuntBikeWheels.com 04:00.3
77 Luke Walton North Hampshire RC 04:00.4
78 Colin Atkinson Muckle Cycle Club 04:00.9
79 Peter Norris Cycle Sport South Hams 04:02.1
80 Adam Whitehead Bristol South Cycling Club 04:02.3
81 Adam Millington Team PB Performance 04:02.4
82 Ollie Pennington 1st Chard Wheelers 04:02.5
83 Oliver Hurdle Stolen Goat Race Team 04:03.0
84 Michael Sleeman Horsham Cycling 04:03.6
85 Callum Dixon Kingud Factory Racing 04:04.0
86 Tony Cope Leek CC – Den Engel Belgian Bar 04:04.1
87 George Hodgkinson Chorley Cycling Club 04:04.2
88 James Scrivener Reading CC 04:04.4
88 John Blight Rapha Cycling Club 04:04.4
90 Andrew Laidler Sitwell Cycling Club 04:04.7
91 Hamish McDougall Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion 04:04.9
92 Sam Marshall Trash Mile 04:05.1
93 Charlie Lacaille University of Bristol Cycling Club (UOBCC) 04:06.2
94 Francis Schofield Brighton Mitre CC 04:07.3
95 Darren Kidson Onyx RT 04:07.5
96 Marc Dunn Woolwich CC 04:07.8
97 Luke Burgess Horsham Cycling 04:08.1
98 Andrew Lockwood Chippenham & District Wheelers 04:08.3
99 Tom Harcourt Team Bikestop Tyrekey 04:09.4
100 Will Budge PeaceFIT Racing 04:09.8
101 Tom Hazelton Ilkeston Cycle Club 04:10.6
102 Chris Dyke Rutland Cycling Club 04:11.1
102 Tom Andrews Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion 04:11.1
104 David Murphy Liverpool Mercury  CC 04:11.3
105 Jon Wild Veloviewer 04:11.4
106 Darrell Clarke Ilkeston Cycle Club 04:12.6
107 Rick Bailey Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion 04:12.8
108 Andrew Metherell Salt and Sham Cycle Club 04:12.9
109 Richard Helm Barrow Central Wheelers 04:13.6
110 Jerome Jacob Mango Go! 04:14.0
111 Steve Thomas Bristol Road Club 04:14.2
112 Tarn Fynn Manchester Bicycle Club 04:14.3
113 Noel Stoddart Blaydon CC 04:14.4
114 Andy Pearson Serpentine Running Club 04:15.1
115 Michael Shute Mid Devon CC 04:15.9
116 Ben Norbury Congleton CC 04:16.6
117 Matthew Wilkins Rutland Cycling Club 04:16.7
118 Steven Morrow Chorlton Velo 04:17.3
119 Felix Koninx Bristol & District Triathletes (BAD TRI) 04:17.5
120 Ben Lowe Veloviewer 04:17.6
121 James Byatt Ilkeston Cycle Club 04:17.7
122 Joe Benians Lewes Wanderers CC 04:18.1
123 Daniel Rollins myhillcycling.co.uk 04:19.2
124 Graham Martin Banbury Star Cyclists’ Club 04:19.7
125 Callum Spencer 7 Hills Cycling Club 04:20.7
126 Dave Diston Muckle Cycle Club 04:22.1
127 Matthew Larkins Withington Wheelers 04:22.4
127 Bhima Bowden Macclesfield Wheelers 04:22.4
129 Jake Wade Lindsey Roads Cycling Club 04:23.3
130 Elliott Joseph Watford Velo Sport 04:23.5
131 Ben Lloyd Fibrax Wrexham RC 04:23.8
132 Glyndwr Griffiths 73 Degrees Bicycles, WestSide Coaching rt 04:24.4
133 Karl Norris 360VRT 04:24.9
134 Duncan Edwards Harrogate Nova CC 04:25.8
135 Paul Armstrong Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion 04:28.4
136 Darren Miller Fusion Cycling Club Dronfield 04:29.7
137 Ewen Ross Matlock CC 04:30.0
138 Scott Davies 1st Chard Wheelers 04:30.3
138 Oliver Humphreys National Clarion CC 04:30.3
140 Robert Copeland Sheffrec CC 04:30.7
141 Huw Owen Clwb Beicio Egni/Energy Cycling Club 04:32.8
142 Thomas Robb Bedfordshire Road RT 04:32.9
143 Daniel Colman Arctic Aircon RT 04:33.3
144 Brian Whiteley Doncaster Wheelers C.C. 04:34.0
144 Simon Warren Norwood Paragon CC 04:34.0
146 Mark Elding Harry Middleton CC 04:34.9
147 Neil Bentley Common Lane Occasionals 04:35.0
148 Tom Henry Team DCP 04:36.5
149 Todd Oates Kendal Cycle Club 04:37.5
150 Ben Wilkinson Muckle Cycle Club 04:37.7
151 Thomas Southey Bristol South Cycling Club 04:38.7
152 Chris Ward Syston Syclers 04:38.8
153 Matthew Cooper National Clarion CC 04:39.6
154 Andrew Askwith Vive Le Velo 04:40.0
155 Adam Wood Muckle Cycle Club 04:40.2
156 Geoff Ware Minehead Cycling Club 04:42.1
157 Matthew Coates OVB 04:44.2
158 Brendan Hirst Rugby Racing Cycling Club 04:46.8
159 Charlie Openshaw Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion 04:49.4
160 Paul Faulkner Common Lane Occasionals 04:49.8
161 Thijs Geurts Macclesfield Wheelers 04:50.1
162 Joel Barnett Belper BC 04:50.4
163 Dean Johns Calder Clarion 04:53.1
164 Paul Jones Bristol South Cycling Club 04:53.7
165 John Hind Bolsover and District CC 04:56.9
166 Matthew Sparkes Beeston Cycling Club 04:58.2
167 Sam Leng AIMS Cycling 05:01.9
168 Paolo Coppo Rugby Velo 05:02.8
169 Daniel Farrand TrueSapien 05:05.4
170 Julian Wilkes 1st Chard Wheelers 05:05.9
171 Ian Gallon North Tyneside Riders CC 05:06.3
172 Robert McGregor Paramount CRT 05:07.2
172 John Flanagan Moonglu CC 05:07.2
174 Alastair Merrill VC 10 05:10.9
175 Khaled Balabil Holmes Chapel Velo 05:23.4
176 Richard Stoodley TrueSapien 05:34.8
177 James Russell Macclesfield Wheelers 05:48.0
178 Mark Rowbottom Chesterfield Coureurs CC 06:16.5
179 Richard Burt Dursley Road Club 06:43.6
182 Matt Sumpton Dulwich Paragon CC 00:00.0
183 Kieran Smith Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion 00:00.0
184 Morgan Curle Rogue Racing 00:00.0
185 Laurie Stobbs Ribble Cycles 00:00.0
186 Matt Lawton Macclesfield Wheelers 00:00.0
180 Tim Glenie Ilkeston Cycle Club 00:00.0
181 Christopher Peach Ilkeston Cycle Club 00:00.0

 

Women’s Results

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Women’ podium Photo velo uk
1 Bithja Jones Pankhurst Cycles 04:00.4
2 Mary Wilkinson Yorkshire Road Club 04:01.8
3 Rebecca Richardson Team Brother UK 04:13.5
4 Illi Gardner CAMS Racing 04:14.1
5 Frances Owen Fibrax Wrexham RC 04:24.3
6 Joanna Blackburn Team Bottrill 04:28.1
7 Zoe Langham Beeston Cycling Club 04:36.1
8 Jessica Evans ASSOS Speed Club UK 04:42.5
9 Kate MacTear Bristol South Cycling Club 04:43.3
10 Hannah Bayes Saint Piran 04:45.4
11 Sarah Wilkinson Blaydon CC 04:48.4
12 Hannah Farran Team Boompods 04:48.7
13 Martha Tibbot Saddleworth Clarion CC 04:48.8
14 Natalie Stevenson Eat Plants Not Pigs CC 04:51.6
15 Monica Greenwood Macclesfield Wheelers 04:52.8
16 Becky Hair Magspeed Racing 04:54.8
17 Charlotte Davies FTP (Fulfil The Potential) Racing 05:07.2
18 Nicola Soden Datalynx-Parenesis Cycling 05:09.7
19 Harriet Hernando Will Houghton Racing Team (WHRT) 05:10.2
20 Sammie Stuart Crimson Orientation Marketing RT 05:16.1
21 Hannah Lancaster Loughborough Lightning / TRG 05:17.0
22 Madeline Verdegaal Brother Uk – Team OnForm 05:17.9
23 Alison Dockney Market Drayton Cycling Club 05:18.3
24 Emily Kate Walton Bristol South Cycling Club 05:19.3
25 Wendy Mathie Penge Cycle Club 05:20.8
26 Rosie Wayland FTP (Fulfil The Potential) Racing 05:24.4
27 Sarah Harrison Sheffield Triathlon Club 05:24.9
28 Emily Slavin Avid Sport 05:26.5
29 Olivia French Škoda DSI Cycling Academy 05:26.7
30 Kate Richardson Glasgow Triathlon Club 05:29.6
31 Sarah Briggs Matlock CC 05:34.0
32 Melissa Denman Ilkeston Cycle Club 05:34.6
33 Morgan Newberry Škoda DSI Cycling Academy 05:36.0
34 Vikki Filsell BellaVelo cc 05:38.9
35 Joanna Cebrat Bury Clarion CC 05:42.5
36 Emma Bexson Stratford Cycling Club 05:43.3
37 Alice Larkin Glossop Kinder Velo Cycling Club 05:47.0
38 Fran Bratt Velo Club Godalming & Haslemere 05:47.1
39 Naomi Aylwin Bristol South Cycling Club 05:49.6
40 Abigail Cooper Brother Uk – Team OnForm 05:55.0
41 Wiebke Rietz 1st Chard Wheelers 06:01.5
42 Gemma Hutchins Blaydon CC 06:03.0
43 Kate Robinson Team Catenary 06:04.0
44 Jessica Denman Ilkeston Cycle Club 06:04.9
45 Alice Thomson Bristol South Cycling Club 06:12.1
46 Francesca Counsell Bella in Sella Racing 06:21.0
47 Kathryn Alty Kingston Wheelers CC 06:21.4
48 Angela McGurk Blaydon CC 06:25.7
49 Janet Kenyon Carlisle Reivers Cycling Club 06:27.4
50 Amelia Cass Loughborough Students Cycling Club 06:32.2
51 Rosie Wallace Liv AWOL 06:39.6
52 Rachel Dumbrell CC London 07:14.5
53 Rebekah Smith Beeston Cycling Club 07:14.6
54 Susan Smith Ilkeston Cycle Club 07:20.1
55 Elizabeth Bridgen Ilkeston Cycle Club 07:28.4
56 Tracy Gregory Buxton CC/Sett Valley Cycles 08:14.2
57 Cathy Murray Buxton CC/Sett Valley Cycles 08:16.8
58 Laura Owler Beeston Cycling Club 09:23.0
59 Jamie-Lee Wright CC London 10:17.3

Junior Mens

1 Tomos Pattinson Halesowen A&CC 03:26.6
2 Tom Williams Webbs 1902 CC 03:31.3
3 James Hartley JRC Shutt Ridley RT 03:32.2
4 Leo Scrimshaw Whitby Whs 03:36.0
5 Ben Neal Southborough & Dist. Whs 03:45.4
6 Cormac Nisbet High Wycombe CC 03:47.3
7 Felix Tuck V C Meudon 03:47.6
8 Patrick Casey Team Lifting Gear Products/Cycles In Motion 03:50.1
9 John Russell Team Bikestop Tyrekey 03:52.7
10 Cai Curtis-Roberts Rhyl CC 03:53.0
11 Finlay Hawker VC de Londres 03:55.6
12 MacKenzie Pullen Welwyn Whs 03:57.2
13 Ryan Williams Beeston Cycling Club 03:58.0
14 Dan Taylor Leicester Forest CC 03:58.1
15 Oliver Tandy Solihull CC 04:00.3
16 Alfie Salmon Lee Valley Youth CC 04:02.2
17 Harvey Thomas Bristol Road Club 04:02.5
18 Isaac Oliver North Midland Youth Squad 04:04.6
19 Lewis Holmes Beeston Cycling Club 04:06.9
20 Marcus Cockerill Clifton CC York 04:07.5
21 Louis Lermite Guide Cycling 04:07.8
22 Lewis Smith Calder Clarion 04:08.8
23 Will Piccin-White Wheal Velocity 04:11.1
24 Timothy Lane JRC Shutt Ridley RT 04:12.5
25 James Davenport VMCC powered by Y Beic 04:12.6
26 Felix Whetter St Austell Whs CC 04:12.9
27 George Griffin Innovation Racing 04:13.3
28 Thomas Wisdish East Kilbride Road Club 04:13.5
29 Lawrence Martindale Chippenham & District Wheelers 04:18.9
30 Harley Widdowson Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy 04:22.9
31 Jack Wilson Wheal Velocity 04:23.2
32 Harry Hudson Matlock CC 04:26.5
32 Alfie Herbert Rhyl CC 04:26.5
34 Emil Howell Matlock CC 04:29.7
35 Charlie Hussey High Wycombe CC 04:30.3
36 Evan Schofield D2D Sheffield RT 04:33.8
37 Jacob Bradbury Manchester Wheelers 04:34.4
38 Digby Llewellyn Poole Wheelers Cycling Club 04:34.6
39 James Wicks Essex Roads CC 04:41.2
40 Thomas Caine V C Meudon 04:44.2
41 Noah Starbuck Sleaford Wheelers Cycling Club 04:45.7
42 Samuel Greenwell Solihull CC 04:48.5
43 Fraser Cummings Matlock CC 05:04.1
44 Harrison Fay Welland Valley CC 05:09.9
45 Jamie Bretton Stonham Barns Park – SYRT 05:14.4
46 Finley Hudson Matlock CC 05:17.2
47 Ole Bainbridge Bristol Road Club 05:20.5
48 Jamie Brough Matlock CC 06:18.8
49 Benjamin Taylor North Midland Youth Squad 06:40.9
George Robb Bedfordshire Road CC 00:00.0 1

Junior Women

1 Sannah Zaman Bigfoot CC 04:44.1
2 Amelia Cebak Team Milton Keynes 05:21.9
3 Ellie Mitchinson CC Ashwell 05:31.0
4 Maia Howell Matlock CC 05:32.0
5 Lilja Raine myhillcycling.co.uk 05:54.0
6 Rianna Mahoney Woolwich CC 06:05.9
7 Sophie Heighton Ferryhill Whs 06:14.3
Abbey Thompson Stonham Barns Park – SYRT 00:00.0

 

 

3 thoughts on “National Hill Climb Championship 2021 – Results”

  1. Hi,
    In the junior women top 3 you have a repeat of the junior men’s results, which is a shame as the daughter of a friend of mine got 2nd, she is there in the full results, but i thought you might like to know so it can be corrected.

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