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The British National Hill Climb Championship is a hill climbing competition held annually by Cycling Time Trials with the location varying year on year. The first edition was in 1944 and it has been won by some of the best all-round British cyclists, such as Brian Robinson, Paul Curran, Malcolm Elliot, Chris Boardman and Jeff Williams. [1]
The British Hillclimb Championship (BHC) is the most prestigious hillclimbing championship in Great Britain. The British Hill Climb Championship was held every year from 1947 to 2019, and resumed in 2021. The 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [citation needed] All British Champions have been British.
In Great Britain there is an end of season tradition of cycling clubs promoting hillclimb time trials in October, for small cash prizes. The hills tend to be relatively short, usually taking between three and five minutes to complete, and the races attract many spectators, including locals not otherwise interested in cycling, who come to watch the pain in the faces of the competitors. [4]
He competed for Britain 2023 UCI Road World Championships – Men's junior road race in Glasgow. [6] He signed for Visma–Lease a Bike Development ahead of the 2024 season. [7] He won the U23 time trial at the British National Time Trial Championships in Catterick, North Yorkshire on 19 June 2024. [8]
Triangle corner, Loton Park Hillclimbing in Great Britain differs from the style of hillclimb motorsport events staged in many other parts of the world, in that courses are generally short — mostly under one mile (1.6 km) in length — and this means that cars and drivers do not generally cross between British events and the longer hillclimbs found in many other parts of Europe.
The 2024 British Cycling National Track Championships were a series of track cycling competitions. The National Track Championships (excluding certain events) were held from 23 to 25 February 2024 at the Manchester Velodrome in Manchester. [1] They are organised and sanctioned by British Cycling, and are open to British cyclists. [2] [3] [4]
2024 [ edit ] On 27 October 2024 she won the National Hill Climb Championships [ 8 ] for the third time by 12 seconds at the Dipton Mill Road climb in Hexham , Northumbria .
Having started racing at the age of 17 with Bynea Cycling Club in 2011, [5] Laverack joined British UCI continental cycling team Rapha Condor in 2013. The following year he won the Under 23 British National Road Race Championships, finishing 13th overall. [5] 2019 saw him moving to UCI Continental team SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling.