Zeb Kyffin and Hannah Farran were the fastest male and female at the Muckle CC hill climb in Corbridge, Northumberland, on Sunday morning.

In-form Kyffin (Ribble Pro Cycling) clocked a time of 3-37 to add another victory to his tally for the season and continue his good form in the build up to the National Hill Climb Championships which take place next weekend.

The Ribble Pro Cycling rider topped the podium at the Sunderland Clarion CC two-stage at the end of September as well as being victorious at the Cestria CC hill climb but Kyffin expressed his delight at his performance on Sunday.

“Well, that was much better!  I did a fairly convincing negative split and was one second up on Marcus (Cram) with a minute to go and by the finish, I’d won by 12 seconds.  I think I just paced it perfectly on the day. Cheers to Muckle for a mega event!”, said Kyffin.

Marcus Cram (Blaydon CC) finished in second with a time of 3-48.

Cram has several podium finishes in recent weeks with Kyffin getting the better of him on a number of occasions.

The Blaydon CC rider finished second at both the Sunderland Clarion two-stage and the Cestria CC hill climbs respectively.

The third fastest male on the day was Thomas Prentice (GS Metro) who clocked a time of 3-52.

The 17-year-old rider was last victorious at the GS Metro hill climb on the 27th of September and also finished second at the National Team Time Trial Championships on the 24th of the same month.

Hannah Farran (Boompods EDCO NRG) set the fastest time by a woman that day by finishing her run with a time of 5-02.

Farran has been in excellent form of late, with numerous victories on her record. She was victorious last weekend at the Houghton CC hill climb and on October 7 at the Blaydon CC two-stage.

“I really enjoyed today’s climb – the gradient and the length of the climb was perfect for me.  My power was good and I paced it well and just dug in for the final 100 metres, ” said a very pleased Farran.

* All reports are copyright of Cycling Time Trials/Snowdon Sports. Not to be used without permission. This report by Ben Gretton.

Results:

Pos      Name   Club    Gender            Category        Time

1          Zeb Kyffin      Ribble Pro Cycling      Male    Senior  03:37.3

2          Marcus Cram   Blaydon CC    Male    Senior  03:48.4

3          Thomas Prentice          GS Metro        Male    Junior  03:52.9

4          Jacob Vezey    Harrogate Nova CC    Male    Senior  03:57.0

5          Colin Atkinson            Muckle Cycle Club     Male    V50     03:58.7

6          Joe Wilson       Ribble Pro Cycling      Male    Junior  04:05.3

7          Tom Townsend           ASSOS Equipe UK    Male    Junior  04:05.8

8          Matty Smith    Muckle Cycle Club     Male    Senior  04:08.9

9          Roddy Weir    Muckle Cycle Club     Male    Senior  04:09.4

10        Graeme Wardale         South Shields Velo Cycling Club       Male    V40     04:09.6

11        Lee Ager         Blaydon CC    Male    Senior  04:10.2

12        Niall Paterson  Velo Club Cumbria     Male    V40     04:11.4

13        Rafe Williams Allen Valley Velo       Male    Senior  04:13.2

14        Zak Walker     Honister 92     Male    Senior  04:14.3

15        Dave Diston    Muckle Cycle Club     Male    Senior  04:15.3

16        James Mitchell            Hetton Hawks CC      Male    Junior  04:16.0

17        Nick Badcock Allen Valley Velo       Male    Senior  04:18.3

18        Wilf Sergant    North Tyneside Riders CC     Male    Junior  04:20.7

19        Lee Cuthbertson         Muckle Cycle Club     Male    Senior  04:22.4

20        Harris Coupland          Fechan Flyers  Male    Senior  04:22.8

21        Stuart Matthews         Infinity Cycles            Male    Senior  04:23.3

22        Adam Hope    Muckle Cycle Club     Male    Senior  04:23.5

23        Graeme Kirton            South Shields Velo     Male    V40     04:23.7

24        John Bowman Muckle Cycle Club     Male    Senior  04:23.8

25        Scott Mccance            Derwentside CC         Male    Senior  04:25.5

Women: Hannah Farran          Boompods EDCO NRG        Female W/Senior  05:02.1