Husband and wife pairing Dan and Jessica Evans crossed the line as top man and woman in the VC Cumbria hill-climb on Saturday afternoon near Braithwaite, Cumbria.

Dan Evans (ASSOS Equipe UK) made it back-to-back victories in hill-climbing this season with another convincing margin to second place.

The 38-year-old crossed the line nearly ten seconds quicker than second-placed Nathan Smith after clocking 6-36.8.

Evans now has a hat-trick of wins in only seven events on record this season.

Nathan Smith (Wold Top-The Edge RT) edged out Marcus Cram to the silver medal spot with a time of 6-45.5.

This marks the start of a very busy time for Smith several events lined up over the coming weeks.

Third-placed Marcus Cram (Blaydon CC) made a return trip to the podium spots after a second-place finish overall in last weekend’s Lancaster CC double header.

This time around, Cram clocked in at 6-47.4 for his third consecutive in podium in individual races.

If one Evans winning wasn’t enough, Jessica (ASSOS Equipe UK) was fastest female with a time of 8-54.8.

In other categories, Jude Davison (Beacon Wheelers) was fastest junior on the day posting a time of 9-22.2 while the fastest veteran prize went to Tony Cope (Leek CC – Den Engel Belgian Bar) who finished ahead of Richard Helm (Barrow Central Wheelers) in 7-53.0.

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Results:

1. Dan Evans (ASSOS Equipe UK)   6.36.8

2. Nathan Smith (Wold Top The Edge RT)    6.45.5

3. Marcus Cram (Blaydon CC)           6.47.4

4. Jude Taylor (B38/Cycles in Motion)          6.48.9

5. Martin Mikkelson-Barron (Velo Club Cumbria)    7.04.9

6. Rick Bailey (B38/Cycles in Motion)          7.18.0

7. Alastair Ribbons (Manchester Wheelers)   7.22.8

8. Jonathan Heath (Brecon Wheelers)            7.33.6

9. Chris Arthur (Velo Club Cumbria) 7.38.1

10. Duncan Edwards (Harrogate Nova CC)   7.41.6

Women: Jessica Evans (ASSOS Equipe UK) 8.54.8

Veteran: Tony Cope

Junior/Juvenile: Jude Davison (Beacon Wheelers)     9.22.2