'I rode the hill-climb and couldn't stop being sick. I spent the night in hospital'

Adam Kenway talks about the time when he was sick after the National Hill-Climb Championships in 2015, which ended up with him spending a night in hospital

Adam Kenway, winner, Monsal Hill-Climb 2016

(Image credit: Andy Jones)

Hill-climbs are pretty straightforward: you ride up a hill as fast as you can on as light a bike as possible.

But the aftermath can often be gruesome, with riders falling off their bikes into grass verges, vomiting and occasionally passing out. The effort and toll is sometimes too much.

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Chris Marshall-Bell

A freelance sports journalist and podcaster, you'll mostly find Chris's byline attached to news scoops, profile interviews and feature writing across a variety of different publications. He has been writing regularly for Cycling Weekly since 2013.


Previously a ski, hiking and cycling guide in a number of places, but mostly in the Canadian Rockies and Spanish Pyrenees, he almost certainly holds the record for the most number of interviews conducted from snowy mountains.


He lives in Valencia, Spain.