Fiona Burnie and Andrew Feather crowned British national hill climb champions

Two maiden winners claimed the gruelling titles on Sunday

Women's national champion Fiona Burnie (Photo: Andy Jones)

The National Hill Climb Championships were claimed by first-time winners in South Yorkshire.

Andrew Feather claimed the men’s title with a perfectly executed plan while Fiona Burnie took the women’s race with a wafer-thin margin on Sunday.

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Alex Ballinger

Alex Ballinger is editor of BikeBiz magazine, the leading publication for the UK cycle industry, and is the former digital news editor for CyclingWeekly.com. After gaining experience in local newsrooms, national newspapers and in digital journalism, Alex found his calling in cycling, first as a reporter, then as news editor responsible for Cycling Weekly's online news output, and now as the edito