THE SHORT ANSWER
Andrew Feather, four-time uk national hill-climb champion; british hill-climb specialist; third at the 2025 national championship, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast. Here's where Feather lands on time trialling. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
WHO IS ANDREW FEATHER?
Andrew Feather is a four-time UK National Hill-Climb Champion who won his first national title in 2018 and his fourth in 2023. At the 2025 Pogi Challenge he was the only challenger reported to reach the finish before Tadej Pogačar, after receiving roughly a six-minute head start; Pogačar's elapsed time was about three and a half minutes faster. Feather's Roadman interview is useful first-person evidence on pacing, race weight, equipment and the training of a successful amateur specialist, but its power and training figures are self-reported rather than independently tested here.
FEATHER ON TIME TRIALLING
Feather’s key positions on time trialling.
- Feather says he rode to his own power rather than reacting to the expected catch, a practical pacing lesson rather than proof that he was faster on net time.
IN FEATHER’S OWN WORDS
Verbatim from Andrew Feather’s appearances on the podcast.
“I did 397 W.”
“I was consistently looking down at my power meter and I was seeing around 420, 430, so obviously with those downhill bits I would have lost a bit of average power.”
“The handicap at the start, I mean, I've heard various reports, anything between 6 and 7 minutes, and that kind of stacks up because when I crossed the line, I was waiting for about 3 minutes and then he crossed the line. So the net time between me and him was 3 minutes 29, so 3 and 1/2 minutes basically, that he was quicker than me.”
HEAR IT ON THE PODCAST
Episodes where Andrew Feather covers time trialling and related ground.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
What does Andrew Feather say about time trialling?
Andrew Feather, four-time uk national hill-climb champion; british hill-climb specialist; third at the 2025 national championship, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast. Here's where Feather lands on time trialling. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
What is Feather's main point on time trialling?
Feather says he rode to his own power rather than reacting to the expected catch, a practical pacing lesson rather than proof that he was faster on net time.
Which Roadman Cycling Podcast episodes cover Andrew Feather on time trialling?
Feather discusses time trialling in this episode: "Andrew Feather: How He Held Off Pogačar at Pogi Challenge".