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.
Official race records are separated from figures and methods Feather reported in the Roadman interview.
Identity, career and credential facts are checked against the records below. Podcast observations remain attributed to Andrew Feather.
01. Pogi Challenge — official 2025 results
Official event results page for the 2025 Pogi Challenge.
02. Pogi Challenge — official course and pursuit format
Official event description of the challenger-first pursuit format and current Krvavec course.
03. Cycling Weekly — Feather holds off Pogačar
Contemporary 2025 report covering the handicap, elapsed-time distinction and Feather's reported power.
04. Cycling Time Trials — 2018 National Hill-Climb report
Official report and result for Feather's first national title.
05. Cycling Weekly — 2023 National Hill-Climb title
Report identifying the 2023 victory as Feather's fourth national title.
06. Cycling Weekly — 2025 National Hill-Climb results
2025 results listing Feather third in 2:20.4.
Reviewed by Fact-checked by Roadman editorial against Cycling Time Trials, Pogi Challenge and Cycling Weekly records. · Last reviewed
Andrew Feather is a British hill-climb specialist and full-time lawyer. He won four UK National Hill-Climb Championship titles by 2023 and finished third at the 2025 championship.
Feather reached the finish before Pogačar at the handicapped 2025 Pogi Challenge after the challengers received roughly a six-minute head start. Contemporary reporting says Pogačar covered the climb about three and a half minutes faster, so it was a first-across-the-line result, not a faster elapsed time.
Feather told Roadman he averaged 397W for about 44 minutes at roughly 63kg, or approximately 6.2–6.3 W/kg. Those are his self-reported figures; Roadman has not independently verified the underlying power file.
Four. Cycling Time Trials recorded his first title in 2018, and Cycling Weekly reported that his 2023 victory was his fourth.
In the Roadman interview, Feather described riding about two hours a day around work and family and focusing on short, hard hill-climb efforts before the national championship. This is his personal account, not a universal training prescription.
Every appearance by Andrew Feather on The Roadman Cycling Podcast — 1 episode in total.
“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.”
EXPLORE RELATED TOPICS