MALVERN mountain bike European gold medallist Liam Killeen charged to fourth place in the annual Worcester News Trophy Road Race organised by the Worcester St John's club.
The race over six laps around the Kinnersley circuit attracted 62 top riders from around the country, including a former national champion Matt Stephens as well as other professional and elite riders.
After just three miles, previous winner Stephens of the Sigma Sport racing team, Shaun Snodden of Recycling and Matt Higgins of J E James attacked and dominated the rest of the race.
They built a lead of one minute 30 seconds over therest of the competitors by the finish. Despite many attacks from the main field, no-one managed to close the gap.
On the final climb to the finish up Severn Stoke hill, Stephens pulled clear of Snodden to take the victory by 12 seconds with Higgins third a further 30 seconds behind.
Killeen used his mountain biking skills to win the bunch sprint to wrap up fourth place.
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