By Thirty kilometres long, no hill-climb on planet earth, is longer, greater in distance than the unique, Mexican, San Pedro Martir Hill Climb.
Earlier this week, the eighth-event edition saw John Magnuson retain the Heavy-Weight category title, acquire the overall speediest solo bike racers race-time of 15 minutes 35 seconds.
This is nine seconds quicker than Tyler Portillo’s pace setting time from 2024 (15 minutes 44 seconds).
Tank 2 Chest (16 minutes 17 seconds) bested the Middleweight class fraternity, Ultra- Lightweight, Unlimited-field laurels were-swooped by Andrew Gawer (18 minutes 16 seconds) and Roger Sieber (17 minutes 43 seconds).
Kyle Childress (15 minutes 35 seconds) pocketed top car driver honours whilst top twelve Senior Manx Grand Prix finisher Morgan Govignon, first event expedition yielded top five finishes from Lightweight time-trial odysseys.
2025 San Pedro Martir Hill Climb – Top Three Finishers per category, read as follows:
Heavy-Weight:
1st – John Magnuson – 15 minutes 35 seconds
2nd – Liz Sands – 16 minutes 26 seconds
3rd – Josh Nelson – 17 minutes 16 seconds
Middleweight:
1st – Tank 2 Chest – 16 minutes 17 seconds
2nd – Luigi Bedartes – 19 minutes 40 seconds
3rd – David K. – 20 minutes 29 seconds
Ultra Lightweight:
1st – Andrew Gawer – 18 minutes 16 seconds
2nd – Ari Henning – 23 minutes 11 seconds
Lightweight:
1st – Zack Courts – 16 minutes 41 seconds
2nd – Ari Henning – 17 minutes 01 seconds
3rd – Matt Young – 17 minutes 25 seconds
Cars:
1st – Kyle Childress – 15 minutes 35 seconds
2nd – Diego Gutierrez – 17 minutes 16 seconds
3rd – Emiliando Padilla – 18 minutes 22 seconds
4th – Scott Butler – 18 minutes 54 seconds
Photo credit: Michael Wincott
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
