MALVERN Cycle Sport's Liam Killeen took the senior men’s victory in round seven of the Ridley Lazer West Midlands Cyclo-Cross League.

Killeen, 35, from Malvern, made his first appearance of the season at the league and despite having to chase early on rode to a clear victory.

Round seven, organised by Welland Valley CC, took riders to the picturesque Misterton Hall in Lutterworth with the course including a combination of fast wooded and grass sections.

Junior rider Toby Barnes (Lichfield City CC), who has won three of the opening six rounds, got off to a perfect start in the senior race and led by nine seconds after the opening lap over Killeen and Dan Booth (Hope Factory Racing).

That gap stayed the same until the midway point when Killeen, who won a Commonwealth Games bronze medal earlier in his mountain biking career, showed his experience to catch Barnes.

With his junior competitor fading, Killeen kept consistent lap times for victory.

Barnes’ Lichfield City CC team-mate and fellow junior Marcus Holmes took third after winning a close battle with four other riders.

Booth fell back to the chasing group and eventually finished seventh.