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As president of UK Youth, Nigel Mansell wants to raise the public profile of UK Youth and to promote the launch of the ‘Positive About Youth’ campaign.

His decision to use a sponsored bike ride round Britain as the platform for his campaign certainly gives the opportunity to shout about UK Youth and shows his dedication and resolve to bring UK Youth to the attention of everyone throughout Britain.


“This is UK Youth’s centenary year and I want to do something really challenging to mark it.” said Nigel.  “We are one of the largest youth charity in the UK and every day we challenge young people to do all sorts of new and exciting things – so I want to do something demanding as well. Leo, Greg and I only started training in February so we’ve got a lot of hard work to put in.”


To support him in his quest Nigel has gathered both family and friends to join him on the Challenge. To make a donation or to  sponsor the team just click the cycle logo.

 

 


Nigel Mansell

President of UK Youth and the only person in motor racing history to hold the F1 world championship title (1992) and the CART World Series (1993) simultaneously.



Leo Mansell

Nigel’s eldest son at 24, is also a racing driver, and is competing with his father in a Ginetta‐Zytek Le Mans prototype at the 24 hr Le Mans, as well as the 1000km race at Silverstone in September.



Greg Mansell

At 22, Greg has been racing with his brother since 2005, and this year competes in the Formula Renault 3.5 series. Greg will be joining his dad and brother in the Ginetta for the 24 hr Le Mans


                              
 

 

Magnus Backstedt

At 6,4" Magnus was one of the tallest racers on the Tour de France circuit.  His most notable win was the Paris-Roubaix in 2004.

 


Ian Williams

A colleague of Magnus and a fellow bike enthusiast who raced against the Mansell's in the Championship Race in Jersey last year.

The Cycle Challenge has been organised by a collaboration of :
 
                 
(Bike Club - a consortium project between UK Youth, CTC & ContinYou)

The Challenge is proudly sponsored by:

   

                        

                     


                                   


                 


Text donations cost £1.50 plus your standard Operator charge for one text. A minimum of £0.81 from each text message will be donated to UK Youth. You must be over 16 and have the bill payer’s permission to make a text donation. For info contact: 01425 675106 or visit www.positiveaboutyouth.org to pledge your support.