Team UK Youth

Team UK Youth (UCI team code: UKY) was a British UCI Continental cycling team, competing from 2011 to 2013.^[1][2][3]

Team UK Youth

Team information
UCI code	UKY
Registered	United Kingdom
Founded	2011
Disbanded	2013
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Continental
Bicycles	Cervelo
Key personnel
General manager	Nigel Mansell
Team manager(s)	David Povall

Team UK Youth support vehicle at 2013 Tour of Britain

Profile

Founded in 2011 Team UK Youth were sponsored by UK Youth, a UK-based youth work charity. The team rode senior professional events in the United Kingdom and Europe, other than the Grand Tours and UCI ProTour races. For the 2012 season they expanded the team, joining the UCI Continental Circuits, and competing in the Tour of Britain.^[4]

The team was owned by former Formula One and Indycar champion Nigel Mansell.^[5]

At the end of the 2013 season, the team announced that unless a new headline sponsor could be found, they would not compete in 2014.^[6]

Major wins

2013

Rutland–Melton International CiCLE Classic, Ian Wilkinson^[7]

Overall Pearl Izumi Tour Series

Round 1 – Individual 1st, Yanto Barker

Round 3 – Team 1st; Individual 1st, Yanto Barker

Round 4 – Team 1st

Round 5 – Team 1st

Round 6 – Team 1st; Individual 1st, Jon Mould

Round 8 – Team 1st; Individual 1st, Chris Opie

Round 9 – Team 1st

Round 10 – Team 1st; Individual 1st, Chris Opie

Round 11 – Team 1st (team time trial)

Round 12 – Team 1st

Overall An Post Rás, Marcin Białobłocki

2013 team

As of 15 January 2013.^[8]

Rider Date of birth  Yanto Barker (GBR) (1980-01-06) 6 January 1980 (age 45)  Marcin Białobłocki (POL) (1983-09-02) 2 September 1983 (age 41)  Niklas Gustavsson (SWE) (1989-01-28) 28 January 1989 (age 35)  Tobyn Horton (GUE) (1986-10-07) 7 October 1986 (age 38)  Joshua Hunt (GBR) (1991-04-03) 3 April 1991 (age 33)  James Lowsley-Williams (GBR) (1992-01-12) 12 January 1992 (age 33)

Rider Date of birth  Greg Mansell (GBR) (1987-11-08) 8 November 1987 (age 37)  Jonathan Mould (GBR) (1991-04-04) 4 April 1991 (age 33)  Chris Opie (GBR) (1987-07-22) 22 July 1987 (age 37)  Rob Partridge (GBR) (1985-09-11) 11 September 1985 (age 39)  Richard Tanguy (GBR) (1986-12-18) 18 December 1986 (age 38)  Ian Wilkinson (GBR) (1979-04-14) 14 April 1979 (age 45)

References

1. UCI
2. "Formula 1 Legend Nigel Mansell Backs New UK Youth Cycling Team". BikeRadar. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
3. "Yanto Barker remains on the job hunt after UK Youth demise". Cycling Weekly. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
4. "Team UK Youth ready for Tour of Britain, with support from". TheTriTouch. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
5. "Nigel Mansell — Team Owner". Team UK Youth. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
6. BBC Sport - Team UK Youth on brink after Nigel Mansell stops sponsorship
7. "Ian Wilkinson sprints to CiCLE Classic victory | Latest News". Cycling Weekly. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
8. "Team News: 2013 Line-Up for UK Youth Revealed « Features «". Velouk.net. 20 November 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013.