Team UK Youth () was a British

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, competing from 2011 to 2013.

Profile

Founded in 2011 Team UK Youth were sponsored by

UK Youth UK Youth is a national youth work charity founded in 1911 that delivers national programmes to provide opportunities to young people. The charity is an umbrella body with 40 local youth associations from across England. UK Youth's national programm ...

, a UK-based youth work charity. The team rode senior professional events in the United Kingdom and Europe, other than the Grand Tours and

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races. For the 2012 season they expanded the team, joining the

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, and competing in the

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. The team was owned by former

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and

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champion

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. 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.

Major wins

;2013 : Rutland–Melton International CiCLE Classic, Ian Wilkinson :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 Jonathan "Jon" Mould (born 4 April 1991) is a Welsh racing cyclist from Newport, Wales, Newport. Mould is a member of British Cycling's Olympic Academy Programme which he joined in 2010. Mould started bike racing at the age of 14 with Newport V ...

::Round 8 – Team 1st; Individual 1st,

Chris Opie Christopher Ryan Opie (born 22 July 1987) is a British cyclist. Outside of racing, Opie has been a contributor and presenter for the Global Cycling Network. Career Born in Truro, Cornwall, Opie grew up on a small beef and dairy farm. He attend ...

::Round 9 – Team 1st ::Round 10 – Team 1st; Individual 1st,

::Round 11 – Team 1st (team time trial) ::Round 12 – Team 1st :Overall An Post Rás,

Marcin Białobłocki Marcin Białobłocki (born 2 September 1983) is a Polish cyclist, who competed for primarily British teams professionally between 2011 and 2017. Career British domestic teams He rejoined the Velosure team for the 2014 season, after his previous ...

2013 team

As of 15 January 2013.

References

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