M&G's Jim Leaviss tackles 100 tough cycle climbs in one year

Laura Dew
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M&G head of retail fixed interest Jim Leaviss is taking on 100 of the hardest cycle climbs in Europe to support the asset management industry's CASCAID initiative to raise more than £1m for Cancer Research UK.

The challenge will see him tackle rides around the UK and Europe, with inspiration taken from cyclist Simon Warren's book 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs. Leaviss (pictured) has given himself a year to complete the challenge, which will see him take on around two challenges per week. He has already completed 12 climbs and jokes he is hopeful of riding in the sunshine soon. "We may not have the long mountain stretches of the Tour de France in the UK but you have some steep, tree-lined hills and some picturesque climbs such as Box Hill, which was used during the 2012 Olympics," he said. ...

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