PEOPLE are being encouraged to cheer on Team Rickshaw as they travel through Badshot Lea at around 4pm on Sunday.

The One Show’s Rickshaw Challenge was launched with a new route, a new rickshaw, and a new team, as announced live during the show on October 10.

Now in its eighth year, it is the first time the challenge will start in France.

Team Rickshaw is due to set off from Lingfield on Sunday morning and ride 52.3 miles through Surrey before finishing day three in Hook.

A team of six young people, all of whom have been supported by BBC Children in Need-funded projects, will be joined by The One Show’s Matt Baker on the eight-day challenge, which kicked off on yesterday in Calais.

The team has already pedalled 31 miles through the service tunnel of the Channel Tunnel – a route only travelled previously by the likes of professional cyclists.

They are expected to finish in Salford next Friday, November 16, during the BBC Children in Need Appeal Show.

This year, a new rickshaw has been built by a team of engineers at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking. Experts at McLaren Racing and McLaren Applied Technologies have created the next generation rickshaw from the ground up.

With their help, the rickshaw is now even more accessible to the young people, but is still a challenge for those riding it.

The team’s progress will be broadcast live on The One Show throughout the week, as co-presenter Alex Jones follows the team on their 423-mile journey.

To follow Team Rickshaw’s progress, visit pudsey.viewranger.com/ or get involved at bbc.co.uk/childreninneed.