Cycling News — BRENDAN JOHNSTON

Monday, October 21, 2024 The 2024 Life Time Grand Prix series wrapped up at the 105-mile Big Sugar Gravel in northwest Arkansas with two Giant athletes, Brendan Johnston and Cole Paton, finishing in the top five overall—making Giant the only bike brand to place two riders in the top five of the season-long standings. Across the dusty roads and sharp rocks of the Ozark Mountains, Johnston finished third among riders competing in the Life Time Grand Prix standings, moving him up into fourth overall in the series, just ahead of Paton. Though the last part of Paton’s season was interrupted by...

MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2024 Giant Australia Off-Road Team rider Brendan Johnston soloed for 65km to take the Australian Gravel National Title in Tasmania Riding a prototype next-generation Revolt gravel bike equipped with the CADEX AR 35 Disc WheelSystem, Giant Australia Off-Road Team rider Brendan Johnston attacked the field with 65km remaining and stayed clear to take the Australian Gravel National Title in Tasmania. It was the second gravel national title of Johnston’s career, and his second national championship of 2024 following a Mountain Bike Marathon National Championship in May—his sixth career MTB Marathon national title. The 106km national championship was held under...

MONDAY, MAY 6, 2024 Brendan Johnston led a dominant showing by Giant riders at the 2024 Australian Mountain Bike Marathon National Championships, taking the win in Wagga Wagga to earn the Elite Men’s title. Johnston captured his sixth MTB Marathon national championship by outsprinting fellow Giant Australia Off-Road Team rider Scott Bowden at the line. Bowden took the silver medal, followed by Daniel McConnel in third. Two other Giant riders, Reece Tucknott and Jon Adams, finished seventh and eighth, earning Giant four top-10 placings in all. After cool, wet conditions at the Pomingalara Reserve race venue the past two years, riders...

MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2024 The Life Time Grand Prix series kicked off with the Fuego XL MTB race at the Sea Otter Classic cycling festival in California, and Giant Privateers Cole Paton and Brendan Johnston both scored top-five finishes. The Fuego XL marked the opening of the 2024 Life Time Grand Prix, which combines seven major mountain bike and gravel events across the U.S. An invitation-only field of 60 athletes (30 men and 30 women) will battle all season long for a share of the $300,000 purse. Paton and Johnston return for Giant this year after a strong 2023 season...

TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2023 Brendan Johnston came into this year’s Belgian Waffle Ride California as a bit of a wildcard to his top competitors and American race fans. By the end of the day, the Giant-sponsored racer from Australia had made a name for himself in the U.S. gravel scene, earning a podium and the “King of the Dirt” title for the fastest cumulative time over the dirt sectors. This was Brendan’s first time racing a BWR event, and he chose the crown jewel of the seven-race series. The California event is the original, challenging top pros and thousands of...