Cycling News — Youn Deniaud

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2022 Giant Factory Off-Road Team rider Youn Deniaud finished the 2022 Enduro World Series on a high note, winning the Pro stage in Loudonvielle, France, and finishing top-five overall at the season finals. The fifth-place for the two-day race was Deniaud’s top result from this year’s EWS series. Racing a prototype Reign bike on home soil in France, Deniaud kicked off the final round in Loudenvielle with a sizzling run in Saturday’s opening Pro Stage. With his family and friends there to watch, the Frenchman attacked the 2.4km course, which challenged riders with slick roots, rocks and...

13 SEPTEMBER 2021 Youn Deniaud led a strong showing by the Giant Factory Off-Road Team at Round 7 of the 2021 Enduro World Series in Switzerland, scoring his second stage win of the season and finishing seventh overall. In E-bike action, Deniaud's teammate Josh Carlson, racing his first-ever EWS-E series race, scored two top-10 stage finishes on the new Reign E+ E-bike. Following the double-header rounds at Loudenvielle, France a week prior, the seventh round of this year’s EWS featured another new venue. Held on the high alpine slopes of Switzerland’s Valais region, Round 7 at Crans-Montana challenged riders with...

12 JULY 2021 Giant Factory Off-Road Team rider Youn Deniaud scored a top-10 finish at Round 4 of the Enduro World Series, riding consistently throughout the two-day event to finish sixth overall. The Frenchman was top-five in three of five stages to finish sixth overall. EWS racers were in La Thuile, Italy, all week for two rounds of racing in the Aosta Valley of Northwest Italy. Riders were challenged with long, steep descents, tough climbs and dramatic stages that started above treeline. The trails at La Thuile are rocky and exposed near the top, with roots and ruts in the...

MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2021 Giant Factory Off-Road Team enduro racer Youn Deniaud opened his 2021 race season with a win at the Enduro Salines race in Spain. The French rider overcame a crash on the first stage to win the next two stages and take the overall victory in the Pyrenees against a strong field of pro men. The 10th edition of the Enduro Salines race, a single-day event with a mix of fast singletrack and technical, rocky terrain, produced tight racing at the front of the men’s field. Deniaud chose his Reign Advanced Pro 29 race bike and Giant Line shoes for the...