Yu Takenouchi

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Yu Takenouchi
Personal information
Born (1988-09-01) 1 September 1988 (age 35)
Saitama, Japan
Team information
Discipline
RoleRider
Amateur team
2010–2012Team Eurasia–Musseuw Bikes
Professional teams
2008–2009Trek–Marco Polo
2012–2013Colba–Superano Ham
2014–2015Veranclassic–Doltcini

Yu Takenouchi (竹之内 悠, Takenouchi Yū, born (1988-09-01)1 September 1988) is a Japanese cyclist who competes in both cyclo-cross and road cycling. He won the Japanese national cyclo-cross championship five times in a row from 2011 to 2015.[1] He represented his nation in the men's elite event at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder.[2][3] In 2015, he was a member of the Belgian team Veranclassic–Ekoi.

Major results[edit]

Cyclo-cross[edit]

2006–2007
2nd National Under-23 Championships
2010–2011
2nd National Championships
2011–2012
1st National Championships
1st Nobeyama
2nd Yasu
2012–2013
1st National Championships
1st Nobeyama
1st Yasu
2013–2014
1st National Championships
1st Nobeyama Day 1
1st Nobeyama Day 2
1st Yasu
2014–2015
1st National Championships
2015–2016
1st National Championships
1st Nobeyama
2017–2018
3rd Nobeyama Day 1
2019–2020
2nd National Championships
2021–2022
3rd National Championships
2022–2023
2nd Nobeyama
3rd National Championships

Road[edit]

2012
8th Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies
2013
8th Grand Prix Criquielion

References[edit]

  1. ^ "小坂光と山本幸平との3人のバトルを制し、竹之内悠が全日本選手権5連覇を達成". Cyclowired (in Japanese). 6 May 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  2. ^ "2016 Cyclo-croos World Championships: Entries list men's elite" (PDF). wk2016.be. p. 2. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Yu Takenouchi". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

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