Yu Takenouchi

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

Cyclo-cross

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

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

References

^ "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.
^ "2016 Cyclo-croos World Championships: Entries list men's elite" (PDF). wk2016.be. p. 2. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
^ "Yu Takenouchi". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

External links

Yu Takenouchi at UCI
Yu Takenouchi at Cycling Archives
Yu Takenouchi at ProCyclingStats
Yu Takenouchi at Cycling Quotient
Yu Takenouchi at MTB Data

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[Cyclowired-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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Personal information

Born	(1988-09-01) 1 September 1988 (age 35) Saitama, Japan
Team information
Discipline	Cyclo-cross Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team
2010–2012	Team Eurasia–Musseuw Bikes

Professional teams
2008–2009	Trek–Marco Polo
2012–2013	Colba–Superano Ham
2014–2015	Veranclassic–Doltcini