Even at a young age, Loana Lecomte was able to impress with outstanding results. She became French cross-country champion in her first season in 2016 and followed this up the following year as a junior with a silver medal at the European and World XCO Championships. There was no getting past her in the 2021 season: Here she consistently proved her top form and caused a sensation with four consecutive XCO World Cup victories. Now she is really looking forward to the new team and the upcoming challenges - especially the World Championships in front of a home crowd, says Loana about her goals for 2022.

Thomas Griot, 27, from Annecy in south-east France, finished 2021 with a 3rd place at the Copa Catalana Internacional BTT in Girona and is really looking forward to the coming season: "I'm delighted to be joining Canyon and I'm really excited. This is a great opportunity for me. I'm firmly convinced that we can achieve great things together thanks to their experience and expertise." Accordingly, he wants to fully attack in the new team in 2022, ride back into the top 5 of the Worlcup and secure the French championship title. With a top 10 finish in the overall standings of the 2021 XCO World Cup and a 4th place in the 2021 race in Leogang, the course is already set for success.

When Luca Schwarzbauer is not studying industrial engineering at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, the 25-year-old German is training for the next cross-country race. Fourth place at the 2020 German Championships over the Olympic distance and a place at the top of the podium at the German XCM Championships in October 2021 clearly show where the journey can take him: further and further forward. Luca on his change of team: "It's a huge step for me. I'm really happy that I've made this decision. And I'm convinced that I have everything physically that makes a professional mountain biker. The team structure will play the most important role in pushing the team and myself further and enabling me to achieve one or two top placings." So he can continue in the coming season as he left off in 2021. The ambitious goal: consistent race results and top 10 in the world.

Team spirit, passion, responsibility and top performance in cycling are important values for Canyon. The Koblenz-based company therefore works closely with the world's best cyclists from a wide range of disciplines. The valuable feedback from the pros flows directly into the further development of the bikes. The results speak for themselves: numerous national and international victories are lined up alongside world championship titles, stage wins, podium finishes and championships. And with the new Canyon CLLCTV team with Loana Lecomte, Thomas Griot and Luca Schwarzbauer, successful times are also on the horizon. But that's not all: another top rider will be joining the team in February. Who exactly that will be has not yet been revealed. So it will be interesting to see.