Canyon Bicycles
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| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Koblenz, Germany |
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Key people
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Roman Arnold (CEO) |
| Products | Sport cycles |
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Number of employees
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700+(October 2015) |
| Website | www.canyon.com |
Canyon Bicycles GmbH (abbr.: Canyon) is a German manufacturer of racing bikes, mountain bikes and triathlon bikes based in Koblenz, Germany.
In 1985 Roman Arnold and his brother Franc Arnold (who is no longer involved with the company) founded 'Radsport Arnold' GmbH as a supplier of bike parts for cycling. It wasn't until 1996 that the first bikes with the brand name Canyon appeared. Radsport Arnold adopted a direct sales strategy via the Internet.
In 2001 the company took the step from being a supplier to becoming a cycle manufacturer and changed its name to Canyon Bicycles GmbH. With Lutz Scheffer (formerly Bergwerk and Votec) Canyon was able to secure the services of a frame designer. In the next few years the firm based in Koblenz, Germany was able to hire Hans Christian Smolik along with other bicycle construction experts.
In 2006 Canyon unveiled its new corporate design, which also received several awards in 2007 (European Design Award for Corporate Design, red dot design awards for Corporate and web design, iF Product Design Award for Corporate Design).
Radsport Arnold was involved in elite sport right from its start. In 1985 the Koblenz-based company had its first successful sportsman under contract in Jürgen Zäck.
In the area of road racing the company has been in cooperation with various teams. In 2007 the company first equipped the team Unibet.com, which took part in the UCI ProTour. Currently, Katusha and Movistar compete on Canyon racing bikes. The largest prize ever won on a Canyon bike went to Nairo Quintana, who won the 2014 Giro d'Italia, riding an Ultimate CF SLX frame for the road stages and a Speedmax CF for the time trials. Other achievements on Canyon bikes include Cadel Evans' 2009 World Professional Road Race Championship for the Silence-Lotto team, Alexander Kristoff's two stage wins in the 2014 Tour de France and Jan Frodeno´s wins at the Ironman European Championship 2015 in Frankfurt and at the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii 2015. In August 2015 it was announced that Canyon would sponsor a new top-level women's team from 2016, led by former Velocio–SRAM Pro Cycling directeurs sportifs Ronny Lauke and Beth Duryea. In December 2016 it was announced that they would co-sponsor the British UCI Continental-status Bike Channel–Canyon team, which would make its debut in 2017.
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