- Marco Polo (cycling team)
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Marco Polo Cycling Team 
Team information UCI code MPC Based 
Hong Kong: 2003-2004
China: 2005-Founded 2001 Status Continental Key personnel Directeur sportif Remko Kramer Team name history 2003-2006
2007
2008-2009
2010-Marco Polo Cycling Team
Discovery Channel-Marco Polo Team
Trek-Marco Polo Cycling Team
Marco Polo Cycling Team
Jersey Marco Polo Cycling Team (UCI Code: MPC) is a UCI Continental cycling team in China. The team is named after traveller Marco Polo. The idea of the team came in 1998 and in 2001 the team was registered in Hong Kong. In 2003 it became a UCI Continental team[1] and from 2005 the team was registered in China becoming the first professional cycling team from China.[2]
Li Fuyu rode with the team for two years from 2005 before joiing with the Discovery Channel. This led to partnership between the teams, resulting in the 2007 Discovery Channel Marco Polo team. In 2008, Trek became the sponsor and the name became Trek-Marco Polo. The team has a house in the Netherlands for riders.
Contents
Major Victories
- 2003
- 1st, Stage 1 & 5, Tour de Korea, Wong Kam-Po
- 1st
Mongolia, Road Race Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh - 1st Mongolia, Time Trial Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Wong Kam-Po
- 1st Overall Tour du Faso, Maarten Tjallingii
- 1st Stage 1, Maarten Tjallingii
- 1st Stage 2 & 10, Kay Kermer
- 1st Stage 6a Tour of Southland, Robin Reid
- 2004
- 1st Stage 5 UAE Emirates Post Tour, Robin Reid
- 1st Overall Tour de Korea, Cory Lange
- 1st Stage 7 Tour of Southland, Robin Reid
- 2005
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Siam, Edmunds Hollands
- 1st Mongolia, Road Race Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
- 1st Mongolia, Time Trial Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
- 1st
New Zealand, Time Trial Championship, Robin Reid - 2006
- 1st Overall Tour of Siam, Thomas Rabou
- 1st Stage 5, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
- 1st Overall Tour of Thailand, Li Fuyu
- 1st Stage 3, Li Fuyu
- 1st Mongolia, Road Race Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
- 1st Mongolia, Time Trial Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
- 1st Stage 2 & 8 Tour d'Indonesia, Serguei Kudentsov
- 1st Stage 6 Tour d'Indonesia, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
- 2007
- 1st Mongolia, Road Race Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de Korea, Serguei Kudentsov
- 1st Stage 1 & 4 Tour of Hainan, Serguei Kudentsov
- 2008
- 1st Stage 1 Jelajah Malaysia, Li Fuyu
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Kumano, Leon van Bon
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Thailand, Loh Sea Keong
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of Thailand, Leon van Bon
- 1st Stage 5 & 6 Tour of South China Sea, Serguei Kudentsov
- 2009
- 1st
South Africa, Time Trial Championship, Jaco Venter - 1st Stage 5 Tour of Thailand, James Spragg
- 1st Stage 8 Tour de Korea, Leon van Bon
- 1st China, Time Trial Championship, Li Fuyu
2011 Team
Rider Date of birth 
Daniel Abraham (ERI)February 11, 1985 Bai Lijun (CHN)November 19, 1988 
Solomon Bitew Shiferaw (ETH)July 13, 1987 
Sven De Weerdt (BEL)March 29, 1978 Estifanos Kebede Gebresilassie (ETH)February 18, 1988 Jan Kuyckx (BEL)May 20, 1979 
Loh Sea Keong (MAS)November 2, 1986 Ma Hai-Long (CHN)March 24, 1987 Rider Date of birth 
Tristan Marguet (SUI)August 22, 1987 
Nicholas Mitchell (AUS)July 20, 1985 
Matthé Pronk (NED)July 1, 1974 Marc Ryan (NZL)October 14, 1982 
Pavel Stuchlik (CZE)February 17, 1991 Leon van Bon (NED)January 28, 1972 Xing Yan Dong (CHN)March 20, 1985 References
- ^ "The journey of Marco Polo: Part one – the early years". Cyclingnews.com. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/features.php?id=features/2008/marco_polo_feb08. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
- ^ "Tales from the travellers — the diary of Team Marco Polo". Cyclingnews.com. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/riders/2005/diaries/marcopolo/?id=marcopolo0504. Retrieved 2208-02-28.
External links
Categories:- UCI Continental Teams
- Cycling teams based in China
- Sports clubs established in 2001
- Hong Kong sport stubs
- Cycling team stubs
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