Marco Polo Cycling–Donckers Koffie

Marco Polo Cycling–Donckers Koffie (UCI Code: MPC) was a UCI Continental cycling team, registered in Ethiopia. The team is named after traveller Marco Polo, and has title sponsorship from Belgian coffee company Donckers Koffie.[1]

Marco Polo Cycling-Donckers Koffie
Team information
UCI codeMPC
RegisteredHong Kong: 2003–2004
China: 2005–2011
Ethiopia: 2012
Founded2001 (2001)
Discipline(s)Road
StatusContinental
Key personnel
Team manager(s)Remko Kramer
Team name history
2003–2006
2007
2008–2009
2010–2011
2012
Marco Polo Cycling Team
Discovery Channel-Marco Polo Team
Trek-Marco Polo Cycling Team
Marco Polo Cycling Team
Marco Polo Cycling-Donckers Koffie

History

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[2] and from 2005 the team was registered in China becoming the first professional cycling team from China.[3]

Li Fuyu rode with the team for two years from 2005 before joining the Discovery Channel team. This led to a 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.

After a ten-year run the team did not have a sponsor for 2013 season.

Major wins

2003
Stage 1 & 5, Tour de Korea, Wong Kam-Po
Mongolia, Road Race Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
Mongolia, Time Trial Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
Stage 1 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Wong Kam-Po
Overall Tour du Faso, Maarten Tjallingii
Stage 1, Maarten Tjallingii
Stage 2 & 10, Kay Kermer
Stage 6a Tour of Southland, Robin Reid
2004
Stage 5 UAE Emirates Post Tour, Robin Reid
Overall Tour de Korea, Cory Lange
Stage 7 Tour of Southland, Robin Reid
2005
Stage 5 Tour of Siam, Edmunds Hollands
Mongolia, Road Race Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
Mongolia, Time Trial Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
New Zealand, Time Trial Championship, Robin Reid
2006
Overall Tour of Siam, Thomas Rabou
Stage 5, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
Overall Tour of Thailand, Li Fuyu
Stage 3, Li Fuyu
Mongolia, Road Race Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
Mongolia, Time Trial Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
Stage 2 & 8 Tour d'Indonesia, Serguei Kudentsov
Stage 6 Tour d'Indonesia, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
2007
Mongolia, Road Race Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
Stage 6 Tour de Korea, Serguei Kudentsov
Stage 1 & 4 Tour of Hainan, Serguei Kudentsov
2008
Stage 1 Jelajah Malaysia, Li Fuyu
Stage 3 Tour de Kumano, Leon van Bon
Stage 3 Tour of Thailand, Loh Sea Keong
Stage 6 Tour of Thailand, Leon van Bon
Stage 5 & 6 Tour of South China Sea, Serguei Kudentsov
2009
South Africa, Time Trial Championship, Jaco Venter
Stage 5 Tour of Thailand, James Spragg
Stage 8 Tour de Korea, Leon van Bon
China, Time Trial Championship, Li Fuyu

National champions

2003
Mongolia, Road Race Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
Mongolia, Time Trial Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
2005
Mongolia, Road Race Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
Mongolia, Time Trial Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
New Zealand, Time Trial Championship, Robin Reid
2006
Mongolia, Road Race Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
Mongolia, Time Trial Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
2007
Mongolia, Road Race Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
2009
South Africa, Time Trial Championship, Jaco Venter
China, Time Trial Championship, Li Fuyu

2012 team

As of 23 February 2012.[1][4]

Rider Date of birth
 Alem Abebe (ETH) (1990-11-15) 15 November 1990
 Rubén Abello (ESP) (1976-04-19) 19 April 1976
 Daniel Abraham (ERI) (1985-02-11) 11 February 1985
 Shane Archbold (NZL) (1989-02-02) 2 February 1989
 Chris Bartlett (GBR) (1986-08-12) 12 August 1986
 Binyam Bekele (ETH) (1987-09-18) 18 September 1987
 Solomon Bitew (ETH) (1987-07-13) 13 July 1987
 Sven De Weerdt (BEL) (1978-03-29) 29 March 1978
 Estifanos Gebresilassie (ETH) (1988-02-18) 18 February 1988
 Matt Green (GBR) (1988-10-02) 2 October 1988
Rider Date of birth
 Edward Greene (RSA) (1990-11-26) 26 November 1990
 Kbrom Hailay (ETH) (1989-02-19) 19 February 1989
 Jan Kuyckx (BEL) (1979-05-20) 20 May 1979
 Chris Macic (NZL) (1988-08-01) 1 August 1988
 Matthé Pronk (NED) (1974-07-01) 1 July 1974
 Marc Ryan (NZL) (1982-10-14) 14 October 1982
 Léon van Bon (NED) (1972-01-28) 28 January 1972
 Matthias Van Mechelen (BEL) (1988-02-23) 23 February 1988
 Yirga Woldemariam (ETH) (1988-02-19) 19 February 1988

References

  1. "New sponsor, new direction for 2012 Marco Polo Cycling Team". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  2. "The journey of Marco Polo: Part one – the early years". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
  3. "Tales from the travellers — the diary of Team Marco Polo". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
  4. "Marco Polo Cycling Donckers Koffie (MPC) - ETH". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
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