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| Team information | |
|---|---|
| UCI code | MPC |
| Registered | Hong Kong: 2003–2004 China: 2005–2011 Ethiopia: 2012 |
| Founded | 2001 (2001) |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Status | Continental |
| 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 |
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.
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 and from 2005 the team was registered in China becoming the first professional cycling team from China.
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.
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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, Léon van Bon
- Stage 3 Tour of Thailand, Loh Sea Keong
- Stage 6 Tour of Thailand, Léon 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, Léon van Bon
, 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
- , Time Trial Championship, Li Fuyu
2012 team
As of 23 February 2012.
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References
- ^ "New sponsor, new direction for 2012 Marco Polo Cycling Team". Cycling News. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- "The journey of Marco Polo: Part one – the early years". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
- "Tales from the travellers — the diary of Team Marco Polo". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
- "Marco Polo Cycling Donckers Koffie (MPC) – ETH". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 23 February 2012.