Marco Polo Cycling–Donckers Koffie

Marco Polo Cycling-Donckers Koffie
Team information
UCI code	MPC
Registered	Hong Kong: 2003–2004; China: 2005–2011; Ethiopia: 2012
Founded	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.^[1]

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.^{[citation needed]}

After a ten-year run the team did not have a sponsor for 2013 season.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[1]^[4]

	Rider	Date of birth
Alem Abebe (ETH)		(1990-11-15) 15 November 1990 (age 33)
Rubén Abello (ESP)		(1976-04-19) 19 April 1976 (age 48)
Daniel Abraham (ERI)		(1985-02-11) 11 February 1985 (age 39)
Shane Archbold (NZL)		(1989-02-02) 2 February 1989 (age 35)
Chris Bartlett (GBR)		(1986-08-12) 12 August 1986 (age 38)
Binyam Bekele (ETH)		(1987-09-18) 18 September 1987 (age 37)
Solomon Bitew (ETH)		(1987-07-13) 13 July 1987 (age 37)
Sven De Weerdt (BEL)		(1978-03-29) 29 March 1978 (age 46)
Estifanos Gebresilassie (ETH)		(1988-02-18) 18 February 1988 (age 36)
Matt Green (GBR)		(1988-10-02) 2 October 1988 (age 36)

	Rider	Date of birth
Edward Greene (RSA)		(1990-11-26) 26 November 1990 (age 33)
Kbrom Hailay (ETH)		(1989-02-19) 19 February 1989 (age 35)
Jan Kuyckx (BEL)		(1979-05-20) 20 May 1979 (age 45)
Chris Macic (NZL)		(1988-08-01) 1 August 1988 (age 36)
Matthé Pronk (NED)		(1974-07-01) 1 July 1974 (age 50)
Marc Ryan (NZL)		(1982-10-14) 14 October 1982 (age 42)
Léon van Bon (NED)		(1972-01-28) 28 January 1972 (age 52)
Matthias Van Mechelen (BEL)		(1988-02-23) 23 February 1988 (age 36)
Yirga Woldemariam (ETH)		(1988-02-19) 19 February 1988 (age 36)

References

^ ^a ^b "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.

External links

[MPCDK-1] "New sponsor, new direction for 2012 Marco Polo Cycling Team". Cycling News. 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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