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

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.

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 Mongolia, Road Race Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
Mongolia 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 Mongolia, Road Race Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
Mongolia Mongolia, Time Trial Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
New Zealand 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 Mongolia, Road Race Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
Mongolia 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 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 South Africa, Time Trial Championship, Jaco Venter
Stage 5 Tour of Thailand, James Spragg
Stage 8 Tour de Korea, Léon van Bon
China, Time Trial Championship, Li Fuyu

National champions

2003
Mongolia Mongolia, Road Race Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
Mongolia Mongolia, Time Trial Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
2005
Mongolia Mongolia, Road Race Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
Mongolia Mongolia, Time Trial Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
New Zealand New Zealand, Time Trial Championship, Robin Reid
2006
Mongolia Mongolia, Road Race Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
Mongolia Mongolia, Time Trial Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
2007
Mongolia Mongolia, Road Race Championship, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh
2009
South Africa 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. 1 2 "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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