Marco Polo Cycling–Donckers Koffie
# 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.

## 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.

| | Rider | Date of birth |
| - | - | - |
| Alem Abebe (ETH) | Alem Abebe (ETH) | (1990-11-15) 15 November 1990 (age 32) |
| Rubén Abello (ESP) | Rubén Abello (ESP) | (1976-04-19) 19 April 1976 (age 47) |
| Daniel Abraham (ERI) | Daniel Abraham (ERI) | (1985-02-11) 11 February 1985 (age 38) |
| Shane Archbold (NZL) | Shane Archbold (NZL) | (1989-02-02) 2 February 1989 (age 34) |
| Chris Bartlett (GBR) | Chris Bartlett (GBR) | (1986-08-12) 12 August 1986 (age 36) |
| Binyam Bekele (ETH) | Binyam Bekele (ETH) | (1987-09-18) 18 September 1987 (age 35) |
| Solomon Bitew (ETH) | Solomon Bitew (ETH) | (1987-07-13) 13 July 1987 (age 36) |
| Sven De Weerdt (BEL) | Sven De Weerdt (BEL) | (1978-03-29) 29 March 1978 (age 45) |
| Estifanos Gebresilassie (ETH) | Estifanos Gebresilassie (ETH) | (1988-02-18) 18 February 1988 (age 35) |
| Matt Green (GBR) | Matt Green (GBR) | (1988-10-02) 2 October 1988 (age 34) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Edward Greene (RSA) | Edward Greene (RSA) | (1990-11-26) 26 November 1990 (age 32) |
| Kbrom Hailay (ETH) | Kbrom Hailay (ETH) | (1989-02-19) 19 February 1989 (age 34) |
| Jan Kuyckx (BEL) | Jan Kuyckx (BEL) | (1979-05-20) 20 May 1979 (age 44) |
| Chris Macic (NZL) | Chris Macic (NZL) | (1988-08-01) 1 August 1988 (age 34) |
| Matthé Pronk (NED) | Matthé Pronk (NED) | (1974-07-01) 1 July 1974 (age 49) |
| Marc Ryan (NZL) | Marc Ryan (NZL) | (1982-10-14) 14 October 1982 (age 40) |
| Léon van Bon (NED) | Léon van Bon (NED) | (1972-01-28) 28 January 1972 (age 51) |
| Matthias Van Mechelen (BEL) | Matthias Van Mechelen (BEL) | (1988-02-23) 23 February 1988 (age 35) |
| Yirga Woldemariam (ETH) | Yirga Woldemariam (ETH) | (1988-02-19) 19 February 1988 (age 35) |
