Marco Polo Cycling Donckers Koffie

The Marco Polo Cycling Donckers Koffie is a former Ethiopian cycling team based in the Netherlands.

The team has since 2005 a license as a Continental team and took until the end of the 2011 season, mainly in races of the UCI Asia Tour. Manager is Gudo Kramer. He is assisted by Remko Kramer, Edward De Weerdt, Gilbert De Weerdt and Rudi Dubois as sports director for the page. Since November 2006 there has been cooperation with the U.S. ProTeam Discovery Channel, but the end of the 2007 season dissolved. The first driver who moved to the ProTeam, the Chinese Fuyu Li 's Continental team drove to the end of the 2006 season under the name Marco Polo Cycling Team, 2007, as Discovery Channel Marco Polo, from 2008 to 2009 as a Trek -Marco Polo 2010 to 2011 when Marco Polo Cycling Team.

For the 2012 season the team signed some Ethiopian driver with the ability to develop the sport of cycling in this country. Because the majority of Ethiopian drivers, the team was also the first Ethiopian Continental team registered main aim is to race in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Southern Europe, Africa and Asia deny .. The most famous driver is still the former Tour de France Etapensieger Leon van Bon. The second title sponsor Donckers Koffie was recovered, which the team was expanded to 19 riders and will now deny an extensive European racing program.

The team enjoys a good reputation in the youth development. Young talents make the final leap into the Continental team, including the Marco Polo Cycling Club of Nijmegen in the Netherlands as a licensee of various performance classes.

Since 2013, the team does not have a UCI license more.

  • 2.1 Achievements in the Continental Circuits

Season 2012

Departures - Arrivals

Team

Season 2009

Successes in the Continental Circuits

Former driver

  • Hong Kong Wong Kam Po (2003)
  • Hong Kong Kai Tsun Lam ( 2003)
  • New Zealand Nathan Dahlberg (2003-2004)
  • Netherlands Maarten Tjallingii (2003-2005)
  • New Zealand Robin Reid (2003-2007)
  • Mongolia Dschamsrangiin Öldsii - Orschich (2003-2007)
  • Netherlands pole Nabben (2007)
  • Russia Sergei Kudenzow (2006-2008)
  • Rudi van Houts Netherlands (2007-2008)
  • Australia Jai Crawford (2008)
  • China People's Republic of Fuyu Li (2005-2006, 2008-2009)
  • Netherlands Bart Brentjens (2008-2009)
  • Netherlands Leon van Bon (2008-2012)
  • Switzerland Tristan Marguet (2011)

Placings in UCI rankings

UCI Africa Tour

UCI Asia Tour

UCI Europe Tour

UCI Oceania Tour

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