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 disbanded at the end of 2012, as they 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.
References
External links Official Website Diaries of the team on Cyclingnews