RTS–Santic Racing Team

RTS–Santic Racing Team (UCI Team Code: RTS) is a Taiwanese UCI Continental cycling team managed by Wen Chin Lin and sponsored by Giant Bicycles, Kinlin Industrial Corporation, Kenda, Kalloy, OGK Helmet, Yaban Chain, Ashima, Exustar, Smanie, Cionlli, XPEDO, VIM Group and Adidas Eyewear.

History

RTS Racing Team was established by president Liu of Corporation unofficially around 1990. Lin Qing Fa was appointed coach in 1992, and was later replaced by Lin Wen Chin. Over its first decade, RTS Racing Team became Mountain biking and Road racing champions in Taiwan, and represented Taiwan in many races abroad.

In 2002, RTS Racing Team was formally established, under the name Giant Asia Racing Team, by general manager Liu Yong Chang. Lin Wen Chin was appointed as the manager of the team, and it was officially registered as a Trade Team III, the first such team registered in Asia. Together with Giant, thirteen other financial sponsors helped cover the expenditure of the cycling team.

Team roster

As of 9 March 2014.^[1]

Rider Date of birth  Simon Buttner (FRA) (1992-06-14) 14 June 1992  Alex Coutts (GBR) (1983-09-25) 25 September 1983  Huang Wen-Chung (TWN) (1990-09-20) 20 September 1990  Jang Sun-Jae (KOR) (1984-12-14) 14 December 1984  Jhong Siang-Yu (TWN) (1990-04-13) 13 April 1990

Rider Date of birth  Ruslan Karimov (UZB) (1986-05-22) 22 May 1986  Park Keon-Woo (KOR) (1991-07-18) 18 July 1991  Peng Yuan-Tan (TWN) (1993-05-10) 10 May 1993  Boris Shpilevsky (RUS) (1982-08-20) 20 August 1982  Wu Ping-Han (TWN) (1987-07-11) 11 July 1987

Major victories

References

External links

• Team's Official website
• Team's Profile in CyclingWebsite.com