RTS–Monton Racing Team

RTS–Monton 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

Rider Date of birth  Eugenio Bani (ITA) (1991-07-13) 13 July 1991  Artur Fedosseyev (KAZ) (1994-01-29) 29 January 1994  Vadim Galeyev (KAZ) (1992-02-07) 7 February 1992  Gong Tae-min (KOR) (1989-02-09) 9 February 1989  Pedro Herrera (COL) (1986-10-07) 7 October 1986  Huang Song Pu (TWN) (1990-04-22) 22 April 1990  Hsiang Yu Chung (TWN) (1990-04-30) 30 April 1990  Ruslan Karimov (UZB) (1986-05-22) 22 May 1986  Richard Lawson (NZL) (1993-03-21) 21 March 1993  Liu Jialiang (TWN) (1994-09-23) 23 September 1994

Rider Date of birth  Paolo Lunardon (ITA) (1992-01-17) 17 January 1992  Luke Mudgway (NZL) (1996-06-12) 12 June 1996  Mauricio Ortega (COL) (1980-10-22) 22 October 1980  Carlos Ospina (COL) (1982-09-10) 10 September 1982  Oscar Mauricio Pachón (COL) (1987-04-28) 28 April 1987  Polychronis Tzortzakis (GRE) (1989-01-03) 3 January 1989  Wen Yen-Chuang (TWN) (1994-12-16) 16 December 1994  Carlos Alberto Uran (COL) (1980-06-06) 6 June 1980  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