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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.[1]
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Team information | |
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UCI code | MPC |
Registered | Hong Kong: 2003–2004 China: 2005–2011 Ethiopia: 2012 |
Founded | 2001 |
Discipline(s) | Road |
Status | Continental |
Key personnel | |
Team manager(s) | Remko Kramer |
Team name history | |
2003–2006 2007 2008–2009 2010–2011 2012 | Marco Polo Cycling Team Discovery Channel-Marco Polo Team Trek-Marco Polo Cycling Team Marco Polo Cycling Team Marco Polo Cycling-Donckers Koffie |
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[2] and from 2005 the team was registered in China becoming the first professional cycling team from China.[3]
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.[citation needed]
After a ten-year run the team did not have a sponsor for 2013 season.[citation needed]
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