Matrix Powertag

Matrix Powertag (マトリックスパワータグ, Matorikkusu Pawātagu) is a UCI Continental cycling team based in Japan.^[1] It was founded in 2006.^[2] For the 2014 season, the team added several riders from Spain,^[1] including Eduard Prades for the last part of the season.^[3] Masahiro Yasuhara is currently the manager of the team.^[4]

Matrix Powertag

The team in 2019
Team information
UCI code	MTR
Registered	Japan
Founded	2006
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Continental
Bicycles	Focus
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
General manager	Masahiro Yasuhara
Team name history
2006 2007–	Matrix Matrix Powertag

Team roster

As of 10 June 2023.^[5]

Rider Date of birth  Georgios Bouglas (GRE) (1990-11-17) 17 November 1990 (age 33)  Tomoya Kano (JPN) (1973-07-14) 14 July 1973 (age 51)  Marino Kobayashi (JPN) (1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 (age 30)  Ryohei Komori (JPN) (1988-09-26) 26 September 1988 (age 36)  Francisco Mancebo (ESP) (1976-03-09) 9 March 1976 (age 48)

Rider Date of birth  Edgar Nieto (ESP) (1986-07-28) 28 July 1986 (age 38)  Junya Sano (JPN) (1982-01-09) 9 January 1982 (age 42)  Kenji Takubo (JPN) (1995-09-11) 11 September 1995 (age 29)  José Vicente Toribio (ESP) (1985-12-22) 22 December 1985 (age 38)  Daiki Yasuhara (JPN) (1991-08-12) 12 August 1991 (age 33)

Major wins

2007

Stage 2 Tour of Thailand, Masahiko Mifune

2011

Stage 2 Tour de Hokkaido, Takahiro Yamashita

2012

Stage 2 Tour of Małopolska, Mariusz Wiesiak

2014

Stage 5 Tour of Thailand, Sebastián Mora

2015

Stage 2 Tour de Ijen, Benjamín Prades

Stage 4 Tour of Japan, Benjamín Prades

Overall Tour de Kumano, Benjamín Prades

Stage 2, Benjamín Prades

2017

Overall Tour de Kumano, José Vicente Toribio

Young rider classification, Kenji Takubo

Tour de Okinawa, Junya Sano

2018

Stage 3 Tour de Kumano, Junya Sano

2019

Points classification Vuelta al Táchira, Orluis Aular

Stage 3, Orluis Aular

Overall Ronda Pilipinas, Francisco Mancebo

Stage 1, Francisco Mancebo

Overall Tour de Kumano, Orluis Aular

Points classification, Orluis Aular

Stage 1, Orluis Aular

2021

Stage 2 Tour of Japan, José Vicente Toribio

Oita Urban Classic, Francisco Mancebo

2022

Tour of Japan

Points classification, Leonel Quintero

Mountains classification, Marino Kobayashi

Stage 2 Tour de Kumano, Leonel Quintero

2023

Stage 2 Tour of Japan, Georgios Bouglas

References

1. Takagi, Hideaki. スペイン選手3人加入　10人体制のマトリックス. Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 October 2014.
2. "新チーム マトリックスパワータグ・スペシャライズド の体制". Cyclingtime.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 December 2014.
3. "Eduard Prades ficha por el equipo japonés Matrix Powertag". Escyclismo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 December 2014.
4. "ホセ・ビセンテ、吉田隼人ら加入で戦闘力増すマトリックス". Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 May 2015.
5. "Matrix Powertag". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

External links

• Official website