Champion System

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Champion System
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Team information
UCI codeCSS
RegisteredChina
Founded2010 (2010)
Disbanded2013 (2013)
Discipline(s) Road
Status UCI Professional Continental
BicyclesFuji
Website Team home page
Key personnel
Team manager(s)Tim Meeusen
Team name history
2010
2011–2013
CKT TMIT-Champion System
Champion System
Champion System jersey Champion System jersey.jpg
Champion System jersey
Jersey

Champion System Pro Cycling Team ( UCI team code:CSS) was a Chinese professional cycling team, that competed between 2010 and 2013. The team was based in China and it participated in UCI Professional Continental and UCI World Tour races. [1] In an interview in October 2013 the team's general manager Ed Beamon announced that the team would disband at the end of the season due to its main sponsor withdrawing their support. [2]

Contents

Final team roster

As of 31 December 2013. [3]
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Ryan Anderson  (CAN) (1987-07-22)22 July 1987 (aged 26)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Clinton Avery  (NZL) (1987-12-03)3 December 1987 (aged 26)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Zachary Bell  (CAN) (1982-11-14)14 November 1982 (aged 31)
Flag of the United States.svg  Chad Beyer  (USA) (1986-08-15)15 August 1986 (aged 27)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Matt Brammeier  (IRL) (1985-06-07)7 June 1985 (aged 28)
Flag of the United States.svg  Chris Butler  (USA) (1988-02-16)16 February 1988 (aged 25)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Feng Chun-kai  (TPE) (1988-11-02)2 November 1988 (aged 25)
Flag of Germany.svg  Matthias Friedemann  (GER) (1984-08-17)17 August 1984 (aged 29)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Gregor Gazvoda  (SLO) (1981-10-15)15 October 1981 (aged 32)
Flag of South Korea.svg  Jang Chan-Jae  (KOR) (1989-01-06)6 January 1989 (aged 24)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Jiao Pengda  (CHN) (1986-02-13)13 February 1986 (aged 27)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Jiang Kun  (CHN) (1986-11-23)23 November 1986 (aged 27)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of the United States.svg  Craig Lewis  (USA) (1985-10-01)1 October 1985 (aged 28)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liu Biao  (CHN) (1988-03-15)15 March 1988 (aged 25)
Flag of Japan.svg  Ryota Nishizono  (JPN) (1987-09-01)1 September 1987 (aged 26)
Flag of Estonia.svg  Mart Ojavee  (EST) (1981-11-09)9 November 1981 (aged 32)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Muhamad Othman  (MAS) (1991-04-29)29 April 1991 (aged 22)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Ryan Roth  (CAN) (1983-01-10)10 January 1983 (aged 30)
Flag of Germany.svg  Fabian Schnaidt  (GER) (1990-10-27)27 October 1990 (aged 23)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Tang Wang Yip  (HKG) (1984-06-05)5 June 1984 (aged 29)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Bobbie Traksel  (NED) (1981-11-03)3 November 1981 (aged 32)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Wu Kin San  (HKG) (1985-05-04)4 May 1985 (aged 28)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu Gang  (CHN) (1984-01-28)28 January 1984 (aged 29)

Major results

2011
Stage 4 Tour de Korea, Jaan Kirsipuu
Jūrmala GP, Jaan Kirsipuu
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Road Race Championships, Mart Ojavee
Stage 4 Tour of Hainan, Deon Locke
2012
Prologue (ITT) Tour of Japan, Will Clarke
Stage 2 Tour de Beauce, Craig Lewis
2013
Stage 4 Tour de Taiwan, Zachary Bell
Stage 6 Tour de Korea, Zachary Bell
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Road Race Championships, Zachary Bell
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Road Race Championships, Matt Brammeier
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan Road Race Championships, Feng Chun-kai
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan Time Trial Championships, Feng Chun-kai

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References

  1. "Champion System reveals 2012 team kit and sponsor list". Velonation.com. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
  2. Stokes, Shane (3 October 2013). "Ed Beamon Interview: Why Champion System is folding and what happens next". VeloNation. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  3. "Champion System Pro Cycling Team (CSS) – CHN". UCI Continental Circuits . Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2013.