Champion System

This article is about the Chinese former cycling team. For the American cycling team, see Champion System-Stan's NoTubes. For the New Zealand cycling team, see CCT p/b Champion System.

Champion System

Team information
UCI code	CSS
Registered	China
Founded	2010 (2010)
Disbanded	2013 (2013)
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Professional Continental
Bicycles	Fuji
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 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]

Final team roster

As of 31 December 2013. ^[3]

Rider Date of birth   Ryan Anderson  (CAN) (1987-07-22)22 July 1987 (aged 26)   Clinton Avery  (NZL) (1987-12-03)3 December 1987 (aged 26)   Zachary Bell  (CAN) (1982-11-14)14 November 1982 (aged 31)   Chad Beyer  (USA) (1986-08-15)15 August 1986 (aged 27)   Matt Brammeier  (IRL) (1985-06-07)7 June 1985 (aged 28)   Chris Butler  (USA) (1988-02-16)16 February 1988 (aged 25)   Feng Chun-kai  (TPE) (1988-11-02)2 November 1988 (aged 25)   Matthias Friedemann  (GER) (1984-08-17)17 August 1984 (aged 29)   Gregor Gazvoda  (SLO) (1981-10-15)15 October 1981 (aged 32)   Jang Chan-Jae  (KOR) (1989-01-06)6 January 1989 (aged 24)   Jiao Pengda  (CHN) (1986-02-13)13 February 1986 (aged 27)   Jiang Kun  (CHN) (1986-11-23)23 November 1986 (aged 27)

Rider Date of birth   Craig Lewis  (USA) (1985-10-01)1 October 1985 (aged 28)   Liu Biao  (CHN) (1988-03-15)15 March 1988 (aged 25)   Ryota Nishizono  (JPN) (1987-09-01)1 September 1987 (aged 26)   Mart Ojavee  (EST) (1981-11-09)9 November 1981 (aged 32)   Muhamad Othman  (MAS) (1991-04-29)29 April 1991 (aged 22)   Ryan Roth  (CAN) (1983-01-10)10 January 1983 (aged 30)   Fabian Schnaidt  (GER) (1990-10-27)27 October 1990 (aged 23)   Tang Wang Yip  (HKG) (1984-06-05)5 June 1984 (aged 29)   Bobbie Traksel  (NED) (1981-11-03)3 November 1981 (aged 32)   Wu Kin San  (HKG) (1985-05-04)4 May 1985 (aged 28)   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

  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

 Canada Road Race Championships, Zachary Bell

  Ireland Road Race Championships, Matt Brammeier

  Taiwan Road Race Championships, Feng Chun-kai

  Taiwan Time Trial Championships, Feng Chun-kai

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.

External links

• Official website