Korail Cycling Team

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Korail Cycling Team
Team information
RegisteredSouth Korea
Founded2012
Discipline(s)
Status UCI Continental
Key personnel
Team manager(s)
  • Do Eun-chul
  • Kim Myoung-gon
Team name history
  • 2013–2019
  • 2020
  • 2021–
  • Korail Cycling Team
  • KTX Korail Cycling Team
  • Korail Cycling Team

Korail Cycling Team is a South Korean UCI Continental cycling team, [1] [2] established in 2012 to compete from the start of the 2013 season.

Contents

Team roster

As of 14 February 2021. [3]
RiderDate of birth
Flag of South Korea.svg  Bang Seon-hoe  (KOR) (1998-04-07) 7 April 1998 (age 24)
Flag of South Korea.svg  Choi Jong-hyeok  (KOR) (2001-06-15) 15 June 2001 (age 21)
Flag of South Korea.svg  Im Jae-yeon  (KOR) (1991-09-06) 6 September 1991 (age 31)
Flag of South Korea.svg  Joo Dae-yeong  (KOR) (1996-10-10) 10 October 1996 (age 25)
Flag of South Korea.svg  Joo Kang-eun  (KOR) (1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 (age 26)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of South Korea.svg  Jun Jee-hwan  (KOR) (2002-08-07) 7 August 2002 (age 20)
Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Dong-uk  (KOR) (1998-01-23) 23 January 1998 (age 24)
Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Hyeon-seok  (KOR) (1995-08-18) 18 August 1995 (age 27)
Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Ji-ho  (KOR) (1996-10-01) 1 October 1996 (age 25)
Flag of South Korea.svg  Yun Jae-bin  (KOR) (2001-04-17) 17 April 2001 (age 21)

Major wins

2014
Stage 6 Tour de Korea, Kyung-Gu Jang
2016
Stage 6 Tour de Singkarak, Kyung-Gu Jang

National champions

2015
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea National Time Trial, Jang Kyung-gu

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References

  1. "Korail Cycling Team 2015". Archived from the original on 2015-04-03.
  2. "Korail Cycling Team 2014 | ProCyclingStats". Archived from the original on 2014-06-13.
  3. "Korail Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.