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]
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| Team information | ||
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| UCI code | CSS | |
| Registered | China | |
| Founded | 2010 | |
| Disbanded | 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 | |
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Final team roster
edit- As of 31 December 2013.[3]
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Major results
edit- 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
edit- ^ "Champion System reveals 2012 team kit and sponsor list". Velonation.com. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
- ^ Stokes, Shane (3 October 2013). "Ed Beamon Interview: Why Champion System is folding and what happens next". VeloNation. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "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.