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RTS Racing Team (UCI team code: RTS) is a Taiwanese UCI Continental cycling team managed by Wen Chin Lin and sponsored by Giant Bicycles, Kinlin Industrial Corporation, Kenda, Kalloy, OGK Helmet, Yaban Chain, Ashima, Exustar, Smanie, Cionlli, XPEDO, VIM Group and Adidas Eyewear.
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| Team information | |
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| UCI code | RTS |
| Registered |  Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Status | UCI Continental |
| Key personnel | |
| General manager | Wen Chin Lin |
| Team name history | |
2002–2010 2011 2012–2013 2014–2016 2017 2018 | Giant Asia Racing Team Giant Kenda Cycling Team RTS Racing Team RTS–Santic Racing Team RTS–Monton Racing Team RTS Racing Team |
History
editRTS Racing Team was established by president Liu of Corporation unofficially around 1990. Lin Qing Fa was appointed coach in 1992, and was later replaced by Lin Wen Chin. Over its first decade, RTS Racing Team became Mountain biking and Road racing champions in Taiwan, and represented Taiwan in many races abroad.
In 2002, RTS Racing Team was formally established, under the name Giant Asia Racing Team, by general manager Liu Yong Chang. Lin Wen Chin was appointed as the manager of the team, and it was officially registered as a Trade Team III, the first such team registered in Asia. Together with Giant, thirteen other financial sponsors helped cover the expenditure of the cycling team.
Team roster
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Major wins
edit- 2002
- Overall Tour de Korea, Tang Xuezhong
- Stages 2 & 4, Tang Xuezhong
- Stage 5 Tour of Bulgaria, Jamsrangiin Ölzii-Orshikh
- Overall Perlis Open, Jamsrangiin Ölzii-Orshikh
- Stage 1, Jamsrangiin Ölzii-Orshikh
- Stage 3, Paul Redenbach
- Tour de Okinawa, Paul Redenbach
- 2003
- Overall Tour de Korea, Glen Chadwick
- Stage 3, Glen Chadwick
- Stage 4b Tour of Queensland, Brett Aitken
- 2004
Ireland Time Trial Championships, David McCann- Overall Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Ahad Kazemi
- Stages 1 & 2 Tour de Korea, David McCann
- 2005
- Ireland Time Trial Championships, David McCann
- Overall Kerman Tour, Hossein Askari
- Stage 2, Ghader Mizbani
- Overall Tour de Korea, David McCann
- Stage 2, David McCann
- Overall Azerbaijan Tour, Ghader Mizbani
- Prologue, Hossein Askari
- Stage 2, Ghader Mizbani
- Stage 3, David McCann
- Stage 5, Paul Griffin
- Overall Tour de East Java, Ahad Kazemi
- Stage 1, Paul Griffin
- Stage 2, Ahad Kazemi
- Stage 4, Ghader Mizbani
- Stage 5 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Ghader Mizbani
- Overall Tour de Indonesia, Hossein Askari
- Stage 1, Paul Griffin
- Stage 2, David McCann
- Stage 3, Hossein Askari
- Overall Tour of Milad du Nour, David McCann
- Stage 1, David McCann
- Stage 6, Ahad Kazemi
- Stage 6 Herald Sun Tour, David McCann
- Overall Tour de Taiwan, Ahad Kazemi
- Stage 4, Ahad Kazemi
- 2006
- Ireland Road Race Championships, David McCann
Iran Time Trial Championships, Ghader Mizbani- Stage 7 Tour of Siam, Daniel Lloyd
- Stage 1 & 4 Tour of Thailand, David McCann
- Overall Kerman Tour, Ghader Mizbani
- Stage 1, Ghader Mizbani
- Stages 2 & 4, Hossein Askari
- Overall Tour de Korea, Tobias Erler
- Stage 3, Tobias Erler
- Overall Azerbaijan Tour, Ghader Mizbani
- Stage 2, Hossein Askari
- Overall Tour de East Java, Ghader Mizbani
- Stage 4, Ghader Mizbani
- Stage 4 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Daniel Lloyd
- Stage 5 Tour of Qinghai Lake, David McCann
- Overall Tour of Milad du Nour, Ghader Mizbani
- Stage 2, Ghader Mizbani
- Stages 6 & 7, Hossein Askari
- Overall Tour de Indonesia, David McCann
- 2007
- Iran Road Race Championships, Ghader Mizbani
- Iran Time Trial Championships, Hossein Askari
- Stage 4 Jelajah Malaysia, Hossein Askari
- Stage 7 Jelajah Malaysia, Lai Kuan-Hua
- Overall Tour of Siam, Jai Crawford
- Stage 4, Ghader Mizbani
- Stage 4 Tour de Taiwan, Ghader Mizbani
- Stage 1 Kerman Tour, Ghader Mizbani
- Stage 3 Kerman Tour, Hossein Askari
- Overall Azerbaijan Tour, Hossein Askari
- Stage 2, Hossein Askari
- Stages 3 & 8, Ahad Kazemi
- Stage 4 Ghader Mizbani
- Overall Tour of Milad du Nour, Ghader Mizbani
- Stage 4, Ahad Kazemi
- Stage 5, Ghader Mizbani
- 2008
- Stage 6 Tour de Korea, David McCann
- Overall Tour of Thailand, Alex Coutts
- Stage 2, Stefan Löffler
- 2010
- Ireland Time Trial Championships, David McCann
Kyrgyzstan Road Race Championships, Eugen Wacker- Kyrgyzstan Time Trial Championships, Eugen Wacker
- Overall Tour de Taiwan, David McCann
- Stage 1, David McCann
- Stage 1 Tour of Thailand, David McCann
- Overall Tour de Filipinas, David McCann
- Stages 1 & 4, David McCann
- Overall Melaka Governor's Cup, David McCann
- Stage 1, David McCann
- Overall Jelajah Malaysia, David McCann
- Stages 4 & 6 Tour of China, Rico Rogers
- 2011
- Stage 7 Tour de Taiwan, Rico Rogers
- 2012
- Stage 2 Jelajah Malaysia, Jai Crawford
- 2013
Uzbekistan Road Race Championships, Muradjan Khalmuratov- Uzbekistan Time Trial Championships, Muradjan Khalmuratov
- Stage 4 Tour de Ijen, Rahim Emami
- Overall Tour of Fuzhou, Rahim Emami
- Stage 1, Boris Shpilevsky
- Stage 2, Rahim Emami
- Sea Games Myanmar Road Race, Alex Ariya Destribois-Coudroy
- 2014
- Uzbekistan Road Race Championships, Ruslan Karimov
- Stage 7 Tour of China I, Boris Shpilevsky
- Overall Tour of China II, Boris Shpilevsky
- Stages 2 & 5, Boris Shpilevsky
- Stages 5 & 9 Tour of Taihu Lake, Boris Shpilevsky
- Stage 1 Tour of Fuzhou, Boris Shpilevsky
- 2015
- Stage 5 Tour de Taiwan, Tino Thömel
- Stage 8 Tour de Korea, Tino Thömel
South Korea Road Race Championships, Park Sang-hong- Stage 7 Tour of Hainan, Tino Thömel
- Stage 2 Tour of Yancheng Coastal Wetlands, Tino Thömel
- 2018
- Uzbekistan Road Race Championships, Muradjan Khalmuratov
