Marco Polo Cycling–Donckers Koffie
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| UCI code | MPC |
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| Registered | Hong Kong: 2003–2004 China: 2005–2011 Ethiopia: 2012 |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Discipline | Road |
| Status | Continental |
| Team manager(s) | Remko Kramer |
| 2003–2006 2007 2008–2009 2010–2011 2012 |
Marco Polo Cycling Team Discovery Channel-Marco Polo Team Trek-Marco Polo Cycling Team Marco Polo Cycling Team Marco Polo Cycling-Donckers Koffie |
Marco Polo Cycling–Donckers Koffie (UCI Code: MPC) is a UCI Continental cycling team, registered in Ethiopia. The team is named after traveller Marco Polo, and has title sponsorship from Belgian coffee company Donckers Koffie.
The idea of the team came in 1998 and in 2001 the team was registered in Hong Kong. In 2003 it became a UCI Continental team and from 2005 the team was registered in China becoming the first professional cycling team from China.
Li Fuyu rode with the team for two years from 2005 before joining the Discovery Channel team. This led to a partnership between the teams, resulting in the 2007 Discovery Channel Marco Polo team. In 2008, Trek became the sponsor and the name became Trek-Marco Polo. The team has a house in the Netherlands for riders.
After a ten-year run the team did not have a sponsor for 2013 season.
As of 23 February 2012.
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