Marco Polo Cycling Donckers Koffie

Marco Polo Cycling Donckers Koffie
Team data
UCI code	MPC
nationality	Ethiopia
License	Continental team
operator	Top sport Gelderland
First season	2005
Last season	2012
discipline	Street
staff
Team manager	Gudo Kramer
Sportl. ladder	Edward De Weerdt Gilbert De Weerdt Rudi Dubois Remko Kramer
Name story
Years	Surname
2005–2006 2007 2008–2009 2010–2011 2012	Marco Polo Cycling Team Discovery Channel-Marco Polo Trek-Marco Polo Marco Polo Cycling Team Marco Polo Cycling Donckers Koffie
Website
www.marcopolocyclingteam.com

The Marco Polo Cycling Donckers Koffie is a former Ethiopian cycling team based in the Netherlands .

The team had been licensed as a Continental Team since 2005 and until the end of the 2011 season mainly participated in races on the UCI Asia Tour . The manager is Gudo Kramer . He is supported by Remko Kramer , Edward De Weerdt, Gilbert De Weerdt and Rudi Dubois as sporting directors. Since November 2006 there has been a cooperation with the US ProTeam Discovery Channel , which however dissolved at the end of the 2007 season. The first driver to switch to the ProTeam was the Chinese Fuyu Li . The Continental Team rode under the name Marco Polo Cycling Team until the end of the 2006 season , in 2007 as Discovery Channel-Marco Polo , from 2008 to 2009 as Trek-Marco Polo and 2010 to 2011 as Marco Polo Cycling Team .

For the 2012 season, the team signed a number of Ethiopian riders with the aim of developing cycling in this country. Due to the majority of Ethiopian drivers, the team was also registered as the first Ethiopian Continental Team. It will mainly compete in races in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Southern Europe, Africa and Asia. The most famous driver was former Tour de France stage winner Léon van Bon . Donckers Koffie was won as the second name sponsor , which means that the team could be expanded to 19 drivers and will now also contest an extensive European racing program.

The team has not had a UCI license since 2013.

2012 season

Disposals - additions

Accesses	Team 2011	Departures	Team 2012
Matthias Van Mechelen	Donckers Koffie-Jelly Belly	Yandong Xing	MAX Success Sports
Matt Green	Cinelli Down Under (2009)	Sea Keong Loh	OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team
Alem Abebe	Neoprofi	Jason Christie	Team Differdange-Magic-SportFood.de
Rubén Abello	Neoprofi	Lijun Bai	Unknown
Shane Archbold	Neoprofi	Hailong Ma	Unknown
Chris Bartlett	Neoprofi	Tristan Marguet	Unknown
Binyam Bekele	Neoprofi	Nick Mitchell	Unknown
Kbrom Giday	Neoprofi	Pavel Stuchlik	Unknown
Edward Greene	Neoprofi
Yirga Kinfe	Neoprofi
Christopher Macic	Neoprofi

team

Surname	birthday	nationality	Team 2013
Alem Abebe	November 15, 1990	Ethiopia
Rubén Abello	April 19, 1976	Spain
Daniel Abraham	February 11, 1985	Eritrea	CCN Cycling Team
Shane Archbold	February 2, 1989	New Zealand	To Post-ChainReaction
Chris Barlett	August 12, 1986	United Kingdom
Binyam Bekele	September 18, 1987	Ethiopia
Solomon Bitew	July 13, 1987	Ethiopia
Léon van Bon	January 28, 1972	Netherlands
Sven De Weerdt	March 29, 1978	Belgium	CCN Cycling Team
Estifanos Gebresilassie	February 18, 1988	Ethiopia
Kbrom Giday	February 19, 1989	Ethiopia
Matt Grenn	October 2nd, 1988	United Kingdom
Edward Greene	November 26, 1990	South Africa
Yirga Kinfe	19th February 1988	Ethiopia
Jan Kuyckx	May 20, 1979	Belgium
Christopher Macic	August 1, 1988	New Zealand
Matthé Pronk	July 1, 1974	Netherlands
Marc Ryan	October 14, 1982	New Zealand
Matthias Van Mechelen	February 23, 1988	Belgium
Trainees		nationality
Cameron Karwowski		New Zealand

2009 season

Successes in the Continental Circuits

date	run	Cat.	winner
March 12th	South African Championship - Individual Time Trial	CN	Jacobus Venter
March 12th	South African Championship - Individual Time Trial (U23)	CN	Jacobus Venter
April 8th	5th stage Tour of Thailand	2.2	James Spragg
June 12	8th stage Tour de Korea	2.2	Léon van Bon
	Chinese Championship - Individual Time Trial	CN	Fuyu Li

Former drivers

• Wong Kam Po (2003)
• Kai Tsun Lam (2003)
• Nathan Dahlberg (2003-2004)
• Maarten Tjallingii (2003-2005)
• Robin Reid (2003-2007)
• Jamsrangiin Öldsii-Orschich (2003-2007)
• Pol Nabben (2007)
• Sergei Kudenzow (2006-2008)
• Rudi van Houts (2007-2008)
• Jai Crawford (2008)
• Alban Lakata (2008)
• Fuyu Li (2005-2006; 2008-2009)
• Bart Brentjens (2008-2009)
• Jacques Janse van Rensburg (2009)
• Jacobus Venter (2009)
• Léon van Bon (2008–2012)
• Tristan Marguet (2011)

Placements in UCI rankings

UCI Africa Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2005
2006	7th
2007
2008
2009	14th	Jacobus Venter (57.)
2010	-	-
2011	20th	Estifanos Gebresilassie (170.)
2012	-	-

UCI Asia Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2005	7th	Jamsrangiin Öldsii-Orschich (21.)
2006	4th	Fuyu Li (23rd)
2007	8th.	Jamsrangiin Öldsii-Orschich (35.)
2008	5.	Sergei Kudenzow (20th)
2009	27.	Jacques Janse van Rensburg (101st)
2010	36.	Brad Hall (95th)
2011	57.	Estifanos Gebresilassie (240.)
2012	-	-

UCI Europe Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2009	110.	Jacobus Venter (546.)
2010	-	-
2011	106.	Jason Christie (878.)
2012	122.	Marc Ryan (1031.)

UCI Oceania Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2005
2006	9.
2007	19th
2008	-	-
2009	-	-
2010	-	-
2011	12.	Jason Christie (36th)
2012	-	-

See also

• Marco Polo Cycling Team / 2011 season
• Marco Polo Cycling Team / 2010 season

Web links

• Official website
• The team in the UCI team database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cyclingnews.com of November 21, 2011: Marco Polo forms first Ethiopian pro team
2. ↑ cyclingnews.com of February 23, 2012: New sponsor, new direction for 2012 Marco Polo Cycling Team