RTS–Santic Racing Team

RTS-Santic Racing Team

Team information
UCI code	RTS
Registered	Taiwan
Founded	2002
Discipline	Road
Status	UCI Continental Team
Key personnel
General manager	Wen Chin Lin
Team name history
2002–2010 2011 2012–2013 2014–	Giant Asia Racing Team Giant Kenda Cycling Team RTS Racing Team RTS-Santic Racing Team

RTS–Santic 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.

History

RTS 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

As of 26 April 2016.^[1]

Rider Date of birth  Hossein Alizadeh (IRN) 24 January 1988  Fu Shiu-Cheung (Hong Kong) 15 January 1992  Wen Yen-Chuang (TWN) 16 December 1994  Hsiang Yu-Chung (TWN) 30 April 1990  Francisco Colorado (COL) 13 May 1980  Sung Pu-Huang (TWN) 22 April 1990

Rider Date of birth  Ruslan Karimov (UZB) 22 May 1986  Khalil Khorshid (IRN) 10 June 1988  Jia Liang-Liu (TWN) 23 September 1994  Tino Thömel (GER) 6 June 1988  Max Walsleben (GER) 23 June 1990  Chien Hsien-Yu (TWN) 10 August 1995

Major victories

2002

1st Overall Tour de Korea, Tang Xuezhong

1st Stages 2 & 4, Tang Xuezhong

1st Stage 5 Tour de Bulgarie, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh

1st Overall Perlis Open, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh

1st Stage 1, Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh

1st Stage 3, Paul Redenbach

1st Tour de Okinawa, Paul Redenbach

2003

1st Overall Tour de Korea, Glen Chadwick

1st Stage 3, Glen Chadwick

1st Stage 4b Tour of Queensland, Brett Aitken

2004

1st  Ireland Time Trial Championships, David McCann

1st Overall Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Ahad Kazemi

1st Stages 1 & 2 Tour de Korea, David McCann

2005

1st  Ireland Time Trial Championships, David McCann

1st Overall Kerman Tour, Hossein Askari

1st Stage 2, Ghader Mizbani

1st Overall Tour de Korea, David McCann

1st Stage 2, David McCann

1st Overall Azerbaijan Tour, Ghader Mizbani

1st Prologue, Hossein Askari

1st Stage 2, Ghader Mizbani

1st Stage 3, David McCann

1st Stage 5, Paul Griffin

1st Overall Tour of East Java, Ahad Kazemi

1st Stage 1, Paul Griffin

1st Stage 2, Ahad Kazemi

1st Stage 4, Ghader Mizbani

1st Stage 5 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Ghader Mizbani

1st Overall Tour d'Indonesia, Hossein Askari

1st Stage 1, Paul Griffin

1st Stage 2, David McCann

1st Stage 3, Hossein Askari

1st Overall Tour of Milad du Nour, David McCann

1st Stage 1, David McCann

1st Stage 6, Ahad Kazemi

1st Stage 6 Herald Sun Tour, David McCann

1st Overall Tour de Taiwan, Ahad Kazemi

1st Stage 4, Ahad Kazemi

2006

1st  Ireland Road Race Championships, David McCann

1st  Iran Time Trial Championships, Ghader Mizbani

1st Stage 7 Tour of Siam, Daniel Lloyd

1st Stage 1 & 4 Tour of Thailand, David McCann

1st Overall Kerman Tour, Ghader Mizbani

1st Stage 1, Ghader Mizbani

1st Stages 2 & 4, Hossein Askari

1st Overall Tour de Korea, Tobias Erler

1st Stage 3, Tobias Erler

1st Overall Azerbaijan Tour, Ghader Mizbani

1st Stage 2, Hossein Askari

1st Overall Tour of East Java, Ghader Mizbani

1st Stage 4, Ghader Mizbani

1st Stage 4 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Daniel Lloyd

1st Stage 5 Tour of Qinghai Lake, David McCann

1st Overall Tour of Milad du Nour, Ghader Mizbani

1st Stage 2, Ghader Mizbani

1st Stages 6 & 7, Hossein Askari

2nd Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake, Hossein Askari

1st Overall Tour d'Indonesia, David McCann

2007

1st  Iran Road Race Championships, Ghader Mizbani

1st  Iran Time Trial Championships, Hossein Askari

1st Stage 4 Jelajah Malaysia, Hossein Askari

1st Stage 7 Jelajah Malaysia, Lai Kuan-Hua

1st Overall Tour of Siam, Jai Crawford

1st Stage 4, Ghader Mizbani

1st Stage 4 Tour de Taiwan, Ghader Mizbani

1st Stage 1 Kerman Tour, Ghader Mizbani

1st Stage 3 Kerman Tour, Hossein Askari

1st Overall Azerbaijan Tour, Hossein Askari

1st Stage 2, Hossein Askari

1st Stages 3 & 8, Ahad Kazemi

1st Stage 4 Ghader Mizbani

1st Overall Tour of Milad du Nour, Ghader Mizbani

1st Stage 4, Ahad Kazemi

1st Stage 5, Ghader Mizbani

2008

1st Stage 6 Tour de Korea, David McCann

1st Overall Tour of Thailand, Alex Coutts

1st Stage 2, Stefan Löffler

2010

1st  Ireland Time Trial Championships, David McCann

1st  Kyrgyzstan Road Race Championships, Eugen Wacker

1st  Kyrgyzstan Time Trial Championships, Eugen Wacker

1st Overall Tour de Taiwan, David McCann

1st Stage 1, David McCann

1st Stage 1 Tour of Thailand, David McCann

1st Overall Tour of the Philippines, David McCann

1st Stages 1 & 4, David McCann

1st Overall Melaka Governor Cup, David McCann

1st Stage 1, David McCann

1st Overall Jelajah Malaysia, David McCann

1st Stages 4 & 6 Tour of China, Rico Rogers

2011

1st Stage 7 Tour de Taiwan, Rico Rogers

2012

1st Stage 2 Jelajah Malaysia, David Crawford

2013

1st  Uzbekistan Road Race Championships, Muradjan Khalmuratov

1st  Uzbekistan Time Trial Championships, Muradjan Khalmuratov

1st Stage 4 Tour de Ijen, Rahim Ememi

1st Overall Tour of Fuzhou, Rahim Ememi

1st Stage 1, Boris Shpilevsky

1st Stage 2, Rahim Ememi

1st Sea Games Myanmar Road Race, Alex Ariya Destribois-Coudroy

2014

1st  Uzbekistan Road Race Championships, Ruslan Karimov

1st Stage 7 Tour of China |, Boris Shpilevsky

1st Overall Tour of China ||, Boris Shpilevsky

1st Stages 2 & 5, Boris Shpilevsky

1st Stages 5 & 9 Tour of Taihu Lake, Boris Shpilevsky

1st Stage 1 Tour of Fuzhou, Boris Shpilevsky

2015

1st Stage 5 Tour de Taiwan, Tino Thömel

1st Stage 8 Tour de Korea, Tino Thömel

1st  South Korea Road Race Championships, Sanghong Park

1st Stage 7, Tour of Hainan, Tino Thömel

1st Stage 2, Tour of Yancheng Coastal Wetlands, Tino Thömel

References

1. UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale Racing Team (RTS) – TPE http://www.procyclingstats.com/team/Rts_santic_Racing_Team_2016=RTS-Santic Racing Team (RTS) – TPE Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 26 April 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Team's Official website
• Team's Profile in CyclingWebsite.com