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) (1988-01-24) 24 January 1988  Fu Shiu-Cheung (Hong Kong) (1992-01-15) 15 January 1992  Wen Yen-Chuang (TWN) (1994-12-16) 16 December 1994  Hsiang Yu-Chung (TWN) (1990-04-30) 30 April 1990  Francisco Colorado (COL) (1980-05-13) 13 May 1980  Sung Pu-Huang (TWN) (1990-04-22) 22 April 1990

Rider Date of birth  Ruslan Karimov (UZB) (1986-05-22) 22 May 1986  Khalil Khorshid (IRN) (1988-06-10) 10 June 1988  Jia Liang-Liu (TWN) (1994-09-23) 23 September 1994  Tino Thömel (GER) (1988-06-06) 6 June 1988  Max Walsleben (GER) (1990-06-23) 23 June 1990  Chien Hsien-Yu (TWN) (1995-08-10) 10 August 1995

Major victories

References

External links

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