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Feng Chun-kai (; born November 2, 1988) is a Taiwanese professional road and track cyclist. He represented his nation
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
, as a 19-year-old, at the
2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
and later won numerous medals in track cycling, specifically in the men's points race and individual pursuit, at the
Asian Championships An Asian Championship is a top level international sports competition between Asian athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of championships (Summer Olympic Sports) ;Aquatics and wate ...
. Feng has also claimed five Taiwanese national titles in road cycling, and a prestigious gold medal at the
2013 East Asian Games The 2013 East Asian Games, officially known as the VI East Asian Games, was an international multi-sport event that took place in Tianjin, China, between 6 October and 15 October 2013. 2,422 Athletes from nine East Asian nations competed in 254 eve ...
in
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Racing career

Feng was born in
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. Considered one of Taiwan's most promising cyclists in his generation, Feng sought headlines on the international scene as he outsprinted Japanese duo Kazuhiro Mori and defending champion
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for the gold medal in men's point race at the 2007 Asian Cycling Championships in
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,
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. Signifying an official start of his cycling career, Feng qualified for the Chinese Taipei squad in the men's points race at the
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in
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by receiving a wild card invitation from the
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(UCI). Feng dropped out of a grueling 25-km sprint race in a field of twenty-three cyclists after he slowed down his own pace on the track with only one extra lap needed to complete and a deduction of twenty points. Feng slowly emerged as a solid, all-around road and track rider, when he earned his first ever Taiwanese national road race title in 2009, and eventually mounted a fifth-place finish at the
East Asian Games The East Asian Games was a multi-sport event organized by the East Asian Games Association and held every four years from 1993 to 2013. Among those who competed included athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic Council ...
. By the following year, he joined with the Action Cycling Team as a professional and signed for three seasons in an exclusive contract. In 2011, Feng established a historic milestone in pro cycling as the first ever Asian rider to score three consecutive stage triumphs and grab the yellow jersey and a prestigious tournament title at the
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in the
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region of the
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. While still competing for the Action Cycling Team on his final season in the road race, Feng redrafted his efforts to chase for another medal again in the track cycling scene. At the
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in
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,
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, Feng ended his five-year drought by edging out Thailand's Turakit Boonratanathanakorn and home favorite
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on a sprint ride for the gold in the men's elite scratch race. In early 2013, Feng joined his fellow Olympic riders
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of Canada and Wu Kin San of Hong Kong for the pro cycling team. Feng started his initial season by participating in the
Tour de Taiwan The Tour de Taiwan is an annual professional road bicycle racing race stage, stage race held in Taiwan since 1978, and has been part of the UCI Asia Tour since 2005. It was classed a 2.1 category race for the first time in 2012. History The Tour ...
, where he took top honors in the mountain classification to secure the jersey. Feng also reclaimed his fourth Taiwanese national road race title, and added the time trial title to his resume for the first time, since he won three straight championships from 2009 to 2011. In October 2013, Feng picked up his gold medal on the strength of an early lead in the men's road race at the
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in
Tianjin Tianjin is a direct-administered municipality in North China, northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the National Central City, nine national central cities, with a total population of 13,866,009 inhabitants at the time of the ...
,
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. In November 2014 Feng was announced as a signing for the team for the 2015 season, becoming the first Taiwanese rider to race on the
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. Feng placed third in the
2019 Asian Road Cycling Championships The 2019 Asian Road Cycling Championships was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 23 to 28 April 2019. Medal summary Men Women Medal table References External links Results {{2019 in road cycling Asian Cycling Championships Asia 2019 i ...
, and qualified for the
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. He became the first Taiwanese cyclist to qualify for the Olympic men's road cycling event since Chen Chih-hao in 1996.


Major results

;2007 : 1st Points race, Asian Track Championships ;2009 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 2 Giant Cup : 1st Stage 2 Tour of East Taiwan : 3rd Individual pursuit, Asian Track Championships : 5th Road race,
East Asian Games The East Asian Games was a multi-sport event organized by the East Asian Games Association and held every four years from 1993 to 2013. Among those who competed included athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic Council ...
;2010 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Overall Giant Cup : 2nd Individual pursuit, Asian Track Championships : 7th Time trial, Asian Road Championships : 7th Overall
Tour de Taiwan The Tour de Taiwan is an annual professional road bicycle racing race stage, stage race held in Taiwan since 1978, and has been part of the UCI Asia Tour since 2005. It was classed a 2.1 category race for the first time in 2012. History The Tour ...
: 8th Overall Tour de East Java : 9th
Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the rac ...
,
Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years for athletes of Asia. The Games were regulated by Asian Games Federation from the 1951 Asian Games, first Games in New Delhi, India in 1951, until ...
: 9th Overall
Tour de Hokkaido The Tour de Hokkaido is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hokkaido, Japan since 1987 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race. The event for 2018 was can ...
: 10th Overall
Tour de Singkarak Tour de Singkarak (abbreviated TdS) is an annual professional road bicycle racing race stage, stage race held in West Sumatra, Indonesia, and named after the Lake Singkarak. First staged in 2009, Tour de Singkarak is classified by the Union Cyc ...
;2011 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Overall
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::1st Stages 1, 5 & 13 : 3rd Taiwan Cup : 9th Overall
Tour de Singkarak Tour de Singkarak (abbreviated TdS) is an annual professional road bicycle racing race stage, stage race held in West Sumatra, Indonesia, and named after the Lake Singkarak. First staged in 2009, Tour de Singkarak is classified by the Union Cyc ...
;2012 : 1st Mountains classification
Tour de Filipinas The MPTC Tour of Luzon (TOL; under sponsorship by the Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation) is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Luzon, Philippines since 1955 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is held in April every year. ...
: 1st Mountains classification Tour of Fuzhou : 1st Stage 3 Giant Cup : 2nd Scratch, Asian Track Championships : 3rd Overall
Tour de Singkarak Tour de Singkarak (abbreviated TdS) is an annual professional road bicycle racing race stage, stage race held in West Sumatra, Indonesia, and named after the Lake Singkarak. First staged in 2009, Tour de Singkarak is classified by the Union Cyc ...
: 7th Overall
Tour de Taiwan The Tour de Taiwan is an annual professional road bicycle racing race stage, stage race held in Taiwan since 1978, and has been part of the UCI Asia Tour since 2005. It was classed a 2.1 category race for the first time in 2012. History The Tour ...
::1st Mountains classification : 10th Road race, Asian Road Championships ;2013 : 1st Road race,
East Asian Games The East Asian Games was a multi-sport event organized by the East Asian Games Association and held every four years from 1993 to 2013. Among those who competed included athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic Council ...
: National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Time trial : 1st Mountains classification
Tour de Taiwan The Tour de Taiwan is an annual professional road bicycle racing race stage, stage race held in Taiwan since 1978, and has been part of the UCI Asia Tour since 2005. It was classed a 2.1 category race for the first time in 2012. History The Tour ...
: 1st Stage 1 Tour of East Taiwan : 7th Time trial, Asian Road Championships ;2014 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Time trial : 1st Mountains classification
Tour de Taiwan The Tour de Taiwan is an annual professional road bicycle racing race stage, stage race held in Taiwan since 1978, and has been part of the UCI Asia Tour since 2005. It was classed a 2.1 category race for the first time in 2012. History The Tour ...
: 6th Overall
Tour of Thailand The Tour of Thailand, officially the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhon's Cup Tour of Thailand is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Thailand. It was classified by the International Cycling Union as a 2.2 category race as ...
::1st Stage 3 : 8th Time trial, Asian Road Championships : 8th Overall Tour de East Java : 10th Road race,
Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years for athletes of Asia. The Games were regulated by Asian Games Federation from the 1951 Asian Games, first Games in New Delhi, India in 1951, until ...
;2015 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Time trial : 9th Time trial, Asian Road Championships ;2016 : Asian Road Championships ::5th Road race ::8th Time trial ;2018 : 3rd
Tour de Okinawa The is an annual professional road bicycle racing classic one-day race held in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It was first started in 1989 as an amateur race, but became professional in 1999. It became part of the UCI Asia Tour in 2005. Until 2007, ...
: 5th
Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...
,
Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years for athletes of Asia. The Games were regulated by Asian Games Federation from the 1951 Asian Games, first Games in New Delhi, India in 1951, until ...
: Asian Road Championships ::9th Road race ::9th Time trial ;2019 : 1st Time trial, National Road Championships : Asian Road Championships ::2nd Time trial ::3rd Road race : 8th
Tour de Okinawa The is an annual professional road bicycle racing classic one-day race held in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It was first started in 1989 as an amateur race, but became professional in 1999. It became part of the UCI Asia Tour in 2005. Until 2007, ...
: 9th Overall
Tour de Taiwan The Tour de Taiwan is an annual professional road bicycle racing race stage, stage race held in Taiwan since 1978, and has been part of the UCI Asia Tour since 2005. It was classed a 2.1 category race for the first time in 2012. History The Tour ...
;2020 : 4th Overall
Tour de Taiwan The Tour de Taiwan is an annual professional road bicycle racing race stage, stage race held in Taiwan since 1978, and has been part of the UCI Asia Tour since 2005. It was classed a 2.1 category race for the first time in 2012. History The Tour ...
::1st Asian rider classification ;2021 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships ;2022 : 6th Overall
Tour de Taiwan The Tour de Taiwan is an annual professional road bicycle racing race stage, stage race held in Taiwan since 1978, and has been part of the UCI Asia Tour since 2005. It was classed a 2.1 category race for the first time in 2012. History The Tour ...
::1st Asian rider classification


References


External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Feng, Chun-kai 1988 births Living people Taiwanese male cyclists Taiwanese track cyclists Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2010 Asian Games Cyclists at the 2014 Asian Games Olympic cyclists for Taiwan People from Miaoli County Cyclists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games cyclists for Chinese Taipei Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics