Feng Chun-kai (; born November 2, 1988) is a Taiwanese professional road and track cyclist. He represented his nation
Taiwan
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, as a 19-year-old, at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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and later won numerous medals in track cycling, specifically in the men's points race and individual pursuit, at the
Asian Championships
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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
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in
Tianjin
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Racing career
Feng was born in
Miaoli County
Miaoli is a county (Taiwan), county in western Taiwan. Miaoli is bordered by Hsinchu County and Hsinchu City to the north, Taichung to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the west. Miaoli is Regions of Taiwan, classified as "central Taiwan" by t ...
. 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
Makoto Iijima
is a Japanese former professional road and track cyclist. Considered one of Japan's most successful cyclists in his decade, Iijima has claimed a total of nine track cycling medals (two golds, three silver, and four bronze) at the Asian Champions ...
for the gold medal in men's point race at the
2007 Asian Cycling Championships in
Bangkok
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,
Thailand
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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
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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by receiving a wild card invitation from the
Union Cycliste Internationale
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The UCI issues racing licenses to riders and enforces di ...
(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
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. 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 International Cycling Classic
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in the Midwest
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region of the United States
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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 2012 Asian Cycling Championships
The 2012 Asian Cycling Championships took place at the Cheras Velodrome in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 8 to 18 February 2012.
Medal summary Road
Men
Women
Track Men
Women
Medal table
References
Official Results External links
Malaysi ...
in Kuala Lumpur
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, Malaysia
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, Feng ended his five-year drought by edging out Thailand's Turakit Boonratanathanakorn and home favorite Harrif Saleh
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Major results
;2007
: 1st Scratch, Asian Track Championships
: 1st Team pursuit, Southeast Asian Games
...
on a sprint ride for the gold in the men's elite scratch race.
In early 2013, Feng joined his fellow Olympic riders Zachary Bell
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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 East Asian Games
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in Tianjin
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, China
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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 UCI World Tour
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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 2020 Summer Olympics
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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
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;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
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History
The Tour ...
: 8th Overall Tour de East Java
: 9th Individual pursuit
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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
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: 9th Overall Tour de Hokkaido
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The event for 2018 was can ...
: 10th Overall Tour de Singkarak
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;2011
: 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
: 1st
Overall International Cycling Classic
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::1st Stages 1, 5 & 13
: 3rd Taiwan Cup
: 9th Overall Tour de Singkarak
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;2012
: 1st
Mountains classification Tour de Filipinas
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: 1st
Mountains classification Tour of Fuzhou
: 1st Stage 3 Giant Cup
: 2nd
Scratch, Asian Track Championships
: 3rd Overall Tour de Singkarak
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: 7th Overall Tour de Taiwan
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History
The Tour ...
::1st
Mountains classification
: 10th Road race, Asian Road Championships
;2013
: 1st
Road race, East Asian Games
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: National Road Championships
::1st
Road race
::1st
Time trial
: 1st
Mountains classification Tour de Taiwan
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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
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History
The Tour ...
: 6th Overall Tour of Thailand
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::1st Stage 3
: 8th Time trial, Asian Road Championships
: 8th Overall Tour de East Java
: 10th Road race, Asian Games
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;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
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: 5th Time trial
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, Asian Games
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: 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
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: 9th Overall Tour de Taiwan
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History
The Tour ...
;2020
: 4th Overall Tour de Taiwan
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History
The Tour ...
::1st
Asian rider classification
;2021
: 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
;2022
: 6th Overall Tour de Taiwan
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History
The Tour ...
::1st Asian rider classification
References
External links
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Player Bio – Team Champion System
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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