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Kuota is an Italian bicycle brand, owned by Kuota International Co. Ltd, founded in 2001. Their bicycles are distributed in Belgium, Denmark, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Greece, Canada, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines.


Products

Kuota focuses on carbon fibre reinforced resin (CFR) frames from the beginning, which are produced exclusively in its own manufacturing facilities. The product range includes
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, triathlon,
cyclo-cross Cyclo-cross (cyclocross, CX, cyclo-X or cross) is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter (the international or "World Cup" season is October–February), and consist of many laps of a short (2.5–3.5&nb ...
and
mountain bike A mountain bike (MTB) or mountain bicycle is a bicycle designed for off-road cycling (''mountain biking''). Mountain bikes share some similarities with other bicycles, but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in r ...
frames, all made of CFR only. In 2003 the Khan model was named “Best Bike of the Year” by the French bicycle magazine ''Le Cycle''.


Involvement in cycling and triathlon

Kuota is sponsor of the
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team Team RothAKROS since the beginning of season 2017. From 2002 to 2017, KUOTA was sponsor or cosponsor of several professional road cycling teams such as
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(2007), (2009), Indeland
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Kalev Chocolate-Kuota (2010), Team Dila (200X), (2010–2013), (2009) and (2015–2016) as well as several U23 and junior cycling teams. In 2015 Kuota started sponsoring , a UCI women's road cycling team. For the 2018 and 2019 seasons, Kuota provided bikes for the UCI Pro Continental team
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. In triathlon, Kuota has been supporting several international athletes, such as two time Ironman world champion
Normann Stadler Normann ("The Norminator") Stadler (born February 25, 1973, in Wertheim am Main, Wertheim) is a retired professional triathlon, triathlete from Germany. He is the winner of the 2004 and 2006 Ironman World Championship, Ironman Triathlon W ...
, Andy Böcherer and
Andy Potts Andrew Robert Potts (born December 28, 1976) is a triathlete from the United States. He competed in triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics and is the 2007 Ironman 70.3 World Champion. Prior to triathlon, Potts was a swimmer where he won the bro ...
. Kuota is currently sponsoring the 2016 Challenge Fuerteventura champion and 2016 4th at Ironman Kona Anja Beranek (since 2015), the two time Italian Olympic triathlete and 2016 Ironman Taiwan champion Daniel Fontana (since 2009) and
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squad member Tom Bishop (since 2017).


See also

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List of bicycle parts List of bicycle parts by alphabetic order: * Axle: as in the generic definition, a rod that serves to attach a wheel to a bicycle and provides support for bearings on which the wheel rotates, for example a through-axle or an axle made for a ...
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List of Italian companies Italy is a Unitary state, unitary parliamentary republic in Europe with the third largest nominal Gross domestic product, GDP in the Eurozone and the eighth List of countries by GDP (nominal), largest in the world. As an advanced economy, the cou ...


References


External links

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AG2R-La Mondiale Cycling Team (In French)

Team UK Youth Cycling Team
Cycle manufacturers of Italy Manufacturing companies established in 2001 Italian companies established in 2001 Italian brands Villasanta {{cycling-stub