Matrix Powertag

Japanese cycling team
Matrix Powertag
The team in 2019
Team information
UCI codeMTR
RegisteredJapan
Founded2006
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI Continental
BicyclesFocus
WebsiteTeam home page
Key personnel
General managerMasahiro Yasuhara
Team name history
2006
2007–
Matrix
Matrix Powertag

Matrix Powertag (マトリックスパワータグ, Matorikkusu Pawātagu) is a UCI Continental cycling team based in Japan.[1] It was founded in 2006.[2] For the 2014 season, the team added several riders from Spain,[1] including Eduard Prades for the last part of the season.[3] Masahiro Yasuhara is currently the manager of the team.[4]

Team roster

As of 10 June 2023.[5]
Rider Date of birth
 Georgios Bouglas (GRE) (1990-11-17) 17 November 1990 (age 33)
 Tomoya Kano (JPN) (1973-07-14) 14 July 1973 (age 50)
 Marino Kobayashi (JPN) (1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 (age 29)
 Ryohei Komori (JPN) (1988-09-26) 26 September 1988 (age 35)
 Francisco Mancebo (ESP) (1976-03-09) 9 March 1976 (age 48)
Rider Date of birth
 Edgar Nieto (ESP) (1986-07-28) 28 July 1986 (age 37)
 Junya Sano (JPN) (1982-01-09) 9 January 1982 (age 42)
 Kenji Takubo (JPN) (1995-09-11) 11 September 1995 (age 28)
 José Vicente Toribio (ESP) (1985-12-22) 22 December 1985 (age 38)
 Daiki Yasuhara (JPN) (1991-08-12) 12 August 1991 (age 32)

Major wins

2007
Stage 2 Tour of Thailand, Masahiko Mifune
2011
Stage 2 Tour de Hokkaido, Takahiro Yamashita
2012
Stage 2 Tour of Małopolska, Mariusz Wiesiak
2014
Stage 5 Tour of Thailand, Sebastián Mora
2015
Stage 2 Tour de Ijen, Benjamín Prades
Stage 4 Tour of Japan, Benjamín Prades
Overall Tour de Kumano, Benjamín Prades
Stage 2, Benjamín Prades
2017
Overall Tour de Kumano, José Vicente Toribio
Young rider classification, Kenji Takubo
Tour de Okinawa, Junya Sano
2018
Stage 3 Tour de Kumano, Junya Sano
2019
Points classification Vuelta al Táchira, Orluis Aular
Stage 3, Orluis Aular
Overall Ronda Pilipinas, Francisco Mancebo
Stage 1, Francisco Mancebo
Overall Tour de Kumano, Orluis Aular
Points classification, Orluis Aular
Stage 1, Orluis Aular
2021
Stage 2 Tour of Japan, José Vicente Toribio
Oita Urban Classic, Francisco Mancebo
2022
Tour of Japan
Points classification, Leonel Quintero
Mountains classification, Marino Kobayashi
Stage 2 Tour de Kumano, Leonel Quintero
2023
Stage 2 Tour of Japan, Georgios Bouglas

References

  1. ^ a b Takagi, Hideaki. スペイン選手3人加入　10人体制のマトリックス. Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  2. ^ "新チーム マトリックスパワータグ・スペシャライズド の体制". Cyclingtime.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Eduard Prades ficha por el equipo japonés Matrix Powertag". Escyclismo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  4. ^ "ホセ・ビセンテ、吉田隼人ら加入で戦闘力増すマトリックス". Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Matrix Powertag". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

External links

  • Official website Edit this at Wikidata