Feng Chun-kai (; born November 2, 1988) is a Taiwanese professional road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He represented his nation

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, as a 19-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics and later won numerous medals in track cycling, specifically in the men's points race and individual pursuit, at the Asian Cycling Championships, Asian Championships. Feng has also claimed five Taiwanese national titles in road cycling, and a prestigious gold medal at the 2013 East Asian Games in Tianjin

Racing career

Feng was born in Miaoli County. 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 for the gold medal in men's point race at the 2007 Asian Cycling Championships in Bangkok, Thailand. Signifying an official start of his cycling career, Feng qualified for the Chinese Taipei squad in the Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's points race, men's points race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving a wild card invitation from the Union Cycliste Internationale (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 2009 East Asian Games, East Asian Games. 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 in the Midwestern United States, Midwest region of the United States. 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 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Feng ended his five-year drought by edging out Thailand's Turakit Boonratanathanakorn and home favorite Harrif Saleh 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 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, 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 2013 East Asian Games, East Asian Games in Tianjin, China. 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. Feng placed third in the 2019 Asian Road Cycling Championships, and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics. He became the first Taiwanese cyclist to qualify for the Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race, Olympic men's road cycling event since Chen Chih-hao in 1996.

Major results

;2007 : 1st Gold medal asia

Points race, 2007 Asian Cycling Championships#Track, Asian Track Championships ;2009 : 1st NC Taipei Taiwan

Road race, Taiwanese National Road Championships, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 2 Giant Cup : 1st Stage 2 Tour of East Taiwan : 3rd Bronze medal asia

Individual pursuit, 2009 Asian Cycling Championships#Track, Asian Track Championships : 5th Road race, 2009 East Asian Games, East Asian Games ;2010 : 1st NC Taipei Taiwan

Road race, Taiwanese National Road Championships, National Road Championships : 1st Overall Giant Cup : 2nd Silver medal asia

Individual pursuit, 2010 Asian Cycling Championships#Track, Asian Track Championships : 7th Time trial, 2010 Asian Cycling Championships#Road, Asian Road Championships : 7th Overall Tour de Taiwan : 8th Overall Tour de East Java : 9th Cycling at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's individual pursuit, Individual pursuit, Cycling at the 2010 Asian Games, Asian Games : 9th Overall Tour de Hokkaido : 10th Overall Tour de Singkarak ;2011 : 1st NC Taipei Taiwan

Road race, Taiwanese National Road Championships, National Road Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall International Cycling Classic ::1st Stages 1, 5 & 13 : 3rd Taiwan Cup : 9th Overall Tour de Singkarak ;2012 : 1st Jersey polkadot

Mountains classification Tour de Filipinas : 1st Jersey polkadot

Mountains classification Tour of Fuzhou : 1st Stage 3 Giant Cup : 2nd Silver medal asia

Scratch, 2012 Asian Cycling Championships#Track, Asian Track Championships : 3rd Overall Tour de Singkarak : 7th Overall Tour de Taiwan ::1st Jersey polkadot

Mountains classification : 10th Road race, 2012 Asian Cycling Championships#Road, Asian Road Championships ;2013 : 1st Gold medal blank

Road race, 2013 East Asian Games, East Asian Games : Taiwanese National Road Championships, National Road Championships ::1st NC Taipei Taiwan

Road race ::1st NC Taipei Taiwan

Time trial : 1st Jersey polkadot

Mountains classification Tour de Taiwan : 1st Stage 1 Tour of East Taiwan : 7th Time trial, 2013 Asian Cycling Championships#Road, Asian Road Championships ;2014 : Taiwanese National Road Championships, National Road Championships ::1st NC Taipei Taiwan

Road race ::1st NC Taipei Taiwan

Time trial : 1st Jersey polkadot

Mountains classification Tour de Taiwan : 6th Overall Tour of Thailand ::1st Stage 3 : 8th Time trial, 2014 Asian Cycling Championships#Road, Asian Road Championships : 8th Overall Tour de East Java : 10th Cycling at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's road race, Road race, Cycling at the 2014 Asian Games, Asian Games ;2015 : Taiwanese National Road Championships, National Road Championships ::1st NC Taipei Taiwan

Road race ::1st NC Taipei Taiwan

Time trial : 9th Time trial, 2015 Asian Cycling Championships#Road, Asian Road Championships ;2016 : 2016 Asian Cycling Championships#Road, Asian Road Championships ::5th Road race ::8th Time trial ;2018 : 3rd Tour de Okinawa : 5th Cycling at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's individual time trial, Time trial, Cycling at the 2018 Asian Games, Asian Games : 2018 Asian Road Cycling Championships, Asian Road Championships ::9th Road race ::9th Time trial ;2019 : 1st NC Taipei Taiwan

Time trial, Taiwanese National Road Championships, National Road Championships : 2019 Asian Road Cycling Championships, Asian Road Championships ::2nd Silver medal asia

Time trial ::3rd Bronze medal asia

Road race : 8th Tour de Okinawa : 9th Overall Tour de Taiwan ;2020 : 4th Overall Tour de Taiwan ::1st Jersey blue

Asian rider classification ;2021 : 1st NC Taipei Taiwan

Road race, Taiwanese National Road Championships, National Road Championships ;2022 : 6th Overall Tour de Taiwan ::1st Asian rider classification

References

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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 of Taiwan People from Miaoli County Cyclists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Chinese Taipei Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics