Feng Chun-kai (; born November 2, 1988) is a Taiwanese professional road and track cyclist, who currently rides for

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. He represented his nation

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, as a 19-year-old, at the

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and later won numerous medals in track cycling, specifically in the men's points race and individual pursuit, at the

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. Feng has also claimed five Taiwanese national titles in road cycling, and a prestigious gold medal at the

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Racing career

Feng was born in

Miaoli County Miaoli County (Mandarin Pinyin: ''miáo lì xiàn''; Hakka PFS: ''Mèu-li̍t-yen''; Hokkien POJ: ''Biâu-le̍k-koān'' or ''Miâu-le̍k-koān'') is a county in western Taiwan. Miaoli is adjacent with Hsinchu County and Hsinchu City to the nort ...

. 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

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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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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

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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

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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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, 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

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of Hong Kong for the pro cycling team. Feng started his initial season by participating in the

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, 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 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

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, 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 Gold medal asia

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

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

Individual pursuit, Asian Track Championships : 5th Road race,

;2010 : 1st NC Taipei Taiwan

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

Individual pursuit, Asian Track Championships : 7th Time trial, Asian Road Championships : 7th Overall

: 8th Overall

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: 9th

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: 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 ...

: 10th Overall

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;2011 : 1st NC Taipei Taiwan

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stages 1, 5 & 13 : 3rd Taiwan Cup : 9th Overall

;2012 : 1st Jersey polkadot

Mountains classification

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: 1st

Mountains classification

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: 1st Stage 3 Giant Cup : 2nd Silver medal asia

Scratch, Asian Track Championships : 3rd Overall

: 7th Overall

::1st

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

Road race,

: National Road Championships ::1st NC Taipei Taiwan

Road race ::1st NC Taipei Taiwan

Time trial : 1st Jersey polkadot

Mountains classification

: 1st Stage 1 Tour of East Taiwan : 7th Time trial, Asian Road Championships ;2014 : National Road Championships ::1st NC Taipei Taiwan

Road race ::1st NC Taipei Taiwan

Time trial : 1st Jersey polkadot

Mountains classification

: 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

: 10th Road race,

;2015 : National Road Championships ::1st NC Taipei Taiwan

Road race ::1st NC Taipei Taiwan

Time trial : 9th Time trial, Asian Road Championships ;2016 : Asian Road Championships ::5th Road race ::8th Time trial ;2018 : 3rd

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: 5th

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: Asian Road Championships ::9th Road race ::9th Time trial ;2019 : 1st NC Taipei Taiwan

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

Time trial ::3rd Bronze medal asia

Road race : 8th

: 9th Overall

;2020 : 4th Overall

::1st

Asian rider classification ;2021 : 1st NC Taipei Taiwan

Road race, National Road Championships ;2022 : 6th Overall

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