Li Fuyu ( zh, 李富玉; born May 9, 1978) is a Chinese former professional

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, who currently works as a

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for UCI Continental team .

Career

Li rode with from 2005 to 2006, before switching to the Pro Tour under coach

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for the 2007 season. The Discovery Channel team was disbanded at the end of the highly successful 2007 season, and Li moved on to the newly re-established China-based for the 2008 season. In 2010, Li rode the newly formed , reuniting with Bruyneel. In April 2010, he was dismissed from after a doping test revealed

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, a performance-enhancing compound. After completing his ban, he returned to the sport in 2012 as a coach and rider with the , which he had already coached since 2009. Li announced that he would retire from cycling competition at the end of the 2013 season.

Major results

;2006 : 1st 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 : 1st Westfalen Preis : 7th Overall

Tour of South China Sea The Tour of South China Sea is an annual professional road bicycle racing classic one-day race held in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau since 1996 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It has been held during Christmas holiday every year since 1996 to celeb ...

: 8th Overall Tour of Siam : 10th Road race,

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;2008 : 1st Stage 1

Jelajah Malaysia The Jelajah Malaysia is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Malaysia since 1963. The race is part of the UCI Asia Tour and was classified by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category races. The race exists ...

: 4th Road race, Asian Road Championships ;2012 : 1st Jersey white

Greater China riders classification

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II : 4th Overall

Tour of Fuzhou Tour of Fuzhou is a men's one-day cycle race which takes place in China and was rated by the UCI as 2.1 (rated 2.2 until the 2016 edition) and forms part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing com ...

References

External links

Profile at ThePaceline.com
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