Wu Kin San (; born May 4, 1985, in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

) is a Hong Kong professional road cyclist, who last rode for the team.

Professional career

Wu began cycling at the age of twelve, and having shown his great talent and passion for sport, turned pro just 8 years later. In 2005, he claimed numerous titles road race at the Tour of South China Sea in

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and

, while playing for Purapharm Cycling Team. A year later, Wu signed a contract with to undergo a training in

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. Following his return to Hong Kong, Wu supposedly started his first race for the

Tour of Qinghai Lake The Tour of Qinghai Lake is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in the Qinghai province of China since 2002, named after Qinghai Lake. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.HC race as part of ...

, but decided to withdraw from the tour. Few months later, his contract with the Italian pro cycling firm ended. In 2007, Wu started his season with the Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team by winning his first ever national Under-23 championship title in 2 hours, 10 minutes, and 16 seconds. A year later, Wu switched his focus to the

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, where he finished the men's road race in 88th place with a time of 7:05:57. Wu also became the first ever cyclist from Hong Kong to successfully complete the Olympic road race.

Career highlights

;2005 : 1st Stage 6

Tour d'Indonesia The Tour de Indonesia is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Java, Indonesia since 2004. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race as part of the UCI Asia Tour. History Several ...

, Malang (INA) : 1st Overall Tour of South China Sea :: 1st Stages 1, 3 & 8 ;2006 : 1st Stage 1

Tour of Siam The Tour of Siam was an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Thailand from 2005 to 2007 as part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 ...

, Saphan Hin (THA) ;2007 : 1st National Road Race Championships : 1st National Under-23 Road Race Championships ;2008 : 3rd Overall Cepa Tour ;2009 : 4th Hong Kong Criterium Series ;2010 : 4th National Road Race Championships : 1st Stage 2 Hong Kong Road Race : 2nd Hong Kong Criterium Series : 10th Tour of South China Sea ;2012 : 4th National Road Race Championships

References

External links

NBC 2008 Olympics profilePlayer Bio – Champion System
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wu, Kin San 1985 births Living people Hong Kong male cyclists Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Hong Kong Cyclists at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Hong Kong