# RTS–Monton Racing Team

RTS Racing Team (UCI team code: RTS) is a Taiwanese UCI Continental cycling team managed by Wen Chin Lin and sponsored by Giant Bicycles, Kinlin Industrial Corporation, Kenda, Kalloy, OGK Helmet, Yaban Chain, Ashima, Exustar, Smanie, Cionlli, XPEDO, VIM Group and Adidas Eyewear.

## History

RTS Racing Team was established by president Liu of Corporation unofficially around 1990. Lin Qing Fa was appointed coach in 1992, and was later replaced by Lin Wen Chin. Over its first decade, RTS Racing Team became Mountain biking and Road racing champions in Taiwan, and represented Taiwan in many races abroad.
In 2002, RTS Racing Team was formally established, under the name Giant Asia Racing Team, by general manager Liu Yong Chang. Lin Wen Chin was appointed as the manager of the team, and it was officially registered as a Trade Team III, the first such team registered in Asia. Together with Giant, thirteen other financial sponsors helped cover the expenditure of the cycling team.

## Team roster

| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Chen Chien Chou (TWN) | Chen Chien Chou (TWN) | (1997-12-02) 2 December 1997 (age 26) |
| Chin Chao Kai (TWN) | Chin Chao Kai (TWN) | (1993-07-15) 15 July 1993 (age 31) |
| Ruslan Karimov (UZB) | Ruslan Karimov (UZB) | (1986-05-22) 22 May 1986 (age 38) |
| Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR) | Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR) | (1992-02-22) 22 February 1992 (age 32) |
| Muradjan Khalmuratov (UZB) | Muradjan Khalmuratov (UZB) | (1982-06-11) 11 June 1982 (age 42) |
| Liu Jia Liang (TWN) | Liu Jia Liang (TWN) | (1994-09-23) 23 September 1994 (age 30) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Jambaljamts Sainbayar (MNG) | Jambaljamts Sainbayar (MNG) | (1996-09-04) 4 September 1996 (age 28) |
| Alexei Shnyrko (BLR) | Alexei Shnyrko (BLR) | (1994-05-12) 12 May 1994 (age 30) |
| Artem Tesler (UKR) | Artem Tesler (UKR) | (1988-10-12) 12 October 1988 (age 35) |
| Tuulkhangai Tuguldur (MNG) | Tuulkhangai Tuguldur (MNG) | (1985-06-17) 17 June 1985 (age 39) |
| Wen Hai Tao (TWN) | Wen Hai Tao (TWN) | (1997-05-04) 4 May 1997 (age 27) |

## Major wins
### 2002

    Overall Tour de Korea, Tang Xuezhong
       Stages 2 & 4, Tang Xuezhong
    Stage 5 Tour of Bulgaria, Jamsrangiin Ölzii-Orshikh
    Overall Perlis Open, Jamsrangiin Ölzii-Orshikh
       Stage 1, Jamsrangiin Ölzii-Orshikh
       Stage 3, Paul Redenbach
    Tour de Okinawa, Paul Redenbach

### 2003

    Overall Tour de Korea, Glen Chadwick
       Stage 3, Glen Chadwick
    Stage 4b Tour of Queensland, Brett Aitken

### 2004

    Ireland Time Trial Championships, David McCann
    Overall Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Ahad Kazemi
    Stages 1 & 2 Tour de Korea, David McCann

### 2005

    Ireland Time Trial Championships, David McCann
    Overall Kerman Tour, Hossein Askari
       Stage 2, Ghader Mizbani
    Overall Tour de Korea, David McCann
       Stage 2, David McCann
    Overall Azerbaijan Tour, Ghader Mizbani
       Prologue, Hossein Askari
       Stage 2, Ghader Mizbani
       Stage 3, David McCann
       Stage 5, Paul Griffin
    Overall Tour de East Java, Ahad Kazemi
       Stage 1, Paul Griffin
       Stage 2, Ahad Kazemi
       Stage 4, Ghader Mizbani
    Stage 5 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Ghader Mizbani
    Overall Tour de Indonesia, Hossein Askari
       Stage 1, Paul Griffin
       Stage 2, David McCann
       Stage 3, Hossein Askari
    Overall Tour of Milad du Nour, David McCann
       Stage 1, David McCann
       Stage 6, Ahad Kazemi
    Stage 6 Herald Sun Tour, David McCann
    Overall Tour de Taiwan, Ahad Kazemi
       Stage 4, Ahad Kazemi

### 2006

    Ireland Road Race Championships, David McCann
    Iran Time Trial Championships, Ghader Mizbani
    Stage 7 Tour of Siam, Daniel Lloyd
    Stage 1 & 4 Tour of Thailand, David McCann
    Overall Kerman Tour, Ghader Mizbani
       Stage 1, Ghader Mizbani
       Stages 2 & 4, Hossein Askari
    Overall Tour de Korea, Tobias Erler
       Stage 3, Tobias Erler
    Overall Azerbaijan Tour, Ghader Mizbani
       Stage 2, Hossein Askari
    Overall Tour de East Java, Ghader Mizbani
       Stage 4, Ghader Mizbani
    Stage 4 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Daniel Lloyd
    Stage 5 Tour of Qinghai Lake, David McCann
    Overall Tour of Milad du Nour, Ghader Mizbani
       Stage 2, Ghader Mizbani
       Stages 6 & 7, Hossein Askari
    Overall Tour de Indonesia, David McCann

### 2007

    Iran Road Race Championships, Ghader Mizbani
    Iran Time Trial Championships, Hossein Askari
    Stage 4 Jelajah Malaysia, Hossein Askari
    Stage 7 Jelajah Malaysia, Lai Kuan-Hua
    Overall Tour of Siam, Jai Crawford
       Stage 4, Ghader Mizbani
    Stage 4 Tour de Taiwan, Ghader Mizbani
    Stage 1 Kerman Tour, Ghader Mizbani
    Stage 3 Kerman Tour, Hossein Askari
    Overall Azerbaijan Tour, Hossein Askari
       Stage 2, Hossein Askari
       Stages 3 & 8, Ahad Kazemi
    Stage 4 Ghader Mizbani
    Overall Tour of Milad du Nour, Ghader Mizbani
       Stage 4, Ahad Kazemi
       Stage 5, Ghader Mizbani

### 2008

    Stage 6 Tour de Korea, David McCann
    Overall Tour of Thailand, Alex Coutts
       Stage 2, Stefan Löffler

### 2010

    Ireland Time Trial Championships, David McCann
    Kyrgyzstan Road Race Championships, Eugen Wacker
    Kyrgyzstan Time Trial Championships, Eugen Wacker
    Overall Tour de Taiwan, David McCann
       Stage 1, David McCann
    Stage 1 Tour of Thailand, David McCann
    Overall Tour de Filipinas, David McCann
       Stages 1 & 4, David McCann
    Overall Melaka Governor's Cup, David McCann
       Stage 1, David McCann
    Overall Jelajah Malaysia, David McCann
    Stages 4 & 6 Tour of China, Rico Rogers

### 2011

    Stage 7 Tour de Taiwan, Rico Rogers

### 2012

    Stage 2 Jelajah Malaysia, Jai Crawford

### 2013

    Uzbekistan Road Race Championships, Muradjan Khalmuratov
    Uzbekistan Time Trial Championships, Muradjan Khalmuratov
    Stage 4 Tour de Ijen, Rahim Emami
    Overall Tour of Fuzhou, Rahim Emami
       Stage 1, Boris Shpilevsky
       Stage 2, Rahim Emami
    Sea Games Myanmar Road Race, Alex Ariya Destribois-Coudroy

### 2014

    Uzbekistan Road Race Championships, Ruslan Karimov
    Stage 7 Tour of China I, Boris Shpilevsky
    Overall Tour of China II, Boris Shpilevsky
       Stages 2 & 5, Boris Shpilevsky
    Stages 5 & 9 Tour of Taihu Lake, Boris Shpilevsky
    Stage 1 Tour of Fuzhou, Boris Shpilevsky

### 2015

    Stage 5 Tour de Taiwan, Tino Thömel
    Stage 8 Tour de Korea, Tino Thömel
    South Korea Road Race Championships, Park Sang-hong
    Stage 7 Tour of Hainan, Tino Thömel
    Stage 2 Tour of Yancheng Coastal Wetlands, Tino Thömel

### 2018

    Uzbekistan Road Race Championships, Muradjan Khalmuratov