Matrix Powertag

Matrix Powertag (マトリックスパワータグ, Matorikkusu Pawātagu) is a UCI Continental cycling team based in Japan.[1] It was founded in 2006.[2] For the 2014 season, the team added several riders from Spain,[1] including Eduard Prades for the last part of the season.[3] Masahiro Yasuhara is currently the manager of the team.[4]

Matrix Powertag
Team information
UCI codeMTR
RegisteredJapan
Founded2006
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI Continental
BicyclesFocus
WebsiteTeam home page
Key personnel
General managerMasahiro Yasuhara
Team manager(s)Tsugumi Kimura
Team name history
2006
2007–
Matrix
Matrix Powertag

Team roster
As of 13 April 2020.[5][6]
Rider Date of birth
 Airan Fernández (ESP) (1988-10-30) 30 October 1988
 Ryosuke Hashimoto (JPN) (1992-03-08) 8 March 1992
 Tomoya Kano (JPN) (1973-07-14) 14 July 1973
 Ryohei Komori (JPN) (1988-09-26) 26 September 1988
 Francisco Mancebo (ESP) (1976-03-09) 9 March 1976
 Naoki Mukaigawa (JPN) (1980-12-27) 27 December 1980
Rider Date of birth
 Leonel Quintero (VEN) (1997-03-13) 13 March 1997
 José Vicente Toribio (ESP) (1985-12-22) 22 December 1985
 Kazuyuki Uemasu (JPN) (1997-04-19) 19 April 1997
 Daiki Yasuhara (JPN) (1991-08-12) 12 August 1991
 Hayato Yoshida (JPN) (1989-05-19) 19 May 1989

Major wins
2007
Stage 2 Tour of Thailand, Masahiko Mifune
2011
Stage 2 Tour de Hokkaido, Takahiro Yamashita
2012
Stage 2 Tour of Malopolska, Mariusz Wiesiak
2014
Stage 5 Tour of Thailand, Sebastián Mora
2015
Stage 2 Tour de Ijen, Benjamin Prades
Stage 4 Tour of Japan, Benjamin Prades
Overall Tour de Kumano, Benjamin Prades
Stage 2, Benjamin Prades
2017
Overall Tour de Kumano, José Vicente Toribio
Young rider classification Kenji Takubo
Tour de Okinawa, Junya Sano
2018
Stage 3 Tour de Kumano, Junya Sano
2019
Points classification Vuelta al Tachira en Bicicleta, Orluis Aular
Stage 3, Orluis Aular
Overall Ronda Pilipinas, Francisco Mancebo
Stage 1, Francisco Mancebo
Overall Tour de Kumano, Orluis Aular
Points classification, Orluis Aular
Stage 1, Orluis Aular

References
  1. Takagi, Hideaki. スペイン選手3人加入　10人体制のマトリックス. Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  2. "新チーム マトリックスパワータグ・スペシャライズド の体制". Cyclingtime.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  3. "Eduard Prades ficha por el equipo japonés Matrix Powertag". Escyclismo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  4. "ホセ・ビセンテ、吉田隼人ら加入で戦闘力増すマトリックス". Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  5. "Matrix Powertag". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  6. "Ciclista Leonel Quintero se une al Matrix Power Tag de Japón" [Cyclist Leonel Quintero joins Matrix Power Tag of Japan]. El Informador (in Spanish). El Informador C.A. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.


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