Li Fuyu

Chinese road bicycle racer

Rider (retired)
Directeur sportif

Professional teams2005–2006Marco Polo2007Discovery Channel2008–2009Trek–Marco Polo2010Team RadioShack2012–2013Hengxiang Cycling Team Managerial team2014–Hengxiang Cycling Team^[1] Major winsTour of Thailand (2006)
GP Westfalen (2006)

Li Fuyu (Chinese: 李富玉; born May 9, 1978) is a Chinese former professional road bicycle racer, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Hengxiang Cycling Team.^[2]

Career

Li rode with Marco Polo from 2005 to 2006, before switching to the Pro Tour Discovery Channel under coach Johan Bruyneel 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 Trek–Marco Polo for the 2008 season. In 2010, Li rode the newly formed Team RadioShack, reuniting with Bruyneel.

In April 2010, he was dismissed from Team RadioShack after a doping test revealed clenbuterol,^[3]^[4] a performance-enhancing compound.^[5]^[6] After completing his ban, he returned to the sport in 2012 as a coach and rider with the Hengxiang Cycling Team, which he had already coached since 2009. Li announced that he would retire from cycling competition at the end of the 2013 season.^[7]

Major results

2006

1st Overall Tour of Thailand

1st Stage 3

1st Westfalen Preis

7th Overall Tour of South China Sea

8th Overall Tour of Siam

10th Road race, Asian Games

2008

1st Stage 1 Jelajah Malaysia

4th Road race, Asian Road Championships

2012

1st

Greater China riders classification Tour of China II^[7]^[8]

4th Overall Tour of Fuzhou

References

^ "Hengxiang Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
^ "Hengxiang Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
^ Radioshack suspends Li after doping positive
^ http://www.cyclingnewsasia.com/en/news/43-general/625-china-li-fuyu-claims-innocence-experts-agree
^ "Alberto Contador tests positive for clenbuterol". 29 September 2010.
^ "Spanish meat production association denies Contador's allegations". 17 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Hengxiang Cycling bolsters roster with Ma". cyclingiq.com. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
^ "Stage11-TOC II". Tour of China. Retrieved 16 July 2014.