Matrix Powertag

Matrix Powertag
The team in 2019
Team information
UCI codeMTR
RegisteredJapan
Founded2006 (2006)
DisciplineRoad
StatusClub
WebsiteTeam home page
Key personnel
General manager
Masahiro Yasuhara
Team name history
2006
2007–
Matrix
Matrix Powertag

Matrix Powertag (マトリックスパワータグ, Matorikkusu Pawātagu) is a cycling team based in Japan formerly registered as UCI continental team in 2006–2025. It was founded in 2006. For the 2014 season, the team added several riders from Spain, including Eduard Prades for the last part of the season. Masahiro Yasuhara is currently the manager of the team.

Team roster

As of 10 June 2023.
Rider Date of birth
 Georgios Bouglas (GRE) (1990-11-17) 17 November 1990 (age 35)
 Tomoya Kano (JPN) (1973-07-14) 14 July 1973 (age 53)
 Marino Kobayashi (JPN) (1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 (age 32)
 Ryohei Komori (JPN) (1988-09-26) 26 September 1988 (age 38)
 Francisco Mancebo (ESP) (1976-03-09) 9 March 1976 (age 50)
Rider Date of birth
 Edgar Nieto (ESP) (1986-07-28) 28 July 1986 (age 40)
 Junya Sano (JPN) (1982-01-09) 9 January 1982 (age 44)
 Kenji Takubo (JPN) (1995-09-11) 11 September 1995 (age 31)
 José Vicente Toribio (ESP) (1985-12-22) 22 December 1985 (age 40)
 Daiki Yasuhara (JPN) (1991-08-12) 12 August 1991 (age 35)

Major wins

2007
Stage 2 Tour of Thailand, Masahiko Mifune
2011
Stage 2 Tour de Hokkaido, Takahiro Yamashita
2012
Stage 2 Tour of Małopolska, Mariusz Wiesiak
2014
Stage 5 Tour of Thailand, Sebastián Mora
2015
Stage 2 Tour de Ijen, Benjamín Prades
Stage 4 Tour of Japan, Benjamín Prades
Overall Tour de Kumano, Benjamín Prades
Stage 2, Benjamín 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 Táchira, 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
2021
Stage 2 Tour of Japan, José Vicente Toribio
Oita Urban Classic, Francisco Mancebo
2022
Tour of Japan
Points classification, Leonel Quintero
Mountains classification, Marino Kobayashi
Stage 2 Tour de Kumano, Leonel Quintero
2023
Stage 2 Tour of Japan, Georgios Bouglas

References

  1. 1 2 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. ↑ 2026年Jプロツアーチーム確定 マトリックスパワータグ活動終了を発表 (in Japanese). cyclowired.jp. 18 December 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Eduard Prades ficha por el equipo japonés Matrix Powertag". Escyclismo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Matrix Powertag". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 10 June 2023.