Matrix Powertag Explained

Matrix Powertag
Code:	MTR
Registered:	Japan
Founded:	2006
Discipline:	Road
Status:	UCI Continental
Bicycles:	Focus
Website:	http://team-matrix.jp/
Generalmanager:	Masahiro Yasuhara
Season:	2006 2007–
Oldname:	Matrix Matrix Powertag

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, including Eduard Prades for the last part of the season.^[3] Masahiro Yasuhara is currently the manager of the team.^[4]

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

Points classification, Leonel Quintero

Mountains classification, Marino Kobayashi

Stage 2 Tour de Kumano, Leonel Quintero

2023

Stage 2 Tour of Japan, Georgios Bouglas

Notes and References

Web site: Takagi. Hideaki. ja:スペイン選手3人加入　10人体制のマトリックス. http://www.cyclowired.jp/?q=node/128763. Cyclowired. 12 October 2014. Japanese.
Web site: 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. 19 December 2014. Japanese.
Web site: Eduard Prades ficha por el equipo japonés Matrix Powertag. Escyclismo.com. 19 December 2014. Spanish.
Web site: 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. 23 May 2015. Japanese.