Taishan Leopard is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Taishan Sports Group, its brand PARDUS Leopard focuses on the production and research and development of high-end sports bicycles, and for more than ten years, PARDUS Leopard has accompanied countless athletes to appear on the field around the world.
In 2022, PARDUS and the China Cycling Association jointly formed a new UCI intercontinental team, the China Glory Continental Cycling Team.
The team has training bases in France and China, laying a solid foundation for UCI professional road cycling events around the world and preparing for the Olympic Games.
Independent sports bicycle brand, impacting a higher stage
The China Huaxing Intercontinental Cycling Team will use PARDUS to compete. Since its establishment, Taishan Ruibao has been committed to the research and development and production of sports bicycles and the promotion of bicycle culture, providing Olympic-level bicycle equipment for the Chinese national team. At the Rio Olympics and the Tokyo Olympics, PARDUS Ruibao initially achieved its goal of landing in the Olympic Games. In the future, PARDUS will continue to strive to create a competitive weapon that truly belongs to the top road car racing field.
The first chariots of the Huaxing team were the PARDUS Leopard flagship integrated road car, the Robin Evo, which has a highly integrated aerodynamic appearance with a disc brake full internal cable design and integrated aerodynamic handlebars. The frame material is made of Toray T1100, T800, M40 high-strength high-modulus carbon fiber, and through EPS+ latex lost molding technology and accurate carbon cloth cutting and stacking, the M-size frame weighs only 750g. The team version of the livery is based on Chinese red, presenting bright Chinese elements, echoing the team uniform. Combined with Shimano's latest generation 9270 disc brake wireless electronic transmission system and Elite carbon fiber wheelset, the vehicle weighs close to the UCI rule limit of 6.8 kg. With its lightweight body, strong rigidity and pneumatic tubular design, Robin Evo is not afraid of challenges, whether it is on a winding mountain road or a flat road with strong winds.
Team lineup
Huaxing Team is committed to providing a high-quality platform for Chinese cycling to go global, and its mission is to help Chinese athletes board the Tour de France. The team has assembled a management team with extensive experience in European racing. The team lineup consists of 12 outstanding drivers from home and abroad.
Nazarbek Becken: Ranked eighth in the Circle of Dubai's Best Newcomers list. Buick will join hands with Lu Xianjing in the opening battle – around Turkey.
Lv Xianjing: Won the overall championship in the 2019 Tour of China II, and is the first driver in China to win the overall championship of the UCI Intercontinental 2.1 class in recent years.
Xu Changquan: He won two silver medals in the men's team pursuit and Madison at the Shaanxi National Games, and has a very good comprehensive ability, and I believe that in the single-day competition in Europe, he can get more exercise.
Xue Ming: Winning the gold medal in the individual time trial event of the National Road Championships in 2020, I believe that in the fiercely competitive European arena, Xue Ming, who dares to fight, has the opportunity to find a place.
Zeng Chao: A double-track road rider who has participated in many intercontinental professional road races such as the Tour of China, The Taihu Lake and the Quanzhou Bay, and has rich experience in the young drivers.
Zhang Changsheng: Won the championship in the road group competition of the Shaanxi National Games. With a keen sense of smell and excellent game reading ability, Zhang Changsheng's future has unlimited possibilities.
Sean Bennett, the American driver, represented The Kubecca team at the Tour de France in 2021. Bennett is one of the most powerful players in the Huaxing team and looks forward to his rise again.
Lucas De Rossi, a French driver who has played for Delko Team, has extensive Experience in European and Asian Professional Racing and is sure to help the team adapt to the rhythms of the European race.
Reinier Honig, a Dutch driver with a nearly 20-year career, has competed in hundreds of single-day races, large and small, including 7 liège-Bastohn-Liège and 1 Paris-Roubaix. As the elder of the Huaxing team, he will use experience to guide young athletes to grow.
Willie Smit, a South African driver, has won the gold medal in the individual time trials of the African Championships. In 2018, Schmidt joined the World Tour racing team Katyusha O'Peppers, and during his two years with the team, he participated in a number of road car World Tour events, including the Tour de la Circus, the Tour de Switzerland, and the Basque Country.
Hayden Strong, a New Zealand rider, went to the University of Maryland in 2017 to study at the University of Maryland, a prestigious cycling university in the United States, and began to compete in domestic competitions in the United States. In the United States, Hayden has competed in more than 200 cycling races of all levels and won 8 victories. This year, Hayden joined Huaxing, ushering in his first professional season in Europe.
Etienne van Empel, Dutch rider, entered road cycling in 2013 with the Dutch Labo Bank Development Team. He won the third place in the tour of Taiwan, and participated in and completed the Tour de Italy in 202.
Vision for the development of Huaxing Racing Team
Huaxing Team is committed to the continuous progress of Cycling in China, establishing a more smooth platform to help team members compete on the same stage with the world at a high level. Driven by a professional management team and experienced international athletes, Chinese drivers can learn the international cutting-edge training and technical and tactical concepts. The Chinese team will also have the opportunity to be stationed at the team's European base camp all year round, conducting daily training and participating in local professional events.
With the development of the team, the team will also send more Chinese drivers to compete in the European car world, and integrate the resources of the team to form a women's professional team. Compete for UCI points and Olympic qualification for the continental men's and women's road car events.
Participating in professional road racing as an intercontinental team is the starting point of Huaxing Team. We believe that the China Huaxing Cycling Team will continue to make progress in the future, relying on UCI's new team-level lifting and lowering mechanism, and strive to become UCI's top World Tour team, board the highest stage of cycling - the Tour de France, and use cycling to tell the Chinese story and spread the Chinese voice on the stage of world-class sports events!
Edit: HCY
Source: Leopard