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Li Fuyu
Personal information
Full name	Li Fuyu
Born	May 9, 1978 (age 45); Jinan, China
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Team information
Current team	Hengxiang Cycling Team
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider (retired); Directeur sportif;
Professional teams
2005–2006	Marco Polo
2007	Discovery Channel
2008–2009	Trek–Marco Polo
2010	Team RadioShack
2012–2013	Hengxiang Cycling Team
Managerial team
2014–	Hengxiang Cycling Team
Major wins
	Tour 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[edit]

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]