The RTS Racing Team won the Group title in the Tour of Fuzhou cycling race held from Nov 16 to 18 in Fuzhou, capital of east China's Fujian province.

The RTS Racing Team is a Taiwan UCI (International Cycling Union) Continental cycling team.

More than 200 professional athletes and coaches from about 20 teams representing 13 countries and regions took part in the event, and Iranian-born cyclist Rahim Emami, a member of the RTS team, won first prize in the individual category.

Wu Peilun, 23, from the Chinese mainland, won first prize in the Greater China Riders individual category, and also ranked sixth in the general category.

The three-day race covered a distance of about 365 kilometers divided into 3 stages, and the route passed through the district of Mawei and the county of Yongtai - and also the mountain resorts of Qingyun and Yunding.

The UCI recognized the event as a level 2.2 race in the 2012-2013 UCI Asia Tour Calendar.

By Lu Ting and Lai Yanxiang from China Daily Fujian Bureau

Wu Peilun, 23, of Chinese mainland, won first prize in the Greater China Riders individual category. [Photo by Lai Yanxiang/China Daily]

The RTS Racing Team won the Group title in the 2013 Tour of Fuzhou cycling race. [Photo by Lai Yanxiang/China Daily]

Cyclists take part in the Tour of Fuzhou cycling race. [Photo by Chen Lixin/For China Daily]