Riwal Cycling Team
| Team information | |
|---|---|
| UCI code | RIW |
| Registered | Himmerland, Denmark |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Status | UCI Continental |
| Bicycles | Pinarello |
| Key personnel | |
| General manager | Mogens Kristensen |
| Team manager(s) | Michael Blaudzun[1] |
| Team name history | |
2009 2010–2012 2013 2014 2015–2017 2018– | Concordia–Vesthimmerland Concordia Forsikring–Himmerland Concordia Forsikring–Riwal Riwal Cycling Team Riwal Platform Cycling Team Riwal CeramicSpeed Cycling Team |
Riwal CeramicSpeed Cycling Team is a Danish professional cycling team based in Himmerland that competes on the UCI Continental Circuits.[2]
Riwal Platform participates in races in many countries around Europe. Most popular achievement in DK has been Post Denmark, Olympia tours in the Netherlands and Tour of Slovakia.
In Post Denmark the team won the hill jersey (Martin Mortensen). In Olympia tours the team gained a rank of top 10 (Kasper Klostegaard), and in tour of Slovakia the team won a stage (by Martin Mortensen) and the team competition.
The team has 13 full-time riders. Most of the team riders are Danish but also includes Swedish members. The team has one sports manager and several freelancers.
About 70 businesspartners support Riwal Cycling Team by small and large sponsorships. The end of season 2013 Nikola Aistrup conquered the points in the first days of the Tour of Denmark and later he took second place in the final Post Cup department: The rider, who for years has been one of the backbones at Concordia Forsikring–Riwal has recently signed with the new team, which from 2014 will run under Riwal name.
Team roster
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Major wins
- 2010
- Stage 8 Vuelta Mexico, Philip Nielsen
- Scandinavian Race, Philip Nielsen
- 2011
- Stage 2b Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux, Rasmus Guldhammer
Denmark Time Trial Championships, Rasmus Quaade- 2012
- Stage 1 Tour d'Algérie, Lars Andersson
- 2013
- Stage 2 Tour de Normandie, Martin Mortensen
- Stage 4 Tour de Slovaquie, Martin Mortensen
- 2014
- Scandinavian Race, Jonas Aaen Jørgensen
- Stages 3 & 4 Dookola Mazowsza, Alex Rasmussen
- 2015
- Scandinavian Race, Nicolai Brøchner
- 2016
- Himmerland Rundt, Jonas Gregaard Wilsly
- 2017
- Himmerland Rundt, Nicolai Brøchner
- Ronde van Overijssel, Nicolai Brøchner
- Scandinavian Race, Nicolai Brøchner
- 2018
- Stage 3 Flèche du Sud, Andreas Kron
- Stage 2 Tour of Estonia, Andreas Stokbro
- Denmark U23 Time Trial Championships, Mathias Norsgaard
References
- ^ "Stab". Riwalcyclingteam.dk. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ "Team Concordia Forsikring-Himmerland Website". Team Concordia Forsikring-Himmerland. Retrieved 15 July 2011.