B&W was a chain of Swedish department stores founded in 1977 by a merger of Wessels and Bra. The chain was bought by KF in 1990 and in 2001 it changed names to Coop Forum.
Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe (VIG) with its registered office in Vienna, Austria, is one of the largest international insurance groups in Central and Eastern Europe with approximately 25,000 employees.
Coop Norrbotten Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Luleå, Sweden. The seating capacity of the arena is 6,300, and it is the home arena of the Luleå HF ice hockey team.
František Raboň is a Czech mountain biker for the Specialized Racing Factory Mountain Bike Team. He was formerly a road racing cyclist for UCI ProTeams HTC–Highroad, and Omega Pharma–Quick-Step.
Folksam is one of the largest insurance companies in Sweden. The company headquarters are located in Stockholm. Folksam consists of the two mutual insurance companies Folksam sak and Folksam liv. Folksam is today a Swedish insurance company only, after the sale in 2001 of the English subsidiary Folksam International.
Peter Velits is a retired Slovak professional road racing cyclist. His career highlights include third place overall and a stage win at the 2010 Vuelta a España, the 2007 World Under-23 Road Race Championships gold and the 2012 Tour of Oman overall victory. Velits is also known as strong time-trialist, winning three consecutive team time trials as a part of Omega Pharma–Quick-Step in 2012 and 2013 and riding on the BMC Racing Team in 2014 UCI Road World Championships. His twin brother, Martin Velits rides for Etixx–Quick-Step, having raced on the same teams every year until the end of the 2013 season.
The Czech Republic National Basketball League (NBL), known as the Kooperativa NBL for sponsorship reasons, and previously called the Mattoni NBL, for sponsorship reasons, is the top-tier level professional basketball league in the Czech Republic. It is run by the Asociace Ligových Klubů. The league operates under a promotion and relegation system. The bottom two NBL teams from each season's standings are relegated to the 2nd-tier level 1. Liga, while the top two 1. Liga teams from each season's standings are promoted to the NBL.
Maroš Kováč is a Slovak former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2017 for the De Nardi–Pasta Montegrappa and Dukla Banská Bystrica teams.
František Paďour is a Czech road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental team Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec.
Péter Kusztor is a Hungarian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Professional Continental team Team Novo Nordisk. He competed at the road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics finishing 65th. Kusztor won the 2010 and 2012 national road cycling championships.
Team Ljubljana Gusto Santic is a Continental cycling team founded in 1949. It is based in Slovenia and it participates in UCI Continental Circuits races.
Dukla Banská Bystrica is a Continental cycling team founded in 2004. It is based in Slovakia and it participates in UCI Continental Circuits races. Peter Sagan and Peter Velits were also part of the team.
Piotr Przydział is a Polish former racing cyclist. He won the Tour de Pologne 2000. He also rode in the men's road race at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Events from the year 1899 in Sweden
Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Sheydyk is a Ukrainian cyclist.
Team Konica Minolta–Bizhub was a South African cycling team that participated in the UCI Continental Circuits, primarily in the UCI Africa Tour, from 2005 until the end of the 2009 season. The team's main sponsor was Japanese technology company Konica Minolta. Notable former riders include four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome, who rode for the team in 2007.
Artur Detko is a Polish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team, Team Hurom.
Martin Prázdnovský is a Slovak former cyclist.
Esad Hasanović is a Serbian cyclist.
Rupert Probst is an Austrian former road cyclist.
