Leopard Riwal

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Leopard Riwal
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Team information
UCI codeLPC
Registered
  • Luxembourg (2012 to 2022)
  • Denmark (2023–)
Founded2012 (2012)
Discipline(s) Road
Status UCI Continental
Bicycles Giant
Key personnel
General managerMarkus Zingen
Team manager(s)
Team name history
2012–2013
2014–2015
2016–2022
2023–
Leopard-Trek Continental Team (LET)
Leopard Development Team (LDT)
Leopard Pro Cycling (LPC)
Leopard Riwal

Leopard Riwal is a Danish based team which acts as a development team for professional road racing cyclists. It was founded in 2012 and merged in 2023 with the Danish Riwal Cycling Team to form Leopard Riwal. [1] It was previously a team registered in Luxembourg but after the merge represented Denmark. [2]

Contents

Team roster

As of 1 January 2023. [3]
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Denmark.svg  Tobias Hansen  (DEN) (2002-03-10) 10 March 2002 (age 20)
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Loïc Bettendorff  (LUX) (2001-04-28) 28 April 2001 (age 21)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Mathias Bregnhøj  (DEN) (1995-11-11) 11 November 1995 (age 27)
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Colin Heiderscheid  (LUX) (1998-01-28) 28 January 1998 (age 24)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Oliver Knudsen  (DEN) (1999-01-08) 8 January 1999 (age 23)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Mads Østergaard Kristensen  (DEN) (1998-01-26) 26 January 1998 (age 24)
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Mil Morang  (LUX) (2004-09-15) 15 September 2004 (age 18)
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Tom Paquet  (LUX) (2002-06-28) 28 June 2002 (age 20)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Cedric Pries  (LUX) (2000-10-25) 25 October 2000 (age 22)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Robin Juel Skivild  (DEN) (2001-08-21) 21 August 2001 (age 21)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Andreas Stokbro  (DEN) (1997-04-08) 8 April 1997 (age 25)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Kasper Viberg Søgaard  (DEN) (2001-09-12) 12 September 2001 (age 21)
Flag of Germany.svg  Tim Torn Teutenberg  (GER) (2002-06-19) 19 June 2002 (age 20)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Nick van der Lijke  (NED) (1991-09-23) 23 September 1991 (age 31)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Emil Vinjebo  (DEN) (1994-03-24) 24 March 1994 (age 28)
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Mats Wenzel  (LUX) (2002-12-19) 19 December 2002 (age 20)

Major wins

Sources: [4] [5]

2012
Dorpenomloop Rucphen, Giorgio Brambilla
Overall Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux, Bob Jungels
GP Commune de Sanem, Joël Zangerlé
Overall Flèche du Sud, Bob Jungels
Stage 3, Julian Kern
Stage 4, Bob Jungels
Paris–Roubaix U23, Bob Jungels
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg National Time Trial Championships, Bob Jungels
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal National U23 Time Trial Championships, Fábio Silvestre
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova National Road Race Championships, Alexandre Pliuschin
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg National U23 Road Race Championships, Alex Kirsch
Stage 4 Giro della Valle d'Aosta, Bob Jungels
2013
Stage 1 Tour de Normandie, Fábio Silvestre
Overall Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux, Fábio Silvestre
Stage 4 Circuit des Ardennes, Fábio Silvestre
GP Marc Angel, Pit Schlechter
U23 Provincial Road Championship Flemish Brabant, Sean De Bie
Stage 4 Tour de Azerbaijan, Jan Hirt
Stage 1 Flèche du Sud, Kristian Haugaard Jensen
Omloop der Kempen, Eugenio Alafaci
Games of the Small States of Europe Road Race, Joël Zangerlé
Festival Cycliste Schifflange, Tom Thill
Stage 4 Ronde de l'Oise, Fábio Silvestre
Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour
European Championship U23 Road Race, Sean De Bie
Team Designa Køkken Criterium, Kristian Haugaard Jensen
TT Preizendaul, Pit Schlechter
Stages 1 & 5 Tour of China, Daniel Klemme
2014
Ronde van Overijssel, Dennis Coenen
2017
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg National U23 Time Trial Championships, Tom Wirtgen
Stage 2 International Tour of Rhodes, Szymon Rekita
Stage 3b Le Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux, Aksel Nōmmela
2018
Stage 1 Tour du Jura Cycliste, Szymon Rekita
Overall Carpathian Couriers Race, Filip Maciejuk
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg National U23 Time Trial Championships, Pit Leyder
2019
Stage 3 Tour of Antalya, Szymon Rekita

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References

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