Riwal Cycling Team

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Riwal Cycling Team
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Team information
UCI codeRIW
Registered Himmerland, Denmark
Founded2009 (2009)
Discipline(s) Road
Status
Bicycles Pinarello
Key personnel
General managerMogens Tveskov
Team manager(s)
  • Michael Skelde
  • Peter-Lee Jefferies
Team name history
2009
2010–2012
2013
2014
2015–2017
2018
2019–2020
2020
2021–2022
Concordia–Vesthimmerland
Concordia Forsikring–Himmerland
Concordia Forsikring–Riwal
Riwal Cycling Team
Riwal Platform Cycling Team
Riwal CeramicSpeed Cycling Team
Riwal–Readynez Cycling Team
Riwal Securitas Cycling Team
Riwal Cycling Team

Riwal Cycling Team was a Danish UCI Continental cycling team based in Himmerland. [1] Riwal participated in races in many countries around Europe. The team's most popular achievements have been the Danmark Rundt, the Olympia's Tour in the Netherlands and the Okolo Slovenska. The team had 10 full-time riders. Most of the team riders were Danish but also includes Swedish, Dutch and Norwegian members. The team had one sports manager and several freelancers. It was founded in 2009 and merged in 2023 with team Leopard Pro Cycling from Luxemburg, to form Leopard Riwal. [2]

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Team history

About 70 business partners support the 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 ran under the Riwal name.

It was announced on 22 August 2020 that security company Securitas would step up as a co-name sponsor for the rest of the 2020 season. [3]

Due to funding issues, the team decided it would return to being a UCI Continental team in 2021 to ensure its survival, after a two-year stint as a UCI ProTeam. [4]

Team roster

As of 15 February 2022. [5]
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Loïc Bettendorff  (LUX) (2001-04-28) 28 April 2001 (age 22)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Mathias Bregnhøj  (DEN) (1995-11-11) 11 November 1995 (age 28)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Martijn Budding  (NED) (1995-08-31) 31 August 1995 (age 28)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Jacob Eriksson  (SWE) (1999-10-01) 1 October 1999 (age 24)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Lucas Eriksson  (SWE) (1996-04-10) 10 April 1996 (age 27)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Christoffer Lisson  (DEN) (1995-11-28) 28 November 1995 (age 28)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Denmark.svg  Morten Aalling Nørtoft  (DEN) (2002-09-05) 5 September 2002 (age 21)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Elmar Reinders  (NED) (1992-03-14) 14 March 1992 (age 31)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Alexander Salby  (DEN) (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 25)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Kasper Viberg Søgaard  (DEN) (2001-09-12) 12 September 2001 (age 22)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Emil Vinjebo  (DEN) (1994-03-24) 24 March 1994 (age 29)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Søren Vosgerau  (DEN) (2000-03-16) 16 March 2000 (age 23)

Major wins

2010
Stage 8 Vuelta Mexico Telmex, Philip Nielsen
Scandinavian Race Uppsala, Philip Nielsen
2011
Stage 2b Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux, Rasmus Guldhammer
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Time Trial Championships, Rasmus Quaade
2012
Stage 1 Tour d'Algérie, Lars Andersson
2013
Stage 2 Tour de Normandie, Martin Mortensen
Stage 4 Okolo Slovenska, Martin Mortensen
2014
Scandinavian Race Uppsala, Jonas Aaen Jørgensen
Stages 3 & 4 Dookoła Mazowsza, Alex Rasmussen
2015
Scandinavian Race Uppsala, Nicolai Brøchner
2016
Himmerland Rundt, Jonas Gregaard
2017
Himmerland Rundt, Nicolai Brøchner
Ronde van Overijssel, Nicolai Brøchner
Scandinavian Race Uppsala, Nicolai Brøchner
2018
Stage 3 Flèche du Sud, Andreas Kron
Stage 2 Tour of Estonia, Andreas Stokbro
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark U23 Time Trial Championships, Mathias Norsgaard
Chrono des Nations U23, Mathias Norsgaard
2019
Fyen Rundt, Rasmus Quaade
Scandinavian Race Uppsala, Rasmus Bøgh Wallin
Stage 1 Tour de Normandie, Nicolai Brøchner
Stage 2 Circuit des Ardennes, Alexander Kamp
Stage 3 Tour de Yorkshire, Alexander Kamp
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Road Race Championships, Lucas Eriksson
2020
Stage 5 Tour de Luxembourg, Andreas Kron
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Road Race Championships, Kim Magnusson
2021
Jersey white.svg Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites, Nick van der Lijke
Skive–Løbet, Elmar Reinders
PWZ Zuidenveld Tour, Elmar Reinders
Stage 4 Tour de Bretagne, Elmar Reinders
Jersey yellow.svg Overall Circuit des Ardennes, Lucas Eriksson
Stage 1, Lucas Eriksson
2022
Visit Friesland Elfsteden Race, Elmar Reinders
Stage 3 Olympia's Tour, Elmar Reinders
Jersey yellow.svg Overall Circuit des Ardennes, Lucas Eriksson
Stage 1, Elmar Reinders
Arno Wallaard Memorial, Elmar Reinders
Stage 5 Tour de Bretagne, Elmar Reinders

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References

  1. ↑ "Team Concordia Forsikring-Himmerland Website". Team Concordia Forsikring-Himmerland. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Fusieploeg Leopard Riwal heeft selectie rond na aantrekken Andreas Stokbro". Wielerflits (in Dutch). 2022-12-01.
  3. ↑ Bønding, Emil Walther (22 August 2020). "Securitas effectively steps in as name sponsor in 2020". Riwal Securitas. Pro Cycling DK ApS. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Riwal Securitas give up on fight to continue as a ProTeam". Cyclingnews.com . Future plc. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Riwal Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale . Retrieved 15 February 2022.
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