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]

Riwal Cycling Team
Team information
UCI codeRIW
RegisteredHimmerland, Denmark
Founded2009 (2009)
Discipline(s)Road
Status
BicyclesPinarello
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

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]
Rider Date of birth
 Loïc Bettendorff (LUX) (2001-04-28) 28 April 2001
 Mathias Bregnhøj (DEN) (1995-11-11) 11 November 1995
 Martijn Budding (NED) (1995-08-31) 31 August 1995
 Jacob Eriksson (SWE) (1999-10-01) 1 October 1999
 Lucas Eriksson (SWE) (1996-04-10) 10 April 1996
 Christoffer Lisson (DEN) (1995-11-28) 28 November 1995
Rider Date of birth
 Morten Aalling Nørtoft (DEN) (2002-09-05) 5 September 2002
 Elmar Reinders (NED) (1992-03-14) 14 March 1992
 Alexander Salby (DEN) (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998
 Kasper Viberg Søgaard (DEN) (2001-09-12) 12 September 2001
 Emil Vinjebo (DEN) (1994-03-24) 24 March 1994
 Søren Vosgerau (DEN) (2000-03-16) 16 March 2000

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
 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
 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
 Sweden Road Race Championships, Lucas Eriksson
2020
Stage 5 Tour de Luxembourg, Andreas Kron
 Sweden Road Race Championships, Kim Magnusson
2021
Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites, Nick van der Lijke
Skive–Løbet, Elmar Reinders
PWZ Zuidenveld Tour, Elmar Reinders
Stage 4 Tour de Bretagne, Elmar Reinders
Overall Circuit des Ardennes, Lucas Eriksson
Stage 1, Lucas Eriksson
2022
Visit Friesland Elfsteden Race, Elmar Reinders
Stage 3 Olympia's Tour, Elmar Reinders
Overall Circuit des Ardennes, Lucas Eriksson
Stage 1, Elmar Reinders
Arno Wallaard Memorial, Elmar Reinders
Stage 5 Tour de Bretagne, Elmar Reinders

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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.