Rietumu Banka-Riga
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| Team information | |
|---|---|
| UCI code | RBR |
| Registered | Latvia |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Disbanded | 2017 |
| Discipline | Road / Mountain Bike |
| Status | UCI Continental team |
| Key personnel | |
| General manager | Linards Veide |
| Team manager(s) | Toms Flaksis |
| Team name history | |
| 2002–2009 2012–2016 2017 |
Rietumu Banka–Riga Rietumu–Delfin Rietumu Banka–Riga |
Rietumu Banka–Riga (UCI team code: RBR) is a Latvian cycling team established in 2002 in order to develop Latvian cyclists to an international level. Its main sponsor is Rietumu Banka. During next year`s former professional riders Jaan Kirsipuu and Arvis Piziks worked as sports directors. It was a UCI Continental team until the end of the 2008 season, when team shifted main focus on XC MTB racing. In 2012 the team is once again registered at UCI level. The most famous riders of the team have been Aleksejs Saramotins, 2015 world time trial champion Vasil Kiryienka, and 2015 UCI America Tour winner Toms Skujiņš.
The team disbanded at the end of the 2017 season.
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