Team information | |
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UCI code | RIW |
Registered | Himmerland, Denmark |
Founded | 2009 |
Discipline | Road |
Status | UCI Continental |
Bicycles | Trek |
Key personnel | |
General manager | Mogens Kristensen |
Team manager(s) | Michael Blaudzun |
Team name history | |
2009 2010–2012 2013 2014 2015– |
Concordia–Vesthimmerland Concordia Forsikring–Himmerland Concordia Forsikring–Riwal Riwal Cycling Team Riwal Platform Cycling Team |
Riwal Platform Cycling Team is a Danish professional cycling team based in Himmerland that competes on the UCI Continental Circuits.
Riwal Platform participates in races in many countries around Europe. Most popular achievement in DK has been Post Denmark, Olympia tours in the Netherlands and Tour of Slovakia.
In Post Denmark the team won the hill jersey (Martin Mortensen). In Olympia tours the team gained a rank of top 10 (Kasper Klostegaard), and in tour of Slovakia the team won a stage (by Martin Mortensen) and the team competition.
The team has 13 full-time riders. Most of the team riders are Danish but also includes Swedish members. The team has one sports manager and several freelancers.
About 70 businesspartners support 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 will run under Riwal name.