Riwal Securitas Cycling Team
Riwal Cycling Team is a Danish UCI Professional Continental cycling team based in Himmerland.[2] Riwal participates 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.
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| Team information | |
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| UCI code | RIW |
| Registered | Himmerland, Denmark |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Status |
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| Bicycles | Pinarello |
| Key personnel | |
| General manager | Mogens Kristensen |
| Team manager(s) | Michael Blaudzun[1] |
| Team name history | |
2009 2010–2012 2013 2014 2015–2017 2018 2019–Aug 2020 Aug 2020–Dec 2020 2021– | 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 |
The team has 20 full-time riders. Most of the team riders are Danish but also includes Swedish and Norwegian members. The team has one sports manager and several freelancers.
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 9 January 2020.[5]
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Major wins
- 2010
- Stage 8 Vuelta Mexico, Philip Nielsen
- Scandinavian Race, 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 Tour de Slovaquie, Martin Mortensen
- 2014
- Scandinavian Race, Jonas Aaen Jørgensen
- Stages 3 & 4 Dookola Mazowsza, Alex Rasmussen
- 2015
- Scandinavian Race, Nicolai Brøchner
- 2016
- Himmerland Rundt, Jonas Gregaard Wilsly
- 2017
- Himmerland Rundt, Nicolai Brøchner
- Ronde van Overijssel, Nicolai Brøchner
- Scandinavian Race, 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 International, 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
References
- "Stab". Riwalcyclingteam.dk. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- "Team Concordia Forsikring-Himmerland Website". Team Concordia Forsikring-Himmerland. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
- Bønding, Emil Walther (22 August 2020). "Securitas effectively steps in as name sponsor in 2020". Riwal Securitas. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- "Riwal Securitas give up on fight to continue as a ProTeam". CyclingNews. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- "Riwal Readynez Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.