Niki Østergaard

Niki Østergaard
Personal information
Full name Niki Østergaard
Born January 21, 1988 (1988-01-21) (age 24)
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2007–2009
2009–2010
2010–
Team GLS
Team Capinordic
Glud & Marstrand LRØ Rådgivning Horsens
Infobox last updated on
August 16, 2009

Niki Østergaard (born January 21, 1988) is a Danish professional road racing cyclist who rides for Team Capinordic.

Østergaard placed second in the 2006 Junior World Championships, held in Spa, Belgium. He finished with a time of 3 hours, 8 minutes and 59 seconds, which was nine seconds behind the champion, Italy's Diego Ulissi.

At the age of 19, Østergaard came sixth in the 2007 Giro Delle Regioni, a top level "Young Guns", for riders 23 and under, race as a member of Team GLS.[1]

After competing with Team GLS during the 2007 and 2008 seasons, he moved to Team Capinordic, where in August 2009, he won three stages in four days in a National series of races in Denmark.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2007/apr07/regioni07/regioni076
  2. ^ http://www.phcycling.dk/site.asp?vis=classement&id=265
  3. ^ http://www.phcycling.dk/site.asp?vis=classement&id=266
  4. ^ http://www.phcycling.dk/site.asp?vis=classement&id=267