Personal information | |
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Full name | Niki Østergaard |
Born | January 21, 1988 |
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]