Riwal Platform Cycling Team

Riwal Platform Cycling Team
Team information
UCI code RIW
Registered Himmerland, Denmark
Founded 2009 (2009)
Discipline Road
Status UCI Continental
Bicycles Trek
Key personnel
General manager Mogens Kristensen
Team manager(s) Michael Blaudzun[1]
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.[2]

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.

Team roster

Christofer Stevenson, who rode for the team in 2013.
Rider Date of birth
 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen (DNK) (1986-04-20) 20 April 1986
 Nicolai Brøchner (DNK) (1993-07-04) 4 July 1993
 Jesper Bundgaard Vinkel (DNK) (1996-02-07) 7 February 1996
 Patrick Clausen (DNK) (1990-07-02) 2 July 1990
 Stefan Djurhuus (DNK) (1990-04-07) 7 April 1990
 Jonas Gregaard Wilsly (DNK) (1996-07-30) 30 July 1996
 Andreas Lorentz Kron (DNK) (1998-06-01) 1 June 1998
 Tobias Mørch Kongstad (DNK) (1996-09-14) 14 September 1996
Rider Date of birth
 Jesper Mørkøv (DNK) (1988-03-11) 11 March 1988
 Rasmus Mygind (DNK) (1989-05-08) 8 May 1989
 Chris Anker Sørensen (DNK) (1984-09-05) 5 September 1984
 Andreas Stokbro (DNK) (1997-08-04) 4 August 1997
 Troels Vinther (DNK) (1987-02-24) 24 February 1987
 Mathias Westergaard (DNK) (1994-02-21) 21 February 1994
 Kasper Würtz Schmidt (DNK) (1995-08-25) 25 August 1995

Major results

References

  1. ↑ "Stab". Riwalcyclingteam.dk. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Team Concordia Forsikring-Himmerland Website". Team Concordia Forsikring-Himmerland. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
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