Riwal CeramicSpeed Cycling Team

Riwal CeramicSpeed Cycling Team
Team information
UCI code RIW
Registered Himmerland, Denmark
Founded 2009 (2009)
Discipline Road
Status UCI Continental
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–		 Concordia–Vesthimmerland
Concordia Forsikring–Himmerland
Concordia Forsikring–Riwal
Riwal Cycling Team
Riwal Platform Cycling Team
Riwal CeramicSpeed Cycling Team

Riwal CeramicSpeed 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

Rider Date of birth
 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
 Peter Haslund (DNK) (1999-10-21) 21 October 1999
 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (DNK) (1986-04-20) 20 April 1986
 Tobias Kongstad (DNK) (1996-09-14) 14 September 1996
 Andreas Kron (DNK) (1998-06-01) 1 June 1998
 Sebastian Lander (DNK) (1991-03-11) 11 March 1991
 Martin Mortensen (DNK) (1984-11-05) 5 November 1984
Rider Date of birth
 Jesper Mørkøv (DNK) (1988-03-11) 11 March 1988
 Mathias Norsgaard (DNK) (1997-05-05) 5 May 1997
 Soren Malling Siggard (DNK) (1997-01-09) 9 January 1997
 Andreas Stokbro (DNK) (1997-04-08) 8 April 1997
 Chris Anker Sorensen (DNK) (1984-09-05) 5 September 1984
 Troels Vinther (DNK) (1987-02-24) 24 February 1987

Major wins

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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