Riwal Cycling Team was a Danish

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based in

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. Riwal participated in races in many countries around Europe. The team's most popular achievements have been the

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, the Olympia's Tour in the Netherlands and the

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. The team had 10 full-time riders. Most of the team riders were Danish but also includes Swedish, Dutch and Norwegian members. The team had one sports manager and several freelancers. It was founded in 2009 and merged in 2023 with team Leopard Pro Cycling from Luxemburg, to form Leopard Riwal.

Team history

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

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would step up as a co-name sponsor for the rest of the 2020 season. Due to funding issues, the team decided it would return to being a

team in 2021 to ensure its survival, after a two-year stint as a

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Team roster

Major wins

;2010 :Stage 8 Vuelta Mexico Telmex, Philip Nielsen : Scandinavian Race Uppsala, Philip Nielsen ;2011 :Stage 2b

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, Rasmus Guldhammer : Time Trial Championships,

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;2012 :Stage 1

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, Lars Andersson ;2013 :Stage 2 Tour de Normandie, Martin Mortensen :Stage 4

, Martin Mortensen ;2014 : Scandinavian Race Uppsala, Jonas Aaen Jørgensen :Stages 3 & 4 Dookoła Mazowsza,

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;2015 : Scandinavian Race Uppsala, Nicolai Brøchner ;2016 :

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, Jonas Gregaard ;2017 :

, Nicolai Brøchner :

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, Nicolai Brøchner : Scandinavian Race Uppsala, Nicolai Brøchner ;2018 :Stage 3 Flèche du Sud,

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:Stage 2

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, Andreas Stokbro : U23 Time Trial Championships, Mathias Norsgaard : Chrono des Nations U23, Mathias Norsgaard ;2019 : Fyen Rundt,

: Scandinavian Race Uppsala, Rasmus Bøgh Wallin :Stage 1 Tour de Normandie, Nicolai Brøchner :Stage 2 Circuit des Ardennes, Alexander Kamp :Stage 3

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, Alexander Kamp : Road Race Championships, Lucas Eriksson ;2020 :Stage 5

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: Road Race Championships, Kim Magnusson ;2021 : Jersey white

Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites, Nick van der Lijke : Skive–Løbet, Elmar Reinders : PWZ Zuidenveld Tour, Elmar Reinders :Stage 4

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, Elmar Reinders : Jersey yellow

Overall Circuit des Ardennes, Lucas Eriksson ::Stage 1, Lucas Eriksson ;2022 : Visit Friesland Elfsteden Race, Elmar Reinders :Stage 3 Olympia's Tour, Elmar Reinders : Jersey yellow

Overall Circuit des Ardennes, Lucas Eriksson ::Stage 1, Elmar Reinders :

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, Elmar Reinders :Stage 5

, Elmar Reinders

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Riwal Cycling Team Former UCI Professional Continental teams UCI Continental Teams (Europe) Cycling teams based in Denmark Cycling teams established in 2009 2009 establishments in Denmark