{{short description|Danish cycling team}} {{Infobox cycling team | name = Riwal Cycling Team | image = File:2019 ToB stage 1 - Team Riwal Readynez.JPG | code = RIW | registered = [[Himmerland]], [[Denmark]] | founded = {{start date|2009}} | disbanded = | bicycles = [[Pinarello]] | generalmanager = Mogens Tveskov | teammanager = {{ubl|Michael Skelde|Peter-Lee Jefferies}} | discipline = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]] | status = {{ubl|[[UCI Continental]] (2009–2018, 2021–2023)|[[UCI Professional Continental|UCI ProTeam]] (2019–2020)}} | season = 2009<br />2010–2012<br />2013<br />2014<br />2015–2017<br/>2018<br/>2019–2020<br/>2020<br/>2021–2022 | oldname = Concordia–Vesthimmerland<br>Concordia Forsikring–Himmerland<br>Concordia Forsikring–Riwal<br />Riwal Cycling Team<br />Riwal Platform Cycling Team<br/>Riwal CeramicSpeed Cycling Team<br/>Riwal–Readynez Cycling Team<br/>Riwal Securitas Cycling Team<br />Riwal Cycling Team }} '''Riwal Cycling Team''' was a [[Denmark|Danish]] [[UCI Continental]] [[cycling team]] based in [[Himmerland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pclc.dk/velkommen|title=Team Concordia Forsikring-Himmerland Website|publisher=Team Concordia Forsikring-Himmerland|access-date=15 July 2011}}</ref> Riwal participated in races in many countries around Europe. The team's most popular achievements have been the [[Danmark Rundt]], the [[Olympia's Tour]] in the Netherlands and the [[Okolo Slovenska]]. 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/fusieploeg-leopard-riwal-heeft-selectie-rond-na-aantrekken-andreas-stokbro/ |title=Fusieploeg Leopard Riwal heeft selectie rond na aantrekken Andreas Stokbro |website=Wielerflits |date=2022-12-01 |language=Dutch }}</ref>
==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 [[Securitas AB|Securitas]] would step up as a co-name sponsor for the rest of the 2020 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://riwalcyclingteam.dk/sponsors/sponsor-news/securitas-effectively-steps-in-as-name-sponsor-in-2020|title=Securitas effectively steps in as name sponsor in 2020|work={{UCI team code|RIW|2020b|nolink=yes}}|publisher=Pro Cycling DK ApS|first=Emil Walther|last=Bønding|date=22 August 2020|access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref>
Due to funding issues, the team decided it would return to being a [[UCI Continental]] team in 2021 to ensure its survival, after a two-year stint as a [[UCI Professional Continental|UCI ProTeam]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/riwal-securitas-give-up-on-fight-to-continue-as-a-proteam/|title=Riwal Securitas give up on fight to continue as a ProTeam|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=12 December 2020|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref>
==Team roster== {{Updated|15 February 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/17308|title=Riwal Cycling Team|work=UCI.org|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|accessdate=15 February 2022}}</ref>}} {{Cycling squad start}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Loïc Bettendorff]]|nat=LUX|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|4|28}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Mathias Bregnhøj]]|nat=DEN|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|11|11}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Martijn Budding]]|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|8|31}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Jacob Eriksson (cyclist)|Jacob Eriksson]]|nat=SWE|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|10|1}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Lucas Eriksson]]|nat=SWE|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|4|10}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Christoffer Lisson]]|nat=DEN|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|11|28}}}} {{Cycling squad mid}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Morten Aalling Nørtoft]]|nat=DEN|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2002|9|5}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Elmar Reinders]]|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|3|14}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Alexander Salby]]|nat=DEN|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|6|4}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Kasper Viberg Søgaard]]|nat=DEN|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|9|12}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Emil Vinjebo]]|nat=DEN|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|3|24}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Søren Vosgerau]]|nat=DEN|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|3|16}}}} {{Cycling squad end}}
==Major wins== {{palmares start}} ;2010 :Stage 8 [[Vuelta Mexico Telmex]], [[Philip Nielsen]] :[[Scandinavian Race Uppsala]], [[Philip Nielsen]] ;2011 :Stage 2b [[Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux]], [[Rasmus Guldhammer]] :{{DEN}} Time Trial Championships, [[Rasmus Quaade]] ;2012 :Stage 1 [[Tour d'Algérie]], [[Lars Andersson (cyclist)|Lars Andersson]] ;2013 :Stage 2 [[Tour de Normandie]], [[Martin Mortensen (cyclist)|Martin Mortensen]] :Stage 4 [[Okolo Slovenska]], [[Martin Mortensen (cyclist)|Martin Mortensen]] ;2014 :[[Scandinavian Race Uppsala]], [[Jonas Aaen Jørgensen]] :Stages 3 & 4 [[Dookoła Mazowsza]], [[Alex Rasmussen]] ;2015 :[[Scandinavian Race Uppsala]], [[Nicolai Brøchner]] ;2016 :[[Himmerland Rundt]], [[Jonas Gregaard]] ;2017 :[[Himmerland Rundt]], [[Nicolai Brøchner]] :[[Ronde van Overijssel]], [[Nicolai Brøchner]] :[[Scandinavian Race Uppsala]], [[Nicolai Brøchner]] ;2018 :Stage 3 [[Flèche du Sud]], [[Andreas Kron]] :Stage 2 [[Tour of Estonia]], [[Andreas Stokbro]] :{{DEN}} U23 Time Trial Championships, [[Mathias Norsgaard]] :[[Chrono des Nations|Chrono des Nations U23]], [[Mathias Norsgaard]] ;2019 :[[Fyen Rundt]], [[Rasmus Quaade]] :[[Scandinavian Race Uppsala]], [[Rasmus Bøgh Wallin]] :Stage 1 [[Tour de Normandie]], [[Nicolai Brøchner]] :Stage 2 [[Circuit des Ardennes (cycling)|Circuit des Ardennes]], [[Alexander Kamp]] :Stage 3 [[2019 Tour de Yorkshire|Tour de Yorkshire]], [[Alexander Kamp]] :{{SWE}} Road Race Championships, [[Lucas Eriksson]] ;2020 :Stage 5 [[2020 Tour de Luxembourg|Tour de Luxembourg]], [[Andreas Kron]] :{{SWE}} Road Race Championships, [[Kim Magnusson (cyclist)|Kim Magnusson]] ;2021 :[[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Overall [[Kreiz Breizh Elites]], [[Nick van der Lijke]] :[[Skive–Løbet]], [[Elmar Reinders]] :[[PWZ Zuidenveld Tour]], [[Elmar Reinders]] :Stage 4 [[Tour de Bretagne]], [[Elmar Reinders]] :[[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Circuit des Ardennes (cycling)|Circuit des Ardennes]], [[Lucas Eriksson]] ::Stage 1, [[Lucas Eriksson]] ;2022 :[[Visit Friesland Elfsteden Race]], [[Elmar Reinders]] :Stage 3 [[Olympia's Tour]], [[Elmar Reinders]] :[[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Circuit des Ardennes (cycling)|Circuit des Ardennes]], [[Lucas Eriksson]] ::Stage 1, [[Elmar Reinders]] :[[Arno Wallaard Memorial]], [[Elmar Reinders]] :Stage 5 [[Tour de Bretagne]], [[Elmar Reinders]] {{palmares end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.riwalcyclingteam.dk/}}
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