Riwal Platform Cycling Team

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

Concordia Forsikring-Riwal participates in races in many countries around Europe. Most popular achievement in DK has been Post Denmark, Olympia tours in Netherland and Tour of Slovakia.

In Post Denmark the team won the hill jersey (Martin Mortensen). In Olympia tours the team gained a rang 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

Riwal Christopher Stevenson
As of 26 April 2015.
Rider Date of birth
 Jonas Aaen Jørgensen (DEN) (1986-04-20) 20 April 1986 (age 38)
 Nikola Aistrup (DEN) (1987-08-22) 22 August 1987 (age 36)
 Nicolai Brøchner (DEN) (1993-07-04) 4 July 1993 (age 31)
 Mads Christensen (DEN) (1984-04-06) 6 April 1984 (age 40)
 Martin Grøn (DEN) (1993-10-11) 11 October 1993 (age 30)
 Andreas Gylling (DEN) (1995-10-11) 11 October 1995 (age 28)
 Emil Bækhøj (DEN) (1994-04-18) 18 April 1994 (age 30)
Rider Date of birth
 Kasper Jørgensen (DEN) (1984-08-22) 22 August 1984 (age 39)
 Jesper Mørkøv (DEN) (1988-03-11) 11 March 1988 (age 36)
 Rasmus Mygind (DEN) (1989-05-08) 8 May 1989 (age 35)
 Morten Øllegaard (DEN) (1988-02-06) 6 February 1988 (age 36)
 Casper Pedersen (DEN) (1996-03-15) 15 March 1996 (age 28)
 Kaspar Schjønnemann (DEN) (1987-04-13) 13 April 1987 (age 37)
 Casper Von Folsach (DEN) (1993-03-30) 30 March 1993 (age 31)

Major results

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References

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  2. Upsala Cykelklubb - Skandis Bike Weekend "106th Scandinavian Race in Uppsala 1909-2014", 10 May 2014. Retrieved on 11 May 2014.

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