# Riwal Cycling Team

Riwal Cycling Team was a Danish UCI Continental cycling team based in Himmerland. 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.

## 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 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 UCI Continental team in 2021 to ensure its survival, after a two-year stint as a UCI ProTeam.

## Team roster

    As of 15 February 2022.
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Loïc Bettendorff (LUX) | Loïc Bettendorff (LUX) | (2001-04-28) 28 April 2001 (age 23) |
| Mathias Bregnhøj (DEN) | Mathias Bregnhøj (DEN) | (1995-11-11) 11 November 1995 (age 28) |
| Martijn Budding (NED) | Martijn Budding (NED) | (1995-08-31) 31 August 1995 (age 29) |
| Jacob Eriksson (SWE) | Jacob Eriksson (SWE) | (1999-10-01) 1 October 1999 (age 25) |
| Lucas Eriksson (SWE) | Lucas Eriksson (SWE) | (1996-04-10) 10 April 1996 (age 28) |
| Christoffer Lisson (DEN) | Christoffer Lisson (DEN) | (1995-11-28) 28 November 1995 (age 28) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Morten Aalling Nørtoft (DEN) | Morten Aalling Nørtoft (DEN) | (2002-09-05) 5 September 2002 (age 22) |
| Elmar Reinders (NED) | Elmar Reinders (NED) | (1992-03-14) 14 March 1992 (age 32) |
| Alexander Salby (DEN) | Alexander Salby (DEN) | (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 26) |
| Kasper Viberg Søgaard (DEN) | Kasper Viberg Søgaard (DEN) | (2001-09-12) 12 September 2001 (age 23) |
| Emil Vinjebo (DEN) | Emil Vinjebo (DEN) | (1994-03-24) 24 March 1994 (age 30) |
| Søren Vosgerau (DEN) | Søren Vosgerau (DEN) | (2000-03-16) 16 March 2000 (age 24) |

## Major wins
### 2010

    Stage 8 Vuelta Mexico Telmex, Philip Nielsen
    Scandinavian Race Uppsala, Philip Nielsen

### 2011

    Stage 2b Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux, Rasmus Guldhammer
    Denmark Time Trial Championships, Rasmus Quaade

### 2012

    Stage 1 Tour d'Algérie, Lars Andersson

### 2013

    Stage 2 Tour de Normandie, Martin Mortensen
    Stage 4 Okolo Slovenska, 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
    Denmark U23 Time Trial Championships, Mathias Norsgaard
    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, Alexander Kamp
    Stage 3 Tour de Yorkshire, Alexander Kamp
    Sweden Road Race Championships, Lucas Eriksson

### 2020

    Stage 5 Tour de Luxembourg, Andreas Kron
    Sweden Road Race Championships, Kim Magnusson

### 2021

    Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites, Nick van der Lijke
    Skive–Løbet, Elmar Reinders
    PWZ Zuidenveld Tour, Elmar Reinders
    Stage 4 Tour de Bretagne, Elmar Reinders
    Overall Circuit des Ardennes, Lucas Eriksson
       Stage 1, Lucas Eriksson

### 2022

    Visit Friesland Elfsteden Race, Elmar Reinders
    Stage 3 Olympia's Tour, Elmar Reinders
    Overall Circuit des Ardennes, Lucas Eriksson
       Stage 1, Elmar Reinders
    Arno Wallaard Memorial, Elmar Reinders
    Stage 5 Tour de Bretagne, Elmar Reinders