Rietumu–Delfin
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| Team information | ||
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| UCI code | RBD | |
| Registered | Latvia | |
| Founded | 2004 | |
| Discipline | Road / Mountain Bike | |
| Status | UCI Continental team | |
| Key personnel | ||
| General manager | Linards Veide | |
| Team manager(s) | Toms Flaksis | |
| Team name history | ||
| 2002–2009 2012–2015 |
Rietumu Banka-Riga Rietumu-Delfin | |
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Rietumu–Delfin (UCI Team Code: RBD) is a Latvian cycling team established in 2002 in order to develop Latvian cyclists to an international level. Its main sponsor is Rietumu Banka. During next year`s former professional riders Jaan Kirsipuu and Arvis Piziks worked as sports directors.[1] It was a UCI Continenta team until the end of 2008 season, when team shifted main focus on XC MTB racing.[2] In 2012 the team is once again registered at UCI level. The most famous riders of the team are Aleksejs Saramotins, now riding for IAM Cycling; Vasil Kiryienka, winner of the individual time trial at the road world championships in Richmond, Virginia, United States;[3] Toms Skujiņš, team Cannondale-Garmin,[4] winner of UCI America Tour individual ranking 2015.[5]
Major results
- 2005
- 1st Stages 1a & 2 The Paths of King Nikola, Normunds Lasis
- 1st Prologue Tour of Hellas, Normunds Lasis
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Hellas, Gusts Eisaks
- 1st
Latvia Road Race Championships, Aleksejs Saramotins - 1st Overall Giro della Toscana, Sergey Firsanov
- 2006
- 1st Mayor Cup, Normunds Lasis
- 1st Latvia Road Race Championships, Aleksejs Saramotins
- 1st
Belarus Time Trial Championships, Vasil Kiryienka - 1st Stage 6 Course de la Solidarité Olympique, Vasil Kiryienka
- 1st Stage 5a Tour of Bulgaria, Sergey Firsanov
- 2007
- 1st Stage 1 Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux, Normunds Lasis
- 1st Memorial Oleg Dyachenko, Sergey Firsanov
- 1st Latvia Road Race Championships, Aleksejs Saramotins
- 1st Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej, Tarmo Raudsepp
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Croatie, Aleksejs Saramotins
- 2008
- 1st Stage 1 Circuit des Ardennes, Aleksejs Saramotins
- 1st Stage 4 Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour, Alexander Mironov
- 1st Stage 1a Five Rings of Moscow, Mart Ojavee
- 1st Tallinn-Tartu GP, Mart Ojavee
- 1st Tartu GP, Aleksejs Saramotins
- 1st Stage 2 Ringerike GP, Sergey Firsanov
- 1st Scandinavian Open Road Race, Aleksejs Saramotins
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Slovaquie, Aleksejs Saramotins
- 1st Stage 4a Tour de Slovaquie, Sergey Firsanov
- 1st Lombardia Tour, Aleksejs Saramotins
- 1st Overall Way to Pekin, Sergey Firsanov
- 1st Stage 1, Alexander Mironov
- 1st Stages 2, 3 & 7, Sergey Firsanov
- 1st Stage 4, Mart Ojavee
- 1st Stage 5, Justas Volungevicius
- 2011
- 1st Scandinavian Race, Andzs Flaksis
- 2012
- 1st GP Oued Eddahab, Andris Smirnovs
- 2013
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Blida, Toms Skujiņš
- 1st Latvia U23 Road Race Championships, Toms Skujiņš
- 1st Prologue Tour de Guadeloupe, Team time trial
- 1st Stage 6 Baltic Chain Tour, Andris Smirnovs
- 2014
- 1st Latvia U23 Road Race Championships, Krists Neilands
- 1st Latvia Road Race Championships, Andris Vosekalns
- 2015
- 1st Latvia National Championships Latvia U23 - ITT, Krists Neilands
- 1st Tour of China I Stage 1, Armands Bēcis
- 1st Tour de Borneo Stage 3, Krists Neilands
- 1st Tour de Borneo Stage 5, Peeter Pruus
- 1st Tour de Borneo General Classification, Peeter Pruus
Team roster
As of 1 July 2015
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References
- ↑ ""Rietumu Banka-Rīga" apņēmīga". Sportacentrs.com. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ "Riteņbraukšanas komanda "Rietumu Banka-Rīga" gatavojas sezonai". apollo.tvnet.lv. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ "Kiryienka wins time-trial gold at World Championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ "Cannondale signs promising youngster Toms Skujins - VeloNews.com". VeloNews.com. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ "Road - Ranking". www.uci.ch. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
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