Niki Østergaard (born January 21, 1988) is a Danish former professional road racing cyclist who last rode for Team Cult Energy.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Niki Østergaard |
| Born | January 21, 1988 Horsens, Denmark |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 2007–2009 | Team GLS |
| 2009–2010 | Team Capinordic |
| 2010–2013 | Glud & Marstrand–LRØ Radgivning |
Østergaard placed second in the 2006 Junior World Championships, held in Spa, Belgium. He finished with a time of 3 hours, 8 minutes and 59 seconds, which was nine seconds behind the champion, Italy's Diego Ulissi.
At the age of 19, Østergaard came sixth in the 2007 Giro delle Regioni, a top level Under-23 race as a member of Team GLS.[2]
After competing with Team GLS during the 2007 and 2008 seasons, he moved to Team Capinordic, where in August 2009, he won three stages in four days in a National series of races in Denmark.[3][4][5]
Østergaard retired at the end of the 2013 season, after seven years as a professional.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Glud & Marstrand-LRØ (GLU) - DEN". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ^ http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2007/apr07/regioni07/regioni076 [bare URL]
- ^ "Team Capinordic". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ "Team Capinordic". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ "Team Capinordic". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ Knudstrup, Simon (5 March 2013). "Niki Østergaard stopper karrieren" [Niki Østergaard stopping his career]. Feltet (in Danish). CoPlay. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
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