Rietumu Banka–Riga (UCI team code: RBR) 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 Continental team until the end of the 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 have been Aleksejs Saramotins, 2015 world time trial champion Vasil Kiryienka,[3] and 2015 UCI America Tour winner Toms Skujiņš.[4][5]
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| Team information | ||
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| UCI code | RBR | |
| Registered | Latvia | |
| Founded | 2004 | |
| Disbanded | 2017 | |
| Discipline(s) | Road / Mountain Bike | |
| Status | UCI Continental team | |
| Key personnel | ||
| General manager | Linards Veide | |
| Team manager(s) | Toms Flaksis | |
| Team name history | ||
2002–2009 2012–2016 2017 | Rietumu Banka–Riga Rietumu–Delfin Rietumu Banka–Riga | |
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The team disbanded at the end of the 2017 season.[6]
Major wins
edit- 2005
- Stages 1a & 2 The Paths of King Nikola, Normunds Lasis
- Prologue (ITT) Tour of Greece, Normunds Lasis
- Stage 3 Tour of Greece, Gusts Eisaks
Latvia Road Race Championships, Aleksejs Saramotins- Overall Giro della Toscana, Sergey Firsanov
- 2006
- Mayor Cup, Normunds Lasis
- Latvia Road Race Championships, Aleksejs Saramotins
Belarus Time Trial Championships, Vasil Kiryienka- Stage 6 Course de la Solidarité Olympique, Vasil Kiryienka
- Stage 5a Tour of Bulgaria, Sergey Firsanov
- 2007
- Stage 1 Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux, Normunds Lasis
- Memorial Oleg Dyachenko, Sergey Firsanov
- Latvia Road Race Championships, Aleksejs Saramotins
- Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej, Tarmo Raudsepp
- Stage 4 Tour of Croatia, Aleksejs Saramotins
- 2008
- Stage 1 Circuit des Ardennes, Aleksejs Saramotins
- Stage 4 Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour, Alexander Mironov
- Stage 1a Five Rings of Moscow, Mart Ojavee
- Tallinn–Tartu GP, Mart Ojavee
- Tartu GP, Aleksejs Saramotins
- Stage 2 Ringerike GP, Sergey Firsanov
- Scandinavian Open Road Race, Aleksejs Saramotins
- Stage 3 Okolo Slovenska, Aleksejs Saramotins
- Stage 4a Okolo Slovenska, Sergey Firsanov
- Lombardia Tour, Aleksejs Saramotins
- Overall Way to Pekin, Sergey Firsanov
- Stage 1, Alexander Mironov
- Stages 2, 3 & 7, Sergey Firsanov
- Stage 4, Mart Ojavee
- Stage 5, Justas Volungevičius
- 2011
- Scandinavian Race Uppsala, Andžs Flaksis
- 2012
- GP Oued Eddahab, Andris Smirnovs
- 2013
- Stage 2 Tour de Blida, Toms Skujiņš
- Latvia Under-23 Road Race Championships, Toms Skujiņš
- Prologue Tour de Guadeloupe, Team time trial
- Stage 6 Baltic Chain Tour, Andris Smirnovs
- 2014
- Latvia Under-23 Road Race Championships, Krists Neilands
- Latvia Road Race Championships, Andris Vosekalns
- 2015
- Latvia Under-23 Time Trial Championships, Krists Neilands
- Stage 1 Tour of China I, Armands Bēcis
- Overall Tour de Borneo, Peeter Pruus
- Stage 3, Krists Neilands
- Stage 5, Peeter Pruus
- 2016
- Overall Baltic Chain Tour, Maris Bogdanovics
- Stage 2, Maris Bogdanovics
- 2017
- Latvia Under-23 Time Trial Championships, Marcis Kalnins
Team roster
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References
edit- ^ ""Rietumu Banka-Rīga" apņēmīga". Sportacentrs.com. 15 October 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "Riteņbraukšanas komanda "Rietumu Banka-Rīga" gatavojas sezonai". apollo.tvnet.lv. 23 December 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "Kiryienka wins time-trial gold at World Championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "Cannondale signs promising youngster Toms Skujins - VeloNews.com". VeloNews.com. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "Road - Ranking". www.uci.ch. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "CQ Ranking - Rietumu Banka - Riga - 2017".