Rietumu Banka–Riga Explained

Rietumu Banka–Riga
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Code:	RBR
Registered:	Latvia
Disbanded:	2017
Generalmanager:	Linards Veide
Teammanager:	Toms Flaksis
Discipline:	Road / Mountain Bike
Status:	UCI Continental team
Season:	2002–2009 2012–2016 2017
Oldname:	Rietumu Banka–Riga Rietumu–Delfin Rietumu Banka–Riga
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Rietumu Banka–Riga 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]

The team disbanded at the end of the 2017 season.^[6]

Major wins

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

Road Race Championships, Aleksejs Saramotins

Overall Giro della Toscana, Sergey Firsanov

2006

Mayor Cup, Normunds Lasis

Road Race Championships, Aleksejs Saramotins

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

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

Under-23 Road Race Championships, Toms Skujiņš

Prologue Tour de Guadeloupe, Team time trial

Stage 6 Baltic Chain Tour, Andris Smirnovs

2014

Under-23 Road Race Championships, Krists Neilands

Road Race Championships, Andris Vosekalns

2015

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

Under-23 Time Trial Championships, Marcis Kalnins

External links

Notes and References

Web site: "Rietumu Banka-Rīga" apņēmīga. Sportacentrs.com. 15 October 2007. 2015-12-20.
Web site: Riteņbraukšanas komanda "Rietumu Banka-Rīga" gatavojas sezonai. apollo.tvnet.lv. 23 December 2008. 2015-12-20.
News: Kiryienka wins time-trial gold at World Championships. BBC Sport. 2015-12-20.
Web site: Cannondale signs promising youngster Toms Skujins - VeloNews.com. VeloNews.com. 2015-12-20.
Web site: Road - Ranking. www.uci.ch. 2015-12-20.
Web site: CQ Ranking - Rietumu Banka - Riga - 2017.