Niki Østergaard

Niki Østergaard
Personal information
Full name Niki Østergaard
Born (1988-01-21) January 21, 1988
Team information
Current team Cult Energy Pro Cycling
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2007–2009 Team GLS
2009–2010 Team Capinordic
2010–2013 Glud & Marstrand–LRØ Radgivning
Infobox last updated on
3 November 2013

Niki Østergaard (born January 21, 1988) is a Danish professional road racing cyclist who rides for Cult Energy Pro Cycling.[1]

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 "Young Guns", for riders 23 and under, 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 will retire at the end of the 2013 season, after seven years as a professional.[6]

References

  1. "Glud & Marstrand-LRØ (GLU) - DEN". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  2. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2007/apr07/regioni07/regioni076
  3. http://www.phcycling.dk/site.asp?vis=classement&id=265
  4. http://www.phcycling.dk/site.asp?vis=classement&id=266
  5. http://www.phcycling.dk/site.asp?vis=classement&id=267
  6. 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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