Rietumu Banka–Riga
# Rietumu Banka–Riga

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. It was a UCI Continental team until the end of the 2008 season, when team shifted main focus on XC MTB racing. 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, and 2015 UCI America Tour winner Toms Skujiņš.

The team disbanded at the end of the 2017 season.

## 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
    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

| | Rider | Date of birth |
| - | - | - |
| Uldis Ālītis (LAT) | Uldis Ālītis (LAT) | (1983-07-25) 25 July 1983 (age 40) |
| Armands Bēcis (LAT) | Armands Bēcis (LAT) | (1991-01-16) 16 January 1991 (age 32) |
| Artūrs Belēvičs (LAT) | Artūrs Belēvičs (LAT) | (1996-02-03) 3 February 1996 (age 27) |
| Māris Bogdanovičs (LAT) | Māris Bogdanovičs (LAT) | (1991-11-19) 19 November 1991 (age 31) |
| Ēriks Toms Gavars (LAT) | Ēriks Toms Gavars (LAT) | (1997-04-20) 20 April 1997 (age 26) |
| Marcis Kalnins (LAT) | Marcis Kalnins (LAT) | (1998-05-05) 5 May 1998 (age 25) |
| Deins Kaņepējs (LAT) | Deins Kaņepējs (LAT) | (1995-10-05) 5 October 1995 (age 27) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Emīls Liepiņš (LAT) | Emīls Liepiņš (LAT) | (1992-10-29) 29 October 1992 (age 30) |
| Viesturs Lukševics (LAT) | Viesturs Lukševics (LAT) | (1987-04-16) 16 April 1987 (age 36) |
| Peeter Pruus (EST) | Peeter Pruus (EST) | (1989-07-16) 16 July 1989 (age 34) |
| Klāvs Rubenis (LAT) | Klāvs Rubenis (LAT) | (1997-01-18) 18 January 1997 (age 26) |
| Dimitriy Sorokin (RUS) | Dimitriy Sorokin (RUS) | (1982-06-06) 6 June 1982 (age 41) |
| Tomas Vaitkus (LIT) | Tomas Vaitkus (LIT) | (1982-02-04) 4 February 1982 (age 41) |
| Andris Vosekalns (LAT) | Andris Vosekalns (LAT) | (1992-06-26) 26 June 1992 (age 31) |
