Niki Østergaard
Personal information
Full nameNiki Østergaard
Born (1988-01-21) January 21, 1988
Horsens, Denmark
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
2007–2009Team GLS
2009–2010Team Capinordic
2010–2013Glud & Marstrand–LRØ Radgivning

Niki Østergaard (born January 21, 1988) is a Danish former professional road racing cyclist who last rode for Team Cult Energy.[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 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

  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. ↑ "Team Capinordic". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
  4. ↑ "Team Capinordic". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
  5. ↑ "Team Capinordic". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
  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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