Rietumu Banka-Rīga is a Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

n/Swiss cycling team

Cycling team

A cycling team is a group of cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle races whether recreational or professional - and the supporting personnel...

.It was UCI Continental team till end of season 2008. Its main sponsor is Rietumu Banka

Rietumu Banka

Rietumu Banka - JSC Rietumu Banka is a Latvian commercial bank that was established in 1992. It is one of the largest private banks in the Baltic States, specialising in corporate banking and affluent individuals...

. Team kit colours are blue, red, white and black. Leading rider of the team is Aleksejs Saramotins

Aleksejs Saramotins

Aleksejs Saramotins is a Latvian professional road cyclist who rides for . He has won the Latvian National Championship Road Race on four occasions and has represented his country at the Olympic Games and the World championships...

. Aleksejs Saramotins is riding for Team Designa Køkken mainly in season 2009. Some Latvian MTB marathons is he racing for RBR. From 2009 Team Rietumu is no longer registered in UCI. This season (2009) team focuses on mountain biking. Rietumu Banka-Riga riders ride with Giant bicycles.

Main Riders From The Past

• Aleksejs Saramotins
  Aleksejs Saramotins
  Aleksejs Saramotins is a Latvian professional road cyclist who rides for . He has won the Latvian National Championship Road Race on four occasions and has represented his country at the Olympic Games and the World championships...
  
   (2010 HTC Columbia)
• Vasil Kiryienka
  Vasil Kiryienka
  Vasili Kiryienka is a Belarusian racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam . Kiryienka finished 2nd in the 10th stage of the 2010 Tour de France, he was outsprinted at the line by Sérgio Paulinho after basically leading him out to the finish...
  
   (2009/2010 Caisse d`Epargne)
• Sergey Firsanov
• Ludovic Capelle
  Ludovic Capelle
  Ludovic Capelle is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist. He was professional from 1998 until 2005. In 2007 he also rode for the continental team Roubaix Lille Métropole and since 2008 he's riding in Latvian continental team Rietumu Banka - Riga. He started as a professional with Ville...
  
  
• Normunds Lasis
• Olegs Melehs
• Jean Nuttli

Team roster

As of May 5, 2009.

External links

• Official MTB Team Rietumu Website
• Team Rietumu UCI Road Team Website
• Team profile at UCI