Niki Østergaard

{{short description|Danish cyclist}}

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| fullname = Niki Østergaard

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|1|21}}

| birth_place = Horsens, Denmark

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| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

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| proyears1 = 2007–2009

| proteam1 = Team GLS

| proyears2 = 2009–2010

| proteam2 = Team Capinordic

| proyears3 = 2010–2013

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|GLU|2010}}

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Niki Østergaard (born January 21, 1988) is a Danish former professional road racing cyclist who last rode for {{UCI team code|GLU|2013}}.{{cite web|url=http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/default.asp?page=UCITeamsdetail&discipline=ROA&continent=ALL&teamscategory=CTM&teamstype=CTM&year=2012&teamnameid=3391&npage=2&search=&l=ENG|title=Glud & Marstrand-LRØ (GLU) - DEN|accessdate=20 January 2012|work=UCI Continental Circuits|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale}}

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.{{Cite web | title=www.cyclingnews.com - the world centre of cycling | url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2007/apr07/regioni07/regioni076 | access-date=2025-05-03 | website=autobus.cyclingnews.com}}

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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.phcycling.dk/site.asp?vis=classement&id=265 |title=Team Capinordic |access-date=2009-08-20 |archive-date=2011-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719130454/http://www.phcycling.dk/site.asp?vis=classement&id=265 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.phcycling.dk/site.asp?vis=classement&id=266 |title=Team Capinordic |access-date=2009-08-20 |archive-date=2011-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719130657/http://www.phcycling.dk/site.asp?vis=classement&id=266 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.phcycling.dk/site.asp?vis=classement&id=267 |title=Team Capinordic |access-date=2009-08-20 |archive-date=2011-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719130704/http://www.phcycling.dk/site.asp?vis=classement&id=267 |url-status=dead }}

Østergaard retired at the end of the 2013 season, after seven years as a professional.{{cite news|url=http://www.feltet.dk/nyheder/niki_oestergaard_stopper_karrieren/|title=Niki Østergaard stopper karrieren|language=Danish|trans-title=Niki Østergaard stopping his career|first=Simon|last=Knudstrup|date=5 March 2013|accessdate=3 November 2013|work=Feltet|publisher=CoPlay}}