Posts by Tim Lindley
Windy stage two in Belgium Tour splits bunch
It was bound to come at some point and for Team Novo Nordisk it came on the second day of racing at the Baloise Belgium Tour when echelons and a series of mechanicals saw the world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team caught the wrong side of the split and chasing a train that had already left the station.…
Read MorePeron puts weekends crash behind him on opening stage of Belgium Tour
A hectic and explosive opening stage of the Baloise Belgium Tour saw Italian Andrea Peron bouncing back from Sunday’s crash and sprinting well to take 14th place for Team Novo Nordisk. Sports Director Gennady Mikhaylov: “When I saw the parcours for this year’s race I knew today was going to be a scrappy stage and that’s exactly how it turned out.…
Read MoreMass crash at Elfstedenronde breaks up plans for TNN
A huge crash took down half the peloton inside the final 30 kilometers at Elfstedenronde Brugge in Belgium with Team Novo Nordisk unfortunately seeing five riders hit the deck and road captain Peter Kusztor managing to escape the chaos and finish just off the front. Sports Director Gennady Mikhaylov: “It was a real dose of…
Read MoreKopecky drives to top ten on dusty gravel of Dwars door Het Hageland
The June sun beat down on the roads of eastern Belgium and an exciting edition of Dwars door Het Hageland exploded off the cobbles and out of the gravel sectors with 20-year-old Matyas Kopecky showing his class with another top ten for Team Novo Nordisk. Sports Director Gennady Mikhaylov: “Great job by Matyas today, this is really his kind of…
Read MoreBack to Belgium for double header weekend of racing for Team Novo Nordisk
Team Novo Nordisk head back to Belgium this week for an action-packed weekend of racing that starts on Saturday at Dwars door het Hageland and continues Sunday with Elfstedenronde Brugge. The last appearance in Belgium for the world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team yielded the team’s best result in a northern classic with Czech…
Read MorePeron second on final stage at Mirabelle and comes away with Points Jersey
Three days of punchy racing in northeastern France at the Tour de la Mirabelle ended with the races longest stage and another sprint finale with Italian Andrea Peron storming to second place for Team Novo Nordisk and taking the green points jersey. Head sports director Massimo Podenzana: “Top three on stage one, top 20 yesterday…
Read MoreLozano and Peron on hand for TNN on mountainous stage two at Mirabelle
Six categorized climbs pock-marked todays short yet intense second stage at Tour de la Mirabelle with the experienced duo of David Lozano and Andrea Peron the standout performers for Team Novo Nordisk. Head sports director Massimo Podenzana: “One look at the course beforehand was enough to see what kind of day it was going to…
Read MorePeron sprints to third on stage one in Mirabelle
Italian sprinter Andrea Peron came within a whisker of his second victory for Team Novo Nordisk, sprinting to third on today’s 160km opening stage of Tour de la Mirabelle after a close fought finale in France. Head sports director Massimo Podenzana: “Very good teamwork from the guys in the final today and it’s great to…
Read MoreDauge looks forward to return to racing on ‘home roads’ at Tour de la Mirabelle
After crashing out of the Tour du Rwanda and breaking his scaphoid back in late February French climber Lucas Dauge is set to make his return to racing for Team Novo Nordisk at the Tour de la Mirabelle in France on Friday. Italian stalwart Andrea Peron will lead the team alongside the experienced former Hungarian…
Read MoreRund um Köln splits on first climb and Peron hangs on
Despite not feeling great before, the start 34-year-old Italian Andrea Peron went deep for Team Novo Nordisk on the unforgiving terrain of Rund um Köln to finish close behind the lead group. Sports Director Gennady Mikhaylov: “Bora split the race really early, they went hard on the first steep climb and the group was in pieces. Andrea and Hamish both did…
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