Posts by Tim Lindley
Youth to the fore at Scheldeprijs for Team Novo Nordisk
The oldest one-day race in Flanders, the sprinters Classic Scheldeprijs is a big one, and the big young talents of Team Novo Nordisk did not disappoint with Matyas Kopecky surfing the wheels for a fantastic 12th place after Filippo Ridolfo spent 200km in the breakaway. Sports Director Gennady Mikhaylov: “That was a big race for us and the guys really pulled out a…
Read MoreSpring classics adventure continues for Team Novo Nordisk at Scheldeprijs
Deep into the spring classics campaign we go as the world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team look forward to a return to Flanders on Wednesday at the 1111th edition of Scheldeprijs. So far in 2023 Team Novo Nordisk have been enjoying their best results on the cobbles since the team’s inception and young Czech…
Read MoreBig day out for Kopecky at Gran Premio Miguel Indurain
Former Czech U19 champion Matyas Kopecky made his way into the early breakaway for Team Novo Nordisk at today’s Gran Premio Miguel Indurain, his first time at the race and his first breakaway as a professional. Head sports director Massimo Podenzana: “It’s often a race and a finish for the climbers those who are fast…
Read MoreFrom Tuscany to Navarre for Team Novo Nordisk
Another impressive performance last weekend in Italy has set Team Novo Nordisk up well to continue the progress in Spain this Saturday at the always challenging Gran Premio Miguel Indurain. If it’s not the weather, it’s the parcours with the repeated climbs and the heavy presence of local history that contribute to the difficulty of…
Read MoreIrvine breaks his duck in Larciano
Australian Declan Irvine burst out of the peloton in the early kilometers of todays GP Industria & Artigianato in Italy to make the breakaway for the first time in his career before Andrea Peron racked up another top 20. Head sports director Massimo Podenzana: “Great job by Declan today. It was our big goal to…
Read MoreWeekend in the Tuscan hills for Team Novo Nordisk at GP Industria & Artigianato
Team Novo Nordisk return to the historic and hilly Italian one-day race GP Industria & Artigianato in Tuscany on Sunday charged with replicating recent storing team performances in Holland and Belgium. The 45th edition (in its current guise) will deviate slightly from the classic route of repeated ascents of the famous San Baronto climb out…
Read MorePlanet continues ease back into racing with top 10 at Tour of Rhodes
After a near career ending crash while training last year Frenchman Charles Planet is continuing his return to racing and rehabilitation with the Team Novo Nordisk development team at the International Tour of Rhodes. It’s obviously working, as the day after a heavy storm cancelled the prologue, Planet blew off the cobwebs with ninth place…
Read MoreKopecky & Peron make the cut at Koksijde Classic
Todays Koksijde Classic wound its way east across the windswept coast of Northern Belgium with Matyas Kopecky and Andrea Peron both on the right side of the splits for Team Novo Nordisk. Sports Director Gennady Mikhaylov: “The race started to split into small groups within the last 60km when UAE put the hammer down in…
Read MoreTour de Taiwan wraps with near misses and Poli sprinting for the final
The 2023 Tour de Taiwan finished today with Team Novo Nordisk reflecting on coming close to the desired result and a great experience being back racing in Asia. Head Sports director Massimo Podenzana: “We started this race so well with good stage results, high position on the overall classification and lots of optimism for how…
Read MoreExplosive final lap shakes things up at Nokere Koerse
After a fairly tranquil opening 160km at the 77th edition of the cobbled semi-classic Nokere Koerse in Belgium, the final 35km really shook the bones as the attacks popped left, right and center before a crash marred finale totally split what was left of the bunch leaving Team Novo Nordisk dodging the carnage and settling…
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