Posts by Tim Lindley
Top 20 for Kusztor at Okolo Slovenska
Former Hungarian Road champion Peter Kusztor showed he still has a killer turn of speed on stage three of Okolo Slovenska/Tour of Slovakia as the veteran 37-year-old powered into the top 20 for Team Novo Nordisk after digging deep in the reduced front group alongside teammate David Lozano. Peter Kusztor (HUN): “I am pleased with…
Read MoreJust outside top 20 in Slovakia for Peron and Team Novo Nordisk
The first road stage of this years Okolo Slovenska/Tour of Slovakia unfolded in predictable style with an early breakaway going clear over the opening kilometers before a steady pursuit yielded first catch, then sprint for the front end of the peloton with Italian flyer Andrea Peron boxed in after the final roundabout and chasing for…
Read MorePlanet returns for Team Novo Nordisk at Okolo Slovenska
Team Novo Nordisk talisman Charles Planet is set to make his return to racing at Okolo Slovenska/Tour of Slovakia next week after a long recovery from an almost career ending collision with a car at the beginning of March. The 66th edition of the five days stage race starts with the traditional prologue, but this…
Read MoreBreakaway steals the show in Maryland with Lozano to the fore
Spanish climber and Tour du Rwanda stage winner David Lozano was alive to the possibilities at the Maryland Classic in the USA as the 33-year-old jumped into the early breakaway group for Team Novo Nordisk and shouldered his share of the workload as the group held off the bunch all the way to the line.…
Read MoreTNN Finally back on home soil at Maryland Classic
Team Novo Nordisk make a long awaited return to home racing this weekend as the world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team prepare to line up at the one day Maryland Classic. “After three years away we’re super happy to be back racing in America.” said General Manager Vassili Davidenko. “It’s been a long wait…
Read MoreTeam Novo Nordisk bound for back-to-back races in Bulgaria
Team Novo Nordisk head to Bulgaria this week for a double header of Eastern European racing at the Tour of Bulgaria and sister race In the Footsteps of the Romans, the world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team will be making their first appearance at both races. Czech neo pro and former U19 national road…
Read MoreTeam Novo Nordisk look ahead to racing at second home Tour of Denmark
Team Novo Nordisk have been building up to next week’s 31st edition of Postnord Danmark Rundt/Tour of Denmark for some time as the world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team return to race on ‘home roads’ and proudly carry the inspirational message of Driving Change in Diabetes at one of the seasons key objectives. GP…
Read MoreCrash disrupts stage five sprint at Tour de Pologne
Beautiful sunshine poured down on stage five of the Tour de Pologne with short climbs in abundance and the peloton content to sit behind the breakaway, Team Novo Nordisk were not alone in biding their time for the sprint finale in downtown Rzeszow until a huge crash took out half the peloton. With all the…
Read MoreLumpy fourth stage for Team Novo Nordisk in Poland
If stage three gave us a taster of the climbs to come at the Tour de Pologne, then today’s fourth stage certainly brought the first course. Successive undulations followed by sweeping technical descents characterized the stage before a steep final climb led to the finish in the central square of Sanok. Peter Kusztor (HUN) :…
Read MoreThird stage in Poland shakes the tree
The longest stage of this year’s Tour de Pologne topped out at 238km with a challenging finale packed with short, steep climbs and a tough uphill finish that brought the overall contenders out to play with Spanish climber David Lozano first over the line for Team Novo Nordisk. David Lozano (ESP): “It was a frustrating…
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