Posts by Tim Lindley
Tour de Hongrie opens with blazing sunshine and a hectic sprint
The 43rd Tour de Hongrie began with rising temperatures on stage one and Team Novo Nordisk focused on keeping tempo behind the early breakaway and the subsequent bunch sprint in downtown Szekesfehervar with Italian Andrea Peron 15th and already looking for better on tomorrow’s stage two. Andrea Peron: “It was a hectic sprint today, partly…
Read MoreTeam Novo Nordisk go into Tour of Hungary on a high
A great week of racing in Greece sets the world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team up well going into the 43rd edition of the Tour de Hongrie with sprinter Andrea Peron and Catalan climber David Lozano both in form and hungry for more results. Peron achieved the team’s third podium of the year when…
Read MoreLozano digs deep on last stage in Greece
Spanish climber David Lozano went deep on the mountainous final stage of the International Tour of Hellas to finish in the top 20 and climb up to 13th overall. A great week of racing saw a fantastic team performance from Team Novo Nordisk that included a second and fourth place for Italian sprinter Andrea Peron,…
Read MorePeron fourth on stage four as TNN teamwork comes to the fore
Someone once said that cycling is a team sport and even though the results table only shows the individual, the whole team make that result possible and Team Novo Nordisk showed that in spades today as Andrea Peron’s teammates carved a way through the carnage to set the Italian up for fourth place in the…
Read MoreLate move decides stage three of Tour of Hellas
Knowing something may happen and being in a position to prevent it is often not as simple as it sounds. That much can be said for the third stage of the International Tour of Hellas as a group of 17 riders attacked on the final climb and held off the chasing pack to contest the…
Read MorePeron second on stage two sprint in the shadow of Delfi
Whether it was the history of the ancient terrain that lays beneath the roads, or the mythical energy that surrounds the coast bellow the stunning hills of Delphi and the ruins of the famous Oracle that once dwelled there. Sought out by heroes to foretell of great deeds yet to come. But one things for…
Read MorePeron & Lozano roll hard on the climbs to finish with the leaders at Hellas Tour
A hot and hilly opening stage of the International Hellas Tour traversed the ancient Island of Crete from the capital Heraklion to the picturesque port of Chania where a technical finish awaited on the seafront. Italian sprinter Andrea Peron and Spanish climber David Lozano produced a good showing for Team Novo Nordisk, forming part of…
Read MoreGreek odyssey concludes for Team Novo Nordisk at the Tour of Hellas
After close to three weeks racing and training on the Greek island of Rhodes in March, Team Novo Nordisk head back to Greece for the International Hellas Tour next week as 2022 marks the return of the stage race after a ten-year absence. Taking place over five days of racing that will start on the…
Read MoreTour of Turkey wraps early as rain causes last stage to be cancelled
Seven days of challenging, windy racing came to a close in Istanbul today as the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey finished earlier than expected with an unfortunate halt to proceedings as the final stage was cancelled during the opening kilometers after rain brought about some dangerous conditions on the slippery road surface. Rider safety rightly…
Read MoreLate climbs and late attacks wrap up stage seven in Turkey
The penultimate stage of this year’s Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey rolled out from historic Gallipoli and inland towards Istanbul and onto a pair of second category climbs before climaxing in late attacks form the GC contenders with a reduced group going all the way to the line. Experienced former Hungarian road champion Peter Kusztor…
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