Posts by Tim Lindley
Twelfth for Kopecky on Belgium Tour opener
The opening stage of the Baloise Belgium Tour unfolded exactly as expected for Team Novo Nordisk with an uneventful 190km before a frantic finale with 22-year-old Matyas Kopecky 12th in Knokke-Heist. “I was too far back going into the sprint,” said Kopecky. “The situation changed pretty quickly and throughout the last lap I was in a good position, on a good wheel but…
Read MoreEpic ride by Kopecky at Dwars door het Hageland
A tough day chasing in the dust at Dwars door het Hageland left Matyas Kopecky battered and empty at the finish in Diest after the Team Novo Nordisk rider produced a memorable performance to finish 11th after spending much of the race chasing and jumping from group to group. A wet start in Aarschot belied…
Read MoreHageland and Belgium Tour close out first half of season for Team Novo Nordisk
Back-to-back Belgian races are on the horizon for Team Novo Nordisk with 20th edition of Dwars door het Hageland up first on Saturday followed by the five-day Baloise Belgium Tour next week. After winning the best young rider classifications at both the Loire Tour and the Tour of Estonia already this season plus a stack…
Read MoreTNN Looking East to the Tour of Estonia
Two days of racing across stunning Estonia from Tallinn to Tartu awaits Team Novo Nordisk with the world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team ready to take the 12th edition head on. In form sprinter Matyas Kopecky will lead the team alongside the experienced elder statesmen Andrea Peron and 23-year-old rouleur Filippo Ridolfo. “This year’s…
Read MoreUnfinished business for TNN at Unbound Gravel
Unbound Gravel is the world’s premier gravel race where dreams can be realized or come spectacularly undone on the unforgiving dirt roads of Kansas and Missouri. For Team Novo Nordisk’s David Lozano and Declan Irvine the return to Kansas is both round two and round redemption after mixed fortunes in the 2024 race. Irvine memorably…
Read MoreBig week in Hungary closes with Kopecky fifth on final stage
Team Novo Nordisk got back on track at the Tour de Hongrie this week with 22-year-old Matyas Kopecky showing the meaning of the word consistency another top five on today’s final stage. The whole team proved their worth throughout the week with tireless work coming from Italians Filippo Ridolfo and Antonio Polga, a strong queen…
Read MoreKopecky knocking on the door at Tour de Hongrie
Twelfth, fourth and now eighth for young Czech sprinter Matyas Kopecky at the Tour de Hongrie with the Team Novo Nordisk star mixing it with the best in the sprints and showing what’s possible with diabetes at the highest level. A windy 154km of racing unfolded in Hungary as the fourth stage saw an early…
Read MorePoli enjoys Queen Stage breakaway in Hungary
Italian rouleur Umberto Poli put his best foot forward on today’s hilly Queen Stage at the Tour de Hongrie with the 28-year-old part of a six rider breakaway for Team Novo Nordisk. Poli needed all his experience to be alive to the early move as most teams without a GC leader would want to be…
Read MoreFabulous fourth for Kopecky and TNN in Hungary
Continuing the strong start to this year’s Tour de Hongrie 22-year-old Matyas Kopecky really found his form on today’s stage two sprinting into his second top five of the season with fourth place. Team Novo Nordisk almost didn’t get the chance to contest the result at all after a mass crash took down over 30…
Read MoreKopecky blasts back into form with 12th in Hungary
Czech sprinter Matyas Kopecky blew away the cobwebs for Team Novo Nordisk on stage one of the Tour de Hongrie today sprinting into 12th place in Györ and leaving the lingering effects of recent sickness well and truly in the dust. The longest stage of the centenary edition started in front of big crowds bathed…
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