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Back to back top tens for Ridolfo
Date: June 11, 2021 Race: 5 Rings of Moscow Start/Finish: Moscow,Russia Distance: 122km Weather: light rain,thunderstorm 17deg Course: hils short but very steep Riders: 97 Class: UCI 2.2 Sergey Lagutin Today was another hard stage ( Krylatskoye ) but the distance was shorter. All our riders were very confident at the start and knew exactly what to do and how to defend in this course. Robbe Ceurens…
Read MoreTeam spirit and experience keeps Kusztor in the fray in Belgium
Sport Director Gennady Mikhaylov: “Today was for sure the toughest stage of the race starting with the iconic Mur du Huy and then steadily getting more difficult with repeated climbs over the final circuits. Yet again the boys did a good job of helping and looking out for one another when the going got tough.”…
Read MoreSprint finish wraps up hot, hot, hot third stage of the Belgium Tour
Sport Director Gennady Mikhaylov: “It’s frustrating that we just missed the breakaway today. Oliver attacked first and it didn’t stick, but the next move did, that’s just the way that it goes sometimes. After the breakaway was established, we regrouped and held a good position in the bunch to help Peter and Declan.” “Logan, Oliver…
Read MoreFive rings of Moscow stage 1: Ridolfo climbs to top 10
Date: June 9, 2021 Race: 5 Rings of Moscow Start/Finish: Moscow,Russia Distance: 148km Weather: Rain all day 16deg Course: hills, short, but very steep Riders: 138 Class: UCI 2.2 Sergey Lagutin – Head Coach Today was one of the harder and most important queen stage, Krillatskoe. The plan was for the guys to stay in the front of the bunch from the beginning to…
Read MoreKusztor rolls back the years on stage 2 ITT at the Belgium Tour
Sport Director Gennady Mikhaylov: “Our target today was for all our guys to come through without any issues and try to try as hard as possible, gain some good experience and learn as much as we can. We are not hugely experienced time trialists and with the big guys that are here targeting the overall,…
Read MoreDevo team: race report Five Rings of Moscow, prologue
Date: June 9, 2021 Race: 5 Rings of Moscow Start/Finish: Moscow,Russia Distance: 3.8km Weather: Cloudy 20deg Course: prologue ,flat Riders: 138 Class: UCI 2.2 Sergey Lagutin, Head Coach Today was the first day of our race in Moscow, all riders were very motivated and looking forward to this race.I told them to warm up very well and push all out at the race. We…
Read MoreCrash takes out Team momentum on stage one of the Belgium Tour.
Sport Director Gennady Mikhaylov “The guys were doing a very good job throughout the opening part of the race, working together and holding position as fourth team in the bunch and then we got unlucky with the crash, but hey that’s cycling and no one was injured, so we smile, say our thanks and move…
Read MoreBelgian adventure continues for Team Novo Nordisk at the Baloise Tour
The world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team stay in Belgium this week for the five-day Baloise Belgium Tour looking for breakaway opportunities after a tough weekend of racing at Hageland and Elfstedenronde. Australian Declan Irvine produced what could be considered a breakthrough performance in races he idolized as a junior rider, overcoming the challenge…
Read MoreIrvine doubles down in Elfstedenronde and realizes a dream
Sport director Gennady Mikhaylov: “I’m really happy with Declan today, he fought extremely hard not only to finish the race, but to make it back in the front group and stay there on the final two laps was impressive. The bunch was really moving at that point and in these races with multiple finishing circuits,…
Read MoreGravel and cobbled sectors create havoc at Hageland
Sport director Gennady Mikhaylov: “The race split very early, it started very fast with teams trying to get in the breakaway and also fighting for position for the corners, the gravel sectors and the cobbles. It’s fair to say that it was an explosive start.” “Andrea, Charles and Declan fought very hard to stay in…
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