Szlakiem Walk Mjr Hubala Kicks Off with 40km Prologue

By tnn | May 31, 2018
Szlakiem Walk Mjr Hubala | Team Novo Nordisk

Race: Szlakiem Walk Mjr Hubala, prologue Start/Finish: Kielce/Kielce, Poland Distance: 40m kilometers Kielce, Poland — Team Novo Nordisk kicked off the 5-day Szlakiem Walk Mjr Hubala, the team’s only 2018 appearance in Poland, with Thursday’s 40-km prologue in the south central Polish town of Kielce. The race featured twenty 2-km laps down Warszawska street with each stage finishing with a sprint for points. Andrea Peron: “Today we started with a new kind…

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Sam Brand: Race Day Essentials

By tnn | May 29, 2018
Sam Brand 5 Race Day Essentials | Team Novo Nordisk

When it comes to training for sports and living with diabetes, preparation is a key factor. What’s “essential”, however, can be different for everyone. Below, Team Novo Nordisk rider Sam Brand lists his Top 5 Essentials for race day. My Manx Flag I am Manx (hailing from the Isle of Man), and this flag belonged to my grandma.…

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Planet & Lozano Finish Top 10 in GC at Tour of Estonia

By tnn | May 26, 2018
Team Novo Nordisk | Tour of Estonia 2018

Race: Tour of Estonia, stage 2 Start/Finish: Tartu/Tartu, Estonia Distance: 173 kilometers TARTU, ESTONIA — Charles Planet finished fifth on Saturday in the final stage of the Tour of Estonia, with strong help from his teammate David Lozano in a late-race breakaway that shattered the peloton on a sunny day in Tartu. With three laps to go…

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Peron Scores Top 5 at Tour of Estonia

By tnn | May 25, 2018
Team Novo Nordisk | Andrea Peron | 2018 Tour of Estonia

Race: Tour of Estonia, stage 1 Start/Finish: Tallinn/Tartu, Estonia Distance: 200 kilometers TARTU, ESTONIA — Andrea Peron finished fifth in the opening stage at the Tour of Estonia on Friday, with help from his teammates as strong crosswinds split the peloton in a nervous day of racing. No real breakaway attempts were strong enough to overcome the…

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