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2018 Milan-San Remo Recap
Watch Team Novo Nordisk rider Charles Planet recap his day in the 2018 Milan-San Remo breakaway.
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Read MoreMilestone Day For Planet at Milan-San Remo
Race: Milan-San Remo Start/Finish: Milan/San Remo, Italy Distance: 291 kilometers San Remo, Italy — On Saturday, Team Novo Nordisk’s Charles Planet rode in the main breakaway at the 109th edition of Milan-San Remo, which puts a rider with diabetes in the break at the longest one-day race in the world for four consecutive years. “I…
Read MoreWe are Team Novo Nordisk – We are Changing Diabetes
Diabetes is tough. But working together, we find the courage to take on its challenges. We are Team Novo Nordisk. We are changing diabetes!
Read MoreGet to Know Our Sponsor: Giessegi Srl (GSG)
Team Novo Nordisk’s new clothing sponsor for the 2018 season is Giessegi Srl (GSG), which was founded in 1984 by Italian professional road and track rider Simone Fraccaro. Fraccaro was a standout on both the road and track during the 1970s and 80s and raced professionally from 1974-1984 with some of the biggest names of…
Read MoreChanging Diabetes® in Children: Uganda
I AM GRABBING THAT HOPE Meet Immy Anne, a 14-year-old in Uganda that is living and thriving with type 1 diabetes after she was lucky enough that a doctor recognized her symptoms. The cicadas sing in the tall grass as I talk to Immy Anne at the front porch of her home in the outskirts…
Read MoreGet To Know TNN: Emanuel Mini
New to Team Novo Nordisk’s professional squad for the 2018 season is 31-year-old Argentinian Emanuel Mini. He was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 26 and first met Team Novo Nordisk when the world’s first all-diabetes pro cycling team was racing at the Tour de San Luis in Argentina (2014). Mini had only been…
Read MoreTeam Type 1 Prepares For Next Class of Global Ambassadors
Every January, TT1 starts the year off in the most inspiring way possible–by pouring through stacks of Global Ambassador scholarship applications in preparation for the 2018-2019 selection process! This spring, approximately 170 student-athletes with diabetes will be considered for $140,000 worth of scholarship funding. The purpose of TT1’s scholarship program is two-fold: Offset the cost…
Read MoreTeam Novo Nordisk’s Top Race Videos of Early 2018
Team Novo Nordisk kicked off the 2018 season at Dubai Tour, against a field of the world’s best riders, and came away winning the Intermediate Sprint jersey. Next, the world’s first all-diabetes pro cycling team went handlebar-to-handlebar at the World Tour event, Abu Dhabi Tour, where a TNN rider featured each day in the main breakaway. Check out our top 5…
Read MoreDiabetes and Sick Days
Managing diabetes is demanding enough. Throwing in an illness – even the most common – and it can make diabetes daunting. Team Novo Nordisk and Team Type 1 athletes weigh in below on what helps get them through cold and flu season. Rob Mullen, Mountain Biker “My advice for managing diabetes on sick days is to…
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