Posts by Xylon Vaneyck
Checking in with Mandy Marquardt
As the world continues to conform to its new normal, Mandy Marquardt is looking forward to a race schedule that resembles pre-pandemic levels. In the below interview, she talks about the role racing often plays in her diabetes management and how she’s using her off the bike time wisely. What 2022 is looking like I’m…
Read MorePhoto Gallery: Ride for your L1fe exclusive screening
Last season, a documentary crew was embedded within Team Novo Nordisk. The result is the Ride for your L1fe documentary. The film shows what it takes to race at the highest level of professional cycling while living with type 1 diabetes. It shows the highs, the lows and everything in between of what the athletes…
Read MoreMatyas Kopecky set for pro debut in Greece
The youngest member of the Team Novo Nordisk Pro Team, Matyas Kopecky, will make his debut as a professional in Greece this week. The 19-year-old has been selected for the International Rhodes Grand Prix one-day race and International Tour of Rhodes stage race. Kopecky enjoyed a successful 2021 where he won the Czech Republic junior…
Read MoreTNN riders looking forward to racing in Antalya and Oman
Team Novo Nordisk will be getting the 2022 season underway with a double program. 10 February will see the team line up at both the Tour of Antalya (10 – 13 Feb) and the Tour of Oman (10 – 15 Feb). Gerd de Keijzer who starts his season in Oman has endured two years interrupted…
Read MoreTNN prepare for 2022 season at training camp in Alicante, Spain
Team Novo Nordisk is hard at work in preparation for the season with both the Pro and Devo teams gathered in Spain. Throughout the season, riders typically fly to races from their home basis. A training camp is a great opportunity for team bonding and for athletes to dial-in any new equipment. The get-together is…
Read MoreBrian Kamstra cherishes special moments as pro career ends
Brian Kamstra is retiring from professional cycling at the end of the season. A muscular illness has forced the 28-year-old to call time on his career after this, his sixth full season on the Team Novo Nordisk. In the interview below he talks about his unconventional journey into cycling and the impact of being part…
Read MoreOliver Behringer reflects on good memories as he calls time on pro career
Oliver Behringer has decided to call time on his career. One that started in 2011 when he met Team Novo Nordisk CEO and Co-founder, Phil Southerland at the Tour de Suisse. At the event, Oliver got to ride with Phil and the team, and he received as a gift Phil’s book Not Dead Yet Behringer…
Read MoreSam Munday looks back at what cycling has given him thus far
Sam Munday will be departing Team Novo Nordisk at the end of this year after six years in the organization. Below, Sam reminisces about this journey that started as a 16-year-old flying for the first time from Australia to the Talent ID camp in America. He lists experiences like this and others that’s taught him…
Read MoreExercise tips from Team Novo Nordisk professional athletes
Winter is setting in in the northern hemisphere and low temperatures can put a damper on your exercise routine. However, setting targets and hitting them through perseverance can be very rewarding. Exercise goals mean different things to different people. To some, it could be running your first 5 kilometers. To others, it could be completing…
Read More“My diabetes doesn’t control me.” David Sweeney cycles from the south to the north of Ireland.
There is an iconic cycling route in Ireland. The trip from Mizen Head to Malin Head is the most southerly point to the most northerly point of the country. David Sweeney rode the 750 kilometer route this September in support of charity, Cycle Against Suicide. In what he describes as the hardest experience of his…
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