2018 Tour of Hainan | Stage 3 Recap

Stephen Clancy breaks down stage 3 of the 2018 Tour of Hainan, where teammate Sam Brand starred in the day’s main breakaway. “Sam did a monstrous effort, a terrific job, spending 200km up the road.”

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Brand Shines in Breakaway on Longest Hainan Stage

Sam Brand | Team Novo Nordisk | Tour of Hainan

Race: 2018 Tour of Hainan, stage 3 Start/Finish: Chengmai / Qionghai, China Distance: 231.8 kilometers QIONGHAI, CHN – Team Novo Nordisk’s Sam Brand put himself in the breakaway on Thursday’s stage 3 of Tour of Hainan, spending 200km at the front of the race, showing the Changing Diabetes jersey. With five other riders, Brand pushed out to a maximum advantage of nearly seven minutes…

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2018 Tour of Hainan | Stage 2 Recap

Joonas Henttala breaks down the hot and fast stage 2 of the 2018 Tour of Hainan. “There were a lot of breakaway attempts because there was only one categorized climb today and the riders wanted the jersey.”

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TNN Keeps Cool at Sweltering Stage 2 of Tour of Hainan

Team Novo Nordisk | Tour of Hainan

Race: 2018 Tour of Hainan, stage 2 Start/Finish: Danzhou / Chengmai, China Distance: 139.6 kilometers CHENGMAI, CHN – Tropical heat ruled the peloton on Wednesday as Team Novo Nordisk kept its cool at the Tour of Hainan. Sweltering October beach weather blanketed the Chinese island during the 140km flat stage from Danzhou to Chengmai, with a full peloton sprint at the…

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2018 Tour of Hainan | Stage 1 Recap

Our stagiaire Declan Irvine breaks down the opening stage of the 2018 Tour of Hainan. “There was a tricky left-hand corner with 1km to go. Half the peloton got caught up in that, so there’s a lot people getting the same time.”

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Hot Start at Tour of Hainan

Team Novo Nordisk | Tour of Hainan

Race: 2018 Tour of Hainan, stage 1 Start/Finish: Danzhou / Danzhou, China Distance: 90 kilometers DANZHOU, CHN – Team Novo Nordisk opened its final race of the 2018 season in China on Tuesday, starting the 13th Tour of Hainan with a 90km circuit race on a sweltering day in the middle of the tropical resort island of Hainan. Italian…

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