Poli Sprints to Eighth on Tour de Tochigi Closer

By tnn | March 25, 2018
Umberto Poli | 2018 Tour de Tochigi | Team Novo Nordisk

Race: Tour De Tochigi, Stage 3 Start/Finish: Nasu/Moka, Japan Distance: 146.6 kilometers Moka, Japan —Team Novo Nordisk’s Umberto Poli scored a top 10 finish on Sunday’s final stage of the three-day Tour de Tochigi. The 146.6-kilometer race began with many attacks and on the first categorized climb, the race splintered into two groups. A flurry of attacks…

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Tough Day for TNN at Tour de Tochigi

By tnn | March 24, 2018
Team Novo Nordisk | Tour de Tochigi 2018

Race: Tour de Tochigi, stage 1 Start/Finish:  Oyama / Nikko, Japan Distance: 103 kilometers Umberto Poli: “The tactic today was to try and get in the breakaway, and if that wasn’t possible, to try and stay in the front and try and get a result in the sprint. Unfortunately we didn’t get in the break. The breakaway was caught as…

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Full Speed Time Trial Kicks Off Tour de Tochigi

By tnn | March 23, 2018
Team Novo Nordisk | 2018 Tour de Tochigi

Race: Tour de Tochigi, prologue Start/Finish: Yanaka/Yanaka, Japan Distance: 7.25 kilometers Yanaka, Japan – Team Novo Nordisk kicked off its first 2018 race in Japan on Friday, with a flat, short and fast prologue at the 2018 edition of Tour de Tochigi. Sam Brand had the squad’s top time on the 7.25km circuit along the Yanaka reservoir, a popular destination for sailboating and windsurfing. The riders…

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