Tough Day for TNN at Tour de Tochigi

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

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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Milestone Day For Planet at Milan-San Remo

Team Novo Nordisk | Charles Planet | 2018 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…

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Get to Know Our Sponsor: Giessegi Srl (GSG)

TEAM NOVO NORDISK 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…

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Changing Diabetes® in Children: Uganda

Immy Anne - Changing Diabetes® in Children - Immaculate Anyango, type 1 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…

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