Valognes Finishes Outside Top 10 on Tour de Taiwan Finale

Team Novo Nordisk | Tour de Taiwan

Race: Tour de Taiwan, Stage 5 Start/Finish: Pingtung/ Pingtung, Taiwan Distance: 198.8 kilometers Pingtung, Taiwan — Thursday’s final stage of the Tour de Taiwan was the longest day of the race at 198.8-kilometers. The relatively flat stage took the peloton along the coast before three finishing circuits around Pingtung. Team Novo Nordisk actively covered all the…

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Neo-pros Test Their Legs on Tour de Taiwan Queen Stage

Brian Kamstra | Team Novo Nordisk | 2017 Tour de Taiwan

Race: Tour de Taiwan, Stage 4 Start/Finish: Nantou/Nantou, Taiwan Distance: 166.6 kilometers Nantou, Taiwan — Wednesday served as the Tour de Taiwan’s Queen Stage. Stage 4, which also served as the penultimate day, began and ended in Nantou. The 166.6-kilometer stage featured nearly 800 meters of climbing with two substantial categorized climbs. Team Novo Nordisk’s neo-pros…

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Tour de Taiwan – HCP Engagement Event

Team Novo Nordisk | Tour de Taiwan

Taipei, Taiwan – Before kicking off the 2017 Tour de Taiwan, Team Novo Nordisk rider Chris Williams and Team Doctor David Castol met with a group of local health care professionals to discuss real life experiences of living with diabetes and share some lessons learned from training and racing. “This week, I was fortunate to met with HCPs,”…

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Climbs Make for Dynamic Day at Tour de Taiwan

Team Novo Nordisk | 2017 Tour de Taiwan

Race: Tour de Taiwan, Stage 3 Start/Finish: Taoyuan/Taoyuan, Taiwan Distance: 118.7 kilometers  Taoyuan, Taiwan — Tuesday’s Stage 3 of the Tour de Taiwan featured a flat start followed by two categorized climbs and a summit finish on a Category 1 climb in Taoyuan. The team’s goals were similar to previous days with the aim to cover…

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Williams Tries His Luck in Tour de Taiwan Breakaway

Team Novo Nordisk | Stage 2, Tour de Taiwan

Race: Tour de Taiwan, Stage 2 Start/Finish: Taipei/Taipei, Taiwan Distance: 114.7 kilometers  Taipei, Taiwan — Monday’s Stage 2 of the Tour de Taiwan started and ended in Taipei with a parcours that began along the coast, before turning towards the hills for two categorized climbs, and then heading back along the coast for the finish. The…

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Kamstra Scores First Career Top 10 at Tour de Taiwan Opener

2017 Tour de Taiwan | Team Novo Nordisk

Race: Tour de Taiwan, Stage 1 Start/Finish: Taipei/Taipei, Taiwan Distance: 83 kilometers Taipei, Taiwan, — Team Novo Nordisk’s neo-pro Brian Kamstra sprinted around a late-race crash and took 10th place on Stage 1 of the five-day Tour de Taiwan. Saturday’s opening stage of the Tour de Taiwan was held on the same course as the…

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