Race: Tour of China, Stage 5 Start/Finish: Leshan/ Leshan, China Distance: 138.6 kilometers Leshan, China – Andrea Peron earned Team Novo Nordisk its first top 10 at this year’s Tour of China 1 when he sprinted to eighth place on Stage 5. The result is Peron’s sixth career top 10 at the race. “It was another chaotic…

Race: Tour of China I, stage 4 Start/Finish: Bazhong / Pingchang, China Distance: 157.5 kilometers Pingchang, China — Team Novo Nordisk rider Andrea Peron (ITA) fought hard to stay among the leaders on Tuesday’s hilly stage 4 of the Tour of China I. “Today was the hardest stage so far,” the 27-year-old Peron said. “The breakaway went early– before the first…

Race: Tour of China I, stage 3 Start/Finish: Banan / Banan, China Distance: 114.7 kilometers Banan, China — Following a transfer day on Sunday, the 2016 Tour of China I resumed racing in Banan with Monday’s stage 3. “At just over 114km,” Team Novo Nordisk Sport Director Pavel Cherkasov said, “the stage was relatively short. But it featured enough climbing to…

Race: Tour of China I, stage 2 Start/Finish: Weichang / Fengning, China Distance: 157.8 kilometers Fengning, China — Teams were on the attack during Saturday’s stage 2 of the Tour of China I, but despite several small breakaways, Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec controlled the stage, looking for another stage win for Marco Benfatto; and it was all back together with…