Young Riders Perservere on Tour of Utah Queen Stage
Race: Tour of Utah, Stage 6 Start/Finish: Snowbasin Resort /Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort, Utah Distance: 183.1 kilometers Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort, Utah — Saturday’s penultimate stage of the Tour of Utah was the race’s Queen stage. The 183.1-km stage began in Snowbasin Resort and featured more than 3,400 meters of climbing. The…
Read MoreMegias Sprints To Eighth on Tour of Utah Stage 5
Race: Tour of Utah, Stage 5 Start/Finish: Antelope Island State Park /Bountiful, Utah Distance: 182.6 kilometers Bountiful, Utah — Team Novo Nordisk’s Javier Megias scored the team’s first top 10 at this year’s Tour of Utah when he finished eighth on Stage 5. Friday’s 182.6-kilometer long race featured four categorized climbs before a downhill finish…
Read MoreHot & Fast Stage at Tour of Utah
Race: Tour of Utah, Stage 4 Start/Finish: IM Flash /Kearns, Utah Distance: 154 kilometers Kearns, Utah — Thursday’s Stage 4 of the Tour of Utah was another hot one on the bike with temperatures again reaching around 38 Celsius. While the 154-kilometer stage didn’t feature as much climbing as previous stages, it also didn’t include…
Read MoreMandy Marquardt Wins 4 Elite National Sprint Titles
Race: 2016 USA Cycling Elite Track Nationals Location: Trexlertown, Pennsylvania, USA On July 26, Team Novo Nordisk Women’s Elite cyclist, Mandy Marquardt, sprinted to victory, winning all four United States Elite National Sprint Titles: Elite Sprint Keirin 500m TT (with her 2016 victory, Mandy broke a 19 year old track record at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center) Team Sprint Below…
Read MoreLongest Stage of Tour of Utah was a Scorcher
Race: Tour of Utah, Stage 3 Start/Finish: Richfield /Payson, Utah Distance: 191.8 kilometers Payson, Utah — Wednesday’s Stage 3 of the Tour of Utah headed into the Wasatch Mountains and featured the epic Mt. Nebo climb, which crested at nearly 2,745 meters. At 191.8 kilometers in length, the day served as the race’s longest and…
Read MoreBreakaway Stays Until the Finish on Stage 2 of Tour of Utah
Race: Tour of Utah, Stage 2 Start/Finish: Escalante /Torrey, Utah Distance: 159 kilometers Torrey, Utah — Tuesday’s Stage 2 of the Tour of Utah saw the peloton tackle a 159-kilometer race that featured two categorized climbs before two 17-km finishing circuits around Torrey. The fight to get into the day’s breakaway started fast and furious.…
Read MoreMegias 2 Seconds Behind Leader at Tour of Utah Opener
Race: Tour of Utah, Stage 1 Start/Finish: Zion National Park/Cedar City, Utah Distance: 135 kilometers Cedar City, Utah — The Tour of Utah, known as America’s toughest stage race, kicked off Monday under hot and sunny skies. The opening stage began with a 20-kilometer neutral rollout through Zion National Park and speeds picked up quickly…
Read MoreTwo Devo Riders Join Pro Squad as Stagiaires
Team Novo Nordisk, the world’s first all-diabetes professional cycling team, is bringing up two of its best development riders, Frenchman Quentin Valognes and Dutchman Rik van IJzendoorn, onto the men’s pro squad as stagiaires for the remainder of the 2016 season. Van IJzendoorn is slated to make his professional debut at the Tour of Utah,…
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Read MoreTeam Novo Nordisk Wraps PostNord Danmark Rundt
Race: Tour of Denmark Start/Finish: Karrebæksminde / Frederiksberg, Denmark Distance: 175 kilometers Frederiksberg, Denmark — The five-day Tour of Denmark concluded on Sunday with a 175-kilometer race beginning in Karrebæksminde and finishing with 10 laps around Frederiksberg. With points on the line for the sprint and king of the mountains jerseys, the peloton wasn’t willing…
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