Irvine breaks his duck in Larciano
Australian Declan Irvine burst out of the peloton in the early kilometers of todays GP Industria & Artigianato in Italy to make the breakaway for the first time in his career before Andrea Peron racked up another top 20. Head sports director Massimo Podenzana: “Great job by Declan today. It was our big goal to…
Read MoreGP Vipava Valley
Development team General Manager Daniel Holt:“Today was hard for our boys. There were two 1.5km climbs on the 5 big laps, followed by 5 laps of a much harder finishing circuit.” “We hadn’t had the best of luck with Doriand crashing at a crucial point in the race after the long circuits and having to…
Read MoreWeekend in the Tuscan hills for Team Novo Nordisk at GP Industria & Artigianato
Team Novo Nordisk return to the historic and hilly Italian one-day race GP Industria & Artigianato in Tuscany on Sunday charged with replicating recent storing team performances in Holland and Belgium. The 45th edition (in its current guise) will deviate slightly from the classic route of repeated ascents of the famous San Baronto climb out…
Read MoreInternational Tour of Rhodes stage 3
Development team General Manager Daniel Holt: “Th toughest stage was definitely saved for last, with 2,600m of climbing on the menu and and strong wind whipping around the island it was our objective just to make it through. The race blew to shreds on the first climb just 40km into the 150km stage. Charles was…
Read MoreInternational Tour of Rhodes Stage 2
Development Team General Manager Daniel Holt: “The stage featured over 2,000 meters of climbing and no significant time gaps from yesterday, so we knew it would be challenging all day. Everyone should try to hide as much as possible, see how they can perform over the climb, and hopefully have good legs for the finale.”…
Read MorePlanet continues ease back into racing with top 10 at Tour of Rhodes
After a near career ending crash while training last year Frenchman Charles Planet is continuing his return to racing and rehabilitation with the Team Novo Nordisk development team at the International Tour of Rhodes. It’s obviously working, as the day after a heavy storm cancelled the prologue, Planet blew off the cobwebs with ninth place…
Read MoreKopecky & Peron make the cut at Koksijde Classic
Todays Koksijde Classic wound its way east across the windswept coast of Northern Belgium with Matyas Kopecky and Andrea Peron both on the right side of the splits for Team Novo Nordisk. Sports Director Gennady Mikhaylov: “The race started to split into small groups within the last 60km when UAE put the hammer down in…
Read MoreTour de Taiwan wraps with near misses and Poli sprinting for the final
The 2023 Tour de Taiwan finished today with Team Novo Nordisk reflecting on coming close to the desired result and a great experience being back racing in Asia. Head Sports director Massimo Podenzana: “We started this race so well with good stage results, high position on the overall classification and lots of optimism for how…
Read MoreExplosive final lap shakes things up at Nokere Koerse
After a fairly tranquil opening 160km at the 77th edition of the cobbled semi-classic Nokere Koerse in Belgium, the final 35km really shook the bones as the attacks popped left, right and center before a crash marred finale totally split what was left of the bunch leaving Team Novo Nordisk dodging the carnage and settling…
Read MoreBeadle caught 200m from the line on stage 4 in Taiwan
New Zealander Hamish Beadle came agonizingly close to a first career victory for Team Novo Nordisk on stage 4 of the Tour de Taiwan when he was the last man standing from the days breakaway only to be cruelly caught within the last 200m. Head sports director Massimo Podenzana: “Another frustrating day, we had two…
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