Tour of Sakarya – Stage 2
Daniel Holt Development Team General Manager: “Today was the hardest day of the tour. 160km with 4 good climbs coming with 50km to go. Strategy was to hide all day and try to make the front group over the climbs. Naturally, the race exploded over the climbs and some slick roads added to the chaos.…
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The Leadville 100 is undoubtedly the world’s most iconic mountain bike race. Starting in 1994, the race was instigated to help the economy of the local region after the closing of a large gold mine in Lake County, Colorado, USA. In 1994 the unemployment rate in the town of Leadville was the highest of any…
Read MoreTour of Sakarya – Stage 1
Daniel Holt Development Team General Manager: “Today was the first stage of the 4-stage Tour of Sakarya. 5 laps of a technical circuit with 2 medium climbs per lap. Goal was to hide and survive until the finish. The race pretty much exploded on the 1st lap. Doriand was our only guy to stay with the…
Read MoreTeam Novo Nordisk bound for back-to-back races in Bulgaria
Team Novo Nordisk head to Bulgaria this week for a double header of Eastern European racing at the Tour of Bulgaria and sister race In the Footsteps of the Romans, the world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team will be making their first appearance at both races. Czech neo pro and former U19 national road…
Read MoreDevo Race Report – Grand Prix Cappadocia
Daniel Holt Development Team General Manager: “Simple strategy today: Keep our 2 climbers Nathan and Doriand out of trouble until the final brutal 10km climb. The guys did well to protect and support our captains today. Everyone did their share of work, and none of the workers were expected to finish the race. In the end, Nathan…
Read MoreDevo Race Report – Grand Prix Develi
Daniel Holt Development Team General Manager: “Today was the flattest day of racing that we have in Turkey, so we lined up our best sprinters. We knew that it was hot and a lot of cross wind, and reminded the riders to mindful of that. Celestin and Nigel did great and made all of the…
Read MoreGoals achieved and objectives reached for TNN in Denmark
Team Novo Nordisk achieved their best ever result at the Tour of Denmark this week with Italian sprinter Andrea Peron seventh on the opening stage before neo-pro Filippo Ridolfo led the breakaway for 200km on stage three and Spanish climber David Lozano wrapped things up with a 31st place finish on the final stage. The…
Read MoreWaterfront Sprint closes stage four in Denmark
A fast fourth stage for Team Novo Nordisk around the fjords of northwest Jutland unfolded behind the early breakaway at the Tour of Denmark before a hectic bunch sprint brought the stage to a close by the marina in Skive. Andrea Peron (ITA): “This was the last chance for another go in the sprint, so…
Read MoreDevo Race Report – Grand Prix Tomarza
Start time: 11:00 Avg. speed winner: 44.802 km/h Race category: ME – Men Elite Distance: 133km Points scale: 1.2 Parcours: Flat Vert. meters: 1258m Departure: Kayseri Arrival: Tomarza Sergey Lagutin: “This was the first race after a long break, very hot weather, high altitude. We knew that it would be hard for our riders but expectations were higher than what we got. After first…
Read MoreRidolfo leads from the front long break in Denmark
Young Italian first-year professional Filippo Ridolfo, was alive to the early attacks on a gruelling third stage at the Tour of Denmark jumping into the breakaway after 3 kilometers of racing and only being caught 230km later. Filippo Ridolfo (ITA)“Wow! I feel completely dead now. It was great to get out front and finally make…
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