Checking in with Mandy Marquardt
As the world continues to conform to its new normal, Mandy Marquardt is looking forward to a race schedule that resembles pre-pandemic levels. In the below interview, she talks about the role racing often plays in her diabetes management and how she’s using her off the bike time wisely. What 2022 is looking like I’m…
Read MoreHilly stage in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Daniel Holt, Development Team General Manager (USA): I wanted the guys to be cautious today since it was hard to tell how hard the course was going to be, and how the big teams were going to race. Just keep position always, then follow some moves later on. The race was fast from the beginning…
Read MoreLozano digs deep on last stage in Greece
Spanish climber David Lozano went deep on the mountainous final stage of the International Tour of Hellas to finish in the top 20 and climb up to 13th overall. A great week of racing saw a fantastic team performance from Team Novo Nordisk that included a second and fourth place for Italian sprinter Andrea Peron,…
Read More12 km of gravel challenging for riders and their bikes
Daniel Holt, Development Team General Manager (USA): It looked like it was going to be challenging. Steep climb a the beginning, 12km “gravel” section on the sustained 20km climb, then a nasty kicker at the end. I told guys to be very alert at the front in the first 50km and try to follow a…
Read MorePeron fourth on stage four as TNN teamwork comes to the fore
Someone once said that cycling is a team sport and even though the results table only shows the individual, the whole team make that result possible and Team Novo Nordisk showed that in spades today as Andrea Peron’s teammates carved a way through the carnage to set the Italian up for fourth place in the…
Read MoreLate move decides stage three of Tour of Hellas
Knowing something may happen and being in a position to prevent it is often not as simple as it sounds. That much can be said for the third stage of the International Tour of Hellas as a group of 17 riders attacked on the final climb and held off the chasing pack to contest the…
Read MoreDevelopment team at Carpathian couriers race in beautiful streets of Budapest
Daniel Holt, Development Team General Manager (USA) : Very simple Prologue. 1km out, 180 degree turn, 1km back. Since it was such a short drag, it was important to start strong from the very beginning, get aero, save some energy before the turn around, then full gas to the finish. Overall, I’m happy with everyone.
Read MorePeron second on stage two sprint in the shadow of Delfi
Whether it was the history of the ancient terrain that lays beneath the roads, or the mythical energy that surrounds the coast bellow the stunning hills of Delphi and the ruins of the famous Oracle that once dwelled there. Sought out by heroes to foretell of great deeds yet to come. But one things for…
Read MorePeron & Lozano roll hard on the climbs to finish with the leaders at Hellas Tour
A hot and hilly opening stage of the International Hellas Tour traversed the ancient Island of Crete from the capital Heraklion to the picturesque port of Chania where a technical finish awaited on the seafront. Italian sprinter Andrea Peron and Spanish climber David Lozano produced a good showing for Team Novo Nordisk, forming part of…
Read MoreGreek odyssey concludes for Team Novo Nordisk at the Tour of Hellas
After close to three weeks racing and training on the Greek island of Rhodes in March, Team Novo Nordisk head back to Greece for the International Hellas Tour next week as 2022 marks the return of the stage race after a ten-year absence. Taking place over five days of racing that will start on the…
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