Poli makes the break on stage three in Turkey
The sprinters again came to the fore on stage three of the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey with a flat run from Cesme to Izmir, but only after Verona native Umberto Poli animated the early breakaway for Team Novo Nordisk. Umberto Poli: “We managed to go clear after around 10km of racing, there had been…
Read MoreCross winds, crashes and another fast finale on stage two in Turkey
Another sprint stage unfolded on stage two of the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, with a shorter 156km of racing and lots of strong wind to contend with over the closing kilometers. Team Novo Nordisk rallied around Italian sprinter Andrea Peron with the Padovan just outside the top ten in twelfth and hungry for more.…
Read MoreTour of Turkey opens with longest stage and fast sprint finale
The 2022 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey began today with a tough 207km opener that included three categorized climbs before the finish and was peppered with numerous crashes before a fast and technical bunch sprint wrapped up the day’s proceedings. Andrea Peron: “It was a classic Tour of Turkey stage today, frantic and with quite…
Read MoreTNN turn attention to Tour of Turkey
Team Novo Nordisk head to the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey on Sunday with memories of Italian sprinter Andrea Peron’s stellar performance on last year’s final stage still fresh in the memory and another challenging route ahead. Eight tough stages await the world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team with plenty of mixed terrain on…
Read MoreKopecky to make classics debut at Scheldeprijs
Team Novo Nordisk return to race on Belgian and Dutch roads next week at the oldest one-day race in Flanders, Scheldeprijs. The world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team will line up at the “sprinters classic” as it follows the newer parcours that crosses the border into the Netherlands before returning to Belgium for the…
Read MoreA tough day at GP Miguel Indurain as TNN look ahead to Belgium
Sports Director, Gennady Mikhaylov: “We knew beforehand what we were in for today. GP Miguel Indurain is well known to be a hard race and when we woke up to more rain and snow this morning we thought it was going to be brutal. Fortunately by the start, conditions improved slightly and apart from a…
Read MoreTeam Novo Nordisk return to Spain for GP Miguel Indurain
The world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team head to Spain this weekend for the semi-classic GP Miguel Indurain, making a return appearance at the tough one-day race in Navarre. Spanish climber David Lozano is set to lead the team after 4th place in the recent South Aegean Tour alongside former Hungarian champion Peter Kusztor…
Read MorePeron produces second podium of the week for TNN at Rhodes Tour
Team Novo Nordisk closed out the International Rhodes Tour in fine style with Italian sprinter Andrea Peron taking third place in the final sprint after a brutal last stage, giving the world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team it’s second podium of the race and first ever consecutive top three finish. Andrea Peron: “Today was…
Read MoreKopecky shines with third on stage two in Rhodes and the future looks bright
Neo-pro Matyas Kopecky fulfilled his dream on stage two of the International Tour of Rhodes, sprinting into third place in his first professional race for Team Novo Nordisk. After another hilly and windy stage, the Czech U19 road champion was set to lead-out teammate Andrea Peron in downtown Afandou, but a technical corner filled with…
Read MoreStage one climbs keep Kusztor at the front in Rhodes
Veteran Team Novo Nordisk climber Peter Kusztor pulled out another impressive performance on the opening road stage at the International Rhodes Tour with the 37-year-old in the mix in the leading group after the race split to pieces on the main climb of the day. Holding position as the closing kilometers unfolded over a lumpy…
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