Meet new TNN ambassador, Ignacia Montt
Ignacia hails from Chile and is a professional 100m, 200m, 4 x 100m and 4 x 400m track sprinter. She is 26 years and has lived with type 1 diabetes since the age of 11. She is the youngest of seven children with two of her sisters also living with type 1 diabetes. Below, she…
Read MoreTop 20 for Henttala on final stage at Tour of Estonia
Joonas Henttala (FIN) “Today was a hard and hectic city circuit in Tartu, with rain and cobble stones to make it more challenging. The pace was high all day with non-stop attacks. With Matyas (Kopecky) and Declan (Irvine) we worked hard and did well in keeping our positions in the front.“ “I had good sensations…
Read MoreKopecky takes top 15 in a brutal stage at Tour of Estonia
Matyas Kopecky (CZE) “Today was a long day, and also a very fast one. In the beginning there was not breakaway, so the pace was really high. At some point the break went, and the bunch slowed down but it started to rain heavily. The team did really great by taking really good care of…
Read MoreKopecky in the top 30 in his debut at Tour of Estonia
Matyas Kopecky (CZE) “It’s my first time at the Tour of Estonia, and I am very happy to be here to show what’s possible with diabetes together with my teammates.” “I didn’t know what to expect – I just finished exams at school, and I came here to help the team but for today I…
Read MoreTeam Novo Nordisk back on the hunt at the Tour of Estonia
Multiple names return to the start line for Team Novo Nordisk at the Tour of Estonia this week with injuries and sickness overcome for some and the world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team looking for breakaways and stage results. Finnish road champion Joonas Henttala comes in directly from the Tour de Hongrie with Czech U19 road…
Read MoreMarquardt Sets Team Sprint National Record In Team Sprint at UCI Nations Cup
As part of the newly revamped Team USA Sprint Program, Team Novo Nordisk’s Mandy Marquardt attended a six-week training camp in Los Angeles, April 8 to May 9. The reigning National Champion then started her racing season at the Tissot UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup in Milton, Ontario, Canada, May 12-15. According to USA Cycling…
Read MoreDevo Race Report – Joe Martin Stage Race
Joe Martin Stage Race – Stage 1 Daniel Holt – Team Manager While this is only a smaller USA race, I knew that it would be competitive and told the guys as such. It was very windy with several sections of crosswinds throughout the race, then a 10km climb. The guys should keep position to make the…
Read MoreTour de Hongrie concludes with Kekesteto Queen Stage
The classic Tour de Hongrie Queen Stage closed out the 43rd edition of the race, climaxing atop the Kekesteto climb with former Hungarian national champion Peter Kusztor’s first home for Team Novo Nordisk, buoyed by the cheers of the home crowds. Peter Kusztor: “As always I’ve really enjoyed racing at home and showing off the…
Read MoreTop 20 for Peron and Team Novo Nordisk in Hungary
The clouds parted and the sun reappeared for today’s fourth stage of the Tour de Hongrie as the peloton sat calmly behind the breakaway quartet over the undulating parcours before the sprint unfolded in Kazincbarcika with Andrea Peron placing in the top 20 on the slightly uphill finish. Andrea Peron: “It was almost too steady…
Read MoreWet and filthy stage three in Hungary brings out the TNN train
The rain came down across northeastern Hungary on stage three of the Tour de Hongrie with Team Novo Nordisk shaking off the raindrops over the closing kilometers to provide sprinter Andrea Peron with an almost perfect lead out train into the final. Almost perfect. Almost because of an untimely and unfortunate mechanical with 300m to…
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