Kusztor king of the breakaway on stage two in Hungary
Hometown hero Peter Kusztor got his wish on today’s second stage of the Tour deHongrie as the former Hungarian road champion attacked early to join the second andmain breakaway of the day.Team Novo Nordisk went into the stage with a plan and despite the windy conditionswere able to execute phase one with the 37-year-old digging…
Read MoreTour de Hongrie opens with blazing sunshine and a hectic sprint
The 43rd Tour de Hongrie began with rising temperatures on stage one and Team Novo Nordisk focused on keeping tempo behind the early breakaway and the subsequent bunch sprint in downtown Szekesfehervar with Italian Andrea Peron 15th and already looking for better on tomorrow’s stage two. Andrea Peron: “It was a hectic sprint today, partly…
Read MoreTeam Novo Nordisk go into Tour of Hungary on a high
A great week of racing in Greece sets the world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team up well going into the 43rd edition of the Tour de Hongrie with sprinter Andrea Peron and Catalan climber David Lozano both in form and hungry for more results. Peron achieved the team’s third podium of the year when…
Read MoreClimbing up the Slovakian High Tatras
Daniel Holt, Development Team General Manager (USA): Today was the last stage, a 2.9km uphill TT. Don’t go too hard at the very beginning and finish with an all-out effort. I was hoping Nathan could do well and possibly crack the top-10.Nathan, Louis and Robbe did their best today and looked pretty tired after the…
Read MoreChecking 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…
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