Sun breaks through and brings the crowds on stage three in Limousin
Head Sports Director Massimo Podenzana: “I couldn’t understand some of the tactics early on today’s stage, attacks that went nowhere and caused splits that benefitted no one. But that’s how it went, and we lost ground on the first category climb at the 50 kilometer mark. From then on we were chasing.” “The break went…
Read MoreLozano enjoys a better day on stage two in Limousin
Head Sports Director Massimo Podenzana: “Today went a little better, the climbs came later in the stage and even though we started to lose contact over the latter stages of the race David showed something more and he managed to stay with the main bunch until the end of the stage. That’s a lot more…
Read MoreTour du Limousin starts with a roller in the hills around Sainte-Feyre
Head Sports Director Massimo Podenzana: “Apart from the early breakaway the race stayed together until we hit the final 60 kilometers and that’s where the speed ramped up. Andrea and David were within the bunch until the final 30 kilometers and then they slipped out of the back as the sharp ramps took their toll.”…
Read MoreTeam Novo Nordisk head straight to Limousin from Denmark
With a solid week of racing in their legs from the Tour of Denmark, the world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team go into Tuesday’s Tour du Limousin ready to roll. The 54th edition of the four-day race takes place around Limoges in the historic region of Limousin, south west of the mountainous Massif Central…
Read MoreWet final Time Trial in Frederiksberg brings to a close Tour of Denmark
Sports director Gennady Mikhaylov: “There’s no glossing over it, we came into the Tour of Denmark with clear objectives and although we achieved some of our goals we didn’t achieve them all and we know there’s some areas we need to work on.” “Getting in the breakaway was very important to us and we didn’t…
Read MoreIrvine leads the charge past Kalundborg as Lozano finishes with leaders
Sport Director Gennady Mikhalov: “Today was the last open road stage of this years Tour of Denmark. It was an important day for us because we passed one of the largest Novo Nordisk sites which produces almost half of the world’s insulin in Kalundborg.” “We knew we had to be on the front of the…
Read MoreMarquardt Celebrates Her Birthday with Two UCI Wins at Final Weekend of T-Town Summer Games
Mandy Marquardt celebrated her birthday with two victories at the third and final weekend of the T-Town UCI Summer Games, August 6-7. She claimed the UCI Elite Women’s Keirin and UCI Elite Women’s Sprint at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center in Trexlertown, Penn. Following a very successful three-weekend series where Marquardt won all the events…
Read MoreBreakaway attempts fall on hard ground as TNN look ahead to stage four in Denmark
Sports Director Gennady Mikhaylov: “We had one objective for today and that was to get in the breakaway. We knew it was going to be a hard task and we knew that there was going to be a hard competition for the breakaway and we also knew it was a very fast start due to…
Read MoreTough circuits in Sønderborg shake the tree at Tour of Denmark
Sport director Gennady Mikhaylov: “We had our sights set on the breakaway today and Sam Brand was the first of our guys to try and then Umberto, but the early attacks weren’t sticking. Two guys managed to slip away and unfortunately we missed that move.” “The bunch split a few times with the wind, but…
Read MorePeron hangs tough on stage one in Denmark
Head Sport Director, Massimo Podenzana “It ended up being a very nervous stage today. At the start it unfolded as we expected, the first attacks formed the breakaway and the bunch stayed pretty controlled until we hit the final circuits in Esbjerg…then it all exploded.” “The break was caught and the sprinters team really started…
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