Gravel and cobbled sectors create havoc at Hageland
Sport director Gennady Mikhaylov: “The race split very early, it started very fast with teams trying to get in the breakaway and also fighting for position for the corners, the gravel sectors and the cobbles. It’s fair to say that it was an explosive start.” “Andrea, Charles and Declan fought very hard to stay in…
Read MoreOne day double header opens Belgian adventure for Team Novo Nordisk
Team Novo Nordisk hit the North next week with back-to-back one day races in Belgium at Dwars door het Hageland followed by Elfstedenronde. The world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team return to the hard and unforgiving cobbles for the first time since last year’s Brabantse Pijl prepared for some tough racing to lead them…
Read MoreCycling from the northernmost part of Europe to the UK
Allan Rutland was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1980. The doctors told his parents most people with diabetes don’t live beyond 40. In 2019, he took on an epic cycling journey from the northernmost point of mainland Europe, riding back to the UK and celebrating life. ——— The trip took 28 days. It was…
Read MoreDevo team race report from a double weekend in Italy and Slovenia
Date: 30 May 2021 Race: 49th Coppa della Pace – Trofeo F.lli Anelli(1.2U) Start/Finish: Sant’Ermete Distance: 172km Weather: sunny, +22 Course: 3 loops flat, 8 Loops climb 2.5km Riders: 170 Class: UCI 1.2U Seregy Lagutin (Development Team, Head Coach) Today was very high level race with the best U23 riders from the world. The tactic was to finish the race with most of the riders,…
Read MoreTop 20 for Planet in the final stage of the Tour de la Mirabelle
Sports Director, Massimo Podenzana “The last stage of the Tour de la Mirabelle was a long and nervous one. Very windy, with short climbs all the way from start to finish. It was a good stage for Planet, who also knows these roads very well.” “The team did a good job in keeping Planet up…
Read MoreKusztor tries to kick up some dust from the Mirabelle breakaway
Peter Kusztor (HUN) “We knew we had to try to get in the breakaway tidy and show ourselves, but also try to make something happen and that’s what I did.” “It was a hard stage, but the collaboration was quite good in the group and we managed to stay away for a long time, but…
Read MoreFinal stage circuits blow the race apart in Estonia
Sport Director, Gennady Mikhaylov “We knew how hard the climb was because we finished on the top of it on stage one, so I’m not surprised that it really contributed to blow the race up today. “The repeated ascents really did become a war of attrition and although we were unlucky that Andrea crashed out,…
Read MorePace is high on first road stage at Tour de la Mirabelle
Sports Director, Massimo Podenzana (ITA) “Today we had 159 km on the menu. We knew that the final part of the race was the hardest and the team needed to focus on that. The guys sticked to the plan. David did well, he was well positioned in the end until the final climb. The pace…
Read MoreTop 20 for Peron as break stays away on opening stage in Estonia
Sports Director, Gennady Mikhaylov “We tried to follow our plans today, if a big group goes then make sure we are there, and Andrea and Declan did that when the first move went. It was just a shame that the collaboration wasn’t great between the other teams. Not long after that move came back, the…
Read MoreTeam Novo Nordisk kicks off Tour de la Mirabelle with solid prologue
Charles Planet (FRA) “This Tour de Mirabelle started with a short, very fast prologue. I was one of the last ones to go, and I gave everything I had. The result was not the one I expected, but in fairness we were all very close to each other, which gives me confidence for tomorrow stage.”…
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