Team Novo Nordisk Budapest bound with Tour de Hongrie up next
Team Novo Nordisk is set to back to the Tour de Hongrie next week, carrying some bittersweet memories of 2020 after Spanish climber David Lozano’s near miss in the red king of the mountain’s jersey. The world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team took the race head on a year ago with Lozano claiming the…
Read MoreLozano finishes 44th on GC at Vuelta Asturias
David Lozano (ESP) “Today was a good stage for me, up and downs all the way with about 3500m altitude. I felt well after yesterday and I was familiar with the final climb, Alto de Naranco. I knew what to expect but I did miss the punch to stay with the front group on the…
Read MoreLozano shy of the top 30 in a very tough stage two at Vuelta Asturias
Sport Director, Massimo Podenzana (ITA) “If yesterday was hard, today was harder. Over 200km of route crossing several climbs including a second category climb, another one of third category and the last one, less than 15km from the finish line, of first category. The guys worked together to help David and Peter. The second half…
Read MoreTough stage opener in Spain at Vuelta Asturias
Sport Director Massimo Podenzana (ITA) “When you have a guy of the caliber of Quintana soloing to victory on the opening stage, you know that the level of the race is very high and we did what we could today.” “David and Peter both hung in there for as long as possible, but the race…
Read MoreTeam Novo Nordisk ready to scale the heights in Asturias
American UCI ProTeam, Team Novo Nordisk return to race on Spanish soil next week at three-day Vuelta Asturias Julio Alvarez Mendo where some tough climbs await. First held way back in 1925 in the northwest region of Spain, 2021 marks the first appearance at the historic race for the world’s first all diabetes professional cycling…
Read MoreMaurten: Irvine and Henttala share testimonials
Earlier this year Team Novo Nordisk announced a new partnership with Swedish sports nutrition pioneers Maurten. Nutrition is vitally important as Team Novo Nordisk professional athletes race at the top level of the sport while living with type 1 diabetes. Maurten provides natural carbohydrate-based products for optimal energy which fits perfectly into our performance aims.…
Read MoreBenhamouda 8th on final stage at Belgrade Banjaluka
Team Novo Nordisk save the best until last in Serbia. A great day of teamwork concludes with a perfect lead out from Charles Planet and 8th place from Mehdi Benhamouda. The team’s second top ten of the 2021. Sports Director Gennady Mikhaylov: “I saw some good signs from the boys this week, of course I am…
Read MoreUphill Battle on Stage Three of Belgrade Banjaluka
Sports Director Gennady Mikhaylov: “There’s no doubt about it, very hard stage for our guys today. The climbs were much tougher in real life than the race profile and with the tailwind for most of the stage it made for a very fast day.” “We did our best for Charles and Sam and in turn…
Read MoreSun, Speed and Sprints Characterize Stage Two In Serbia
Sports Director Gennady Mikhaylov: “Another fast day out for the boys today and yet again I saw some great teamwork from everyone. Charles and Mehdi were well protected in the bunch from the wind and we just lost out a little on the final laps as we missed some top end speed.” “Tomorrow will be…
Read MorePlanet just shy of the top ten in 13th on the opening stage at Belgrade Banjaluka
Sports Director Gennady Mikhaylov: “This opening stage was always going to be one for the pure sprinters so, there are no surprises with the result today. It was super-fast and short at 90 kilometers, like a criterium and our plan was to go all in for Charles and try to support him for the final.”…
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