Tour du Rwanda – Stage 6 Recap with Joonas Henttala
Team Novo Nordisk Set for Debut at International Rhodes Grand Prix & International Rhodes Tour
Race: International Rhodes GP & International Rhodes Tour Country: Rhodes – Greece Total Distance: International Rhodes GP – 186.3km & International Rhodes Tour – 458.1 km Race Class: International Rhodes GP – 1.2 & International Rhodes Tour – 2.2 Atlanta, GA – The world’s first all diabetes pro cycling team, Team Novo Nordisk, heads…
Read MoreStage 6 sees Joonas Henttala in the Breakaway
Race: Tour du Rwanda – Stage 6 Start/Finish: Musanze / Muhanga, Rwanda Distance: 127.3 kilometers Joonas Henttala (FIN) Last year on Stage 6, I was in the breakaway and we made it to the finish. I was determined to make the break on this stage again this year. The race started quickly, and it was hard…
Read MoreComing into form on Stage 5 at Tour du Rwanda
Race: Tour du Rwanda – Stage 5 Start/Finish: Rubayu/ Musanze, Rwanda Distance: 84.7 kilometers Sam Brand (GBR—Isle of Man) I had been looking forward to this stage for a while, a long time even before the race. Today is also my birthday, so it was quite a special day for me! The stage had a…
Read MoreA very tough stage at Tour du Rwanda
Race: Tour du Rwanda – Stage 4 Start/Finish: Rusizi/Rubavu, Rwanda Distance: 206.3 kilometers Pavel Cherkasov – Sport Director It has been a hard day for our guys. Right from the beginning of the race there were many attacks. When the break of 19 riders went up the road, our riders remained with the peloton which included…
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Tour du Rwanda – Stage 2 with Charles Planet
David Lozano finishes Stage 3 in 15th place
Race: Tour du Rwanda – Stage 3 Start/Finish: Huye – Rusizi, Rwanda Distance: 142.3 kilometers David Lozano (ESP) Today was a short stage but with high altitude – up to 2500m – so it was a hard stage. The team was really good; we stuck all together until the last climb. In the final kilometers,…
Read MoreLozano and Planet finished together with the peloton in a fast final sprint
Race: Tour du Rwanda – Stage 2 Start/Finish: Kigali/Huye, Rwanda Distance: 120.5 kilometers Charles Planet (FRA) Today was harder for the breakaway because the stage was constantly up and down and there was some wind. I felt the first 40 kilometers were really hard with a lot of climbing, and I could feel the altitude in…
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