Coming 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…
Read MoreTour du Rwanda – Stage 1 Recap with David Lozano
Team Novo Nordisk kicks off Tour du Rwanda with a strong performance
Race: Tour du Rwanda – Stage 1 Start/Finish: Kigali/Kigali, Rwanda Distance: 114.4 kilometers David Lozano (ESP) The race started nervously with three guys going up the road and no team willing to pull nor get organized. By the final circuit, we were still about four minutes back from the breakaway. I was at the front…
Read MoreTeam Novo Nordisk set to return to the scene of 2019 success at the Tour du Rwanda
Race: Tour du Rwanda (February 23-March 1, 2020) Country: Rwanda Total Distance: 889 kilometers Race Class: UCI 2.1 (Africa Tour) Atlanta, GA – American UCI ProTeam, Team Novo Nordisk, will return to the Tour du Rwanda at the end of February looking for additional success at Africa’s premier stage race. The world’s first all-diabetes…
Read More2020 Tour Colombia – Stage 6: Racing for The Fans
The support of our fans gives us an extra motivation. We are #ChangingDiabetes, all together!
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