Six New Riders Added to Team Novo Nordisk Roster for 5th Season

Team Novo Nordisk | 2017 roster announcement

Team Novo Nordisk, the world’s first all-diabetes professional cycling team, will race its fifth season with an expanded roster of 19 athletes from eight countries. Six new riders, including stagiaires Quentin Valognes (FRA) and Rik van IJzendoorn (NED), both who raced with the men’s professional team since August, are part of Team Novo Nordisk’s 2017 roster. “Team…

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Team Novo Nordisk Wrap 2016 Season at Tour of Taihu Lake

Gerd de Keijzer | Team Novo Nordisk | 2016 Tour of Taihu Lake

Race: Tour of Taihu Lake, A Start/Finish: Jurong Chishanhu Lake / Maoshan, China Distance: 130.6 kilometers  Maoshan, China — Team Novo Nordisk concluded its 2016 racing season at Saturday’s final stage of Tour of Taihu with Dutch rider Gerd de Keijzer featuring in the day’s breakaway. Soon after the start, eight riders, including de Keijzer, pulled away to form the breakaway and…

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Williams Stars in Tour of Taihu Lake Breakaway

Chris Williams | Team Novo Nordisk | Tour of Taihu Lake

Race: Tour of Taihu Lake, Stage 6 Start/Finish: Yancheng Park / Mingdu Haoge international Hotel, China Distance: 117.1 kilometers  Mingdu Haoge international Hotel, China — Team Novo Nordisk’s Chris Williams celebrated his 35th birthday on Friday by starring the day’s main breakaway at Tour of Taihu Lake. The 117.1-km got off to a fast start, and Williams…

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Verschoor Finishes 11th at Tour of Taihu Lake

Team Novo Nordisk | Tour of Taihu Lake | Martijn Verschoor

Race: Tour of Taihu Lake, Stage 5 Start/Finish: Nantong / Haimen, China Distance: 148 kilometers  Haimen, China — Team Novo Nordisk sprinter Martijn Verschoor finished just outside the top 10 at 11th place on Thursday’s stage 5 of Tour of Taihu Lake. After missing the breakaway, the young Team Novo Nordisk squad worked to create a train to protect the veteran Verschoor for the…

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Verschoor Scores Top 10 at Tour of Taihu Lake

Team Novo Nordisk | 2016 Tour of Taihu Lake | Martijn Verschoor

Race: Tour of Taihu Lake, Stage 4 Start/Finish: Wujiang/ Wujiang, China Distance: 117.4 kilometers  Wujiang, China — Team Novo Nordisk’s Martijn Verschoor sprinted to sixth place on Wednesday’s Stage 4 of the Tour of Taihu Lake. The circuit race took place on a flat course around Wujiang, yet the peloton had to battle continuous winds…

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