Javier Megias Finishes Second Overall at Tour de Korea
Race: Tour de Korea, Stage 8 Start/Finish: Seoul /Seoul, Korea Distance: 65 kilometers Seoul, Korea — Team Novo Nordisk, the world’s first all-diabetes professional cycling team, earned its best general classification result to date when Spaniard Javier Megias was runner-up overall at the eight-day Tour de Korea. The result serves as a career best overall finish at a UCI…
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Read MoreMegias Remains 2nd Overall After Penultimate Stage at Tour de Korea
Race: Tour de Korea, Stage 6 Start/Finish: Chungju / Seoul, Korea Distance: 142.8 kilometers Seoul, Korea – Following Saturday’s penultimate stage at the Tour de Korea, Team Novo Nordisk’s Javier Megias (ESP) hangs onto 2nd in the overall general classification. The race kicked off in Chungju with several teams going the attack early on. After 10km, six riders managed to break free and…
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Steady Day for Team Novo Nordisk at GP Saguenay
Race: Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay, Stage 2 Start/Finish: Kénogami / Kénogami Distance: 156.65 kilometers La Baie, Quebec – Kénogami, Quebec – Following yesterday’s brutally cold and rainy opening stage of the Grand Prix de Saguenay, the young Team Novo Nordisk squad fared better on Friday’s stage 2. “Today was more of a steady day for us,” said Team Novo Nordisk Sport Director…
Read MoreTNN Triathlete Inspires at the 2016 Invictus Games
Last month, Team Novo Nordisk triathlete and United States Army veteran Sean Walsh represented the US at the 2016 Invictus Games, an international Paralympic-style sports event created by Britain’s Prince Harry, where veterans and armed services personnel who have been wounded, injured, sick or who are living chronic conditions like diabetes, compete in sports such as cycling, swimming, wheelchair basketball, sitting volleyball and indoor…
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Read MoreMegias Jumps to 2nd Overall After Tour de Korea Queen Stage
Race: Tour de Korea, Stage 6 Start/Finish: Asan / Chungju, Korea Distance: 194.6 kilometers Chungju, Korea — Following an aggressive performance that saw him finish fifth on Stage 6, Javier Megias moved into second overall at the Tour de Korea. Friday’s 194.6-kilometer race served as the race’s Queen Stage, or hardest stage. It featured two…
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Extreme Weather Shakes Up GP Saguenay Opener
Race: Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay, Stage 1 Start/Finish: La Baie /La Baie Distance: 151 kilometers (reduced from 165km) La Baie, Quebec – Team Novo Nordisk battled brutal weather conditions on Thursday’s GP Saguenay opener. Veteran Team Novo Nordisk rider Martijn Verschoor led a young Team Novo Nordisk squad to the start line, and the riders were immediately put to the test, with icy rain and…
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