Charles Planet Scores a Top 10 Finish at Tour de Korea

Charles Planet | Tour de Korea | Team Novo Nordisk

Race: Tour de Korea, Stage 5  Start/Finish: Daejeon / Asan, Korea Distance: 170.7 kilometers Asan, Korea — Team Novo Nordisk’s Charles Planet made a bold late race move on Stage 5 of the Tour de Korea that earned him his best result of the 2016 season. Thursday’s 170.7-kilometer race featured one categorized climb and some…

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Megias Fights in the Tour de Korea Breakaway

Team Novo Nordisk | Stage 4 Tourde Korea

Race: Tour de Korea, Stage 4 Start/Finish: Daejeon / Daejeon Distance: 85.8 kilometers Daejeon, Korea – Team Novo Nordisk’s Javier Megias (ESP) battled in the main breakaway on Wednesday’s stage 4 of the Tour de Korea. At just 85.8km, the stage was the second shortest of the race, comprised of five, 16.8-km laps through the metropolitan city of Daejeon. And after the first 2km,…

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Planet Hangs on to Top 10 at Tour de Korea

Team Novo Nordisk | Charles Planet | stage 3, Tour de Korea

Race: Tour de Korea, Stage 3 Start/Finish: Gunsan / Daejeon, Korea Distance: 235.2 kilometers Daejeon, Korea – Team Novo Nordisk’s Charles Planet remains 8th in the Tour de Korea general classification following Tuesday’s stage 3.  The stage got off in to an animated start in Gunsan, with several teams going on the attack. After 10km, a group of 25 riders managed to…

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Planet Sits 6th Overall After Tour de Korea Stage 2

Team Novo Nordisk | Stage 2 Tour de Korea

Race: Tour de Korea, Stage 2 Start/Finish: Gumi / Gunsan, Korea Distance: 235.2 kilometers Gunsan, Korea – Team Novo Nordisk’s Charles Planet (FRA) sits 6th overall following Monday’s stage 2 of the Tour de Korea. The 235.2-km stage, the longest of the race’s 2016 edition, kicked off in Gumi and featured two King of the Mountain classifications with many small ascents…

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TNN Tackles Philly Cycling Classic

Team Novo Nordisk | 2016 Philly Classic

Race: Philadelphia International Cycling Classic Start/Finish: Philadelphia/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Distance: 189.1 kilometers  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — Team Novo Nordisk raced Sunday at the 32nd Philadelphia International Cycling Classic, a 178-kilometer race that finished atop the famed Manayunk Wall. The riders tackled nine laps around the 19.7-km course, which featured two additional, smaller climbs before the 17 percent…

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