Cuernavaca, Mexico — Tuesday’s stage one of the Vuelta Mexico proved a challenging start to the six-day stage race. The 81.6-kilometer stage featured one lengthy and decisive climb. The peloton was together at the foot of the climb, but a blistering pace quickly splintered the group on the nearly 50-km climb gradual climb. “While it was…

Cuernavaca, Mexico — Team Novo Nordisk’s Javier Megias finished 14th on Wednesday’s stage 2 of the Vuelta Mexico. The 144.8-kilometers race was plagued by lots of crashes, including Team Novo Nordisk’s Andrea Peron, who is okay but had to withdraw from the race. With 60km to go, a three-man break had nearly five minutes on…

La Malinche, Mexico — Team Novo Nordisk’s Javier Megias finished inside the top 30 on stage 3 of the Vuelta Mexico. Thursday’s stage lived up to its billing as the queen stage with more than 10 percent of the race’s starters abandoning the stage. Thursday’s 201.2-km race was nearly entirely uphill, climbing more than 3,000 meters…

Huamantla, Mexico — Team Novo Nordisk’s Martijn Verschoor scored the team’s highest finish of the season when he finished fourth on Friday’s stage 4 of the Vuelta Mexico. “I’m really happy with today’s stage,” Verschoor said. “I went a little too late, otherwise I would have finished even higher.” The 110.4-kilometer stage began in Tlaxcala…

Mexico City, Mexico — In a short race against the clock, Team Novo Nordisk’s Javier Megias finished in 30th place on Saturday’s stage 5 of the Vuelta Mexico. The 2.5-kilometer course ended with an uphill finish to the picturesque Castillo de Chapultepec. Juan Villegas (4 72 Colombia) took his second consecutive win and held on…

Mexico City, Mexico — Team Novo Nordisk’s Martijn Verschoor put in an aggressive sprint finish on Sunday’s final stage of the Vuelta Mexico and earned the team its second top 10 finish of the race. Sunday’s final stage was a 101-kilometer circuit around Mexico City’s central Paseo de La Reforma. During the 22-lap circuit, riders…