Sprinter
HEIGHT 178cm/5’8”
DOB 28-10-1988
AGE OF DIAGNOSIS 16
YEARS WITH TEAM 14
“To be still racing, inspiring and driving change in diabetes at 37 is an amazing privilege for me, I still feel strong, ready to race and above all ready to show once more what is possible.”
PROFILE
Versatile Italian sprinter and one of the worlds most consistent riders Andrea Peron will continue to lead the line for Team Novo Nordisk in 2026 after another successful season in 2025 that yielded more top tens, top fives and showed the strong desire to keep racing.
Peron’s 2023 season unfolded like many before…packed with results. Two podiums and the points jersey at the Tour de La Mirabelle followed by top ten finishes at GP Kranj, Tour of Denmark and the Tour of Turkey completed another successful year of racing for the Padovan.
2022 marked the tenth year with the team for Peron and it also marked his best ever season as a professional with a first career victory at GP Kranj in Slovenia and six top ten finishes.
Back in 2021 Peron season started with a bang as he instigated and then animated the breakaway at the prestigious monument, Milan-Sanremo. Before going on to perform as the team’s most consistent rider of the year with repeated top 20 finishes before finally breaking into the top ten on the last stage of the last race of the season with 8th in the sprint in downtown Zagreb at CRO-Race.
The 37-year-old from Veneto is known for his power and fearlessness in the sprints. In Team Novo Nordisk’s first year, he earned 14 top ten finishes, including podiums at Canada’s Tour de Beauce and the Tour of China. Three times Peron rode in the day’s main breakaway at the iconic one-day Italian race Milan-San Remo for most of the 298-kilometre event, proudly bringing worldwide attention to the Team Novo Nordisk jersey.
Additional highlights over his professional career include nine top 10 finishes throughout the 2019 season, a podium finish on Stage 5 of the Tour de Korea (2015), two top five placings at Brazil’s Volta Ciclística Internacional do Rio Grande do Sul (2016) and fifth place on Stage 1 of the Tour of Estonia (2018).
Peron was drawn to sports at a very early age. He enjoyed motor racing at first, but at 10, his parents found it too risky, and so he switched to cycling and soon began competing. He immediately found success and was already winning races in his first year. As he continued winning throughout Italy, he realised he might have the talent to be a professional cyclist.
At 16, when Peron was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, he thought his dream of racing was over. Fortunately, his doctor encouraged him to continue training and to use the bike as a way to manage his condition. After four successful seasons with Cyber Team-VC Breganze, the young sprinter was introduced to Team Novo Nordisk Sport Director, Massimo Podenzana, and joined the team the following season.
Off the bike, Peron enjoys relaxing at home with his family. Peron and his wife are proud parents to two sons, Filippo and Elia.