Posts by Tim Lindley
Team Novo Nordisk set for Greek epic over three weeks of racing in March
The world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team head south for a block of early races and a mini training camp on the Greek Islands that will take in the Tour of South Aegean, the Rhodes GP and International Rhodes Tour. First up and new to the UCI calendar is the two-day Tour of South…
Read MoreFinal laps over Mur de Kigali bring thrilling Tour du Rwanda to a close
What an eight-days of racing it has been at this year’s Tour du Rwanda. There’s been a little something of everything, torrential rain, scorching sunshine, brutal climbs, flying finishing straights, crashes, abandons, top 20’s and battles to the line. What a week. What a place. Above all…WHAT FANS! At times it seemed like the whole…
Read MorePenultimate stage in Rwanda sees TNN rally with the finish in sight
David Lozano: “Today my legs felt better than the earlier stages and after yesterday’s strong finish I actually felt really positive at the start, but I had some difficulty breathing and found it hard to push through the limit so to speak and that restricted me a bit today.” Lucas Dauge: “It started really fast…
Read MoreLozano finds the outside line as teamwork starts to pay off for TNN in Rwanda
David Lozano (ESP): “Yet again it was hard from the flag drop today, but I feel like we did much better. Maybe we are finally acclimatizing because we managed to work really well over the three main climbs and everyone did a great job.” “Lucas did amazing work for me and Peter at the end…
Read MoreTeam Novo Nordisk hang tough on stage five in Rwanda
Peter Kusztor (HUN): “Full gas again from the start today and we were straight onto the climbs with three coming over the first 30km and when you have attacks to get in the breakaway, attacks from the contenders and then team’s trying to cover moves. It’s just relentless and we felt it today. The bunch…
Read MoreBack-to-Back climbing days taking their toll in Rwanda
David Lozano: “You could see that was a lot of guys out there with tired legs after yesterday, there was a little change in the tempo. It’s pretty much back-to-back hard stages here, but I think that we worked together well today, and we are all fighting for each other so that we make it…
Read MoreKusztor calm after repeated climbs take their toll in Rwanda
Peter Kusztor (HUN): “It was very tough today. We started straight onto a first category climb and there were three more before the end, but I’m actually happy that I could finish with the main group because this is my first race of the season and even though I suffered a lot today, I feel…
Read MoreTough circuits wrap in bunch sprint on stage one at Tour du Rwanda
David Lozano: “It was actually tougher than expected today even if the outcome wasn’t a surprise, we knew it wasn’t going to be easy, but the circuits were hard at the end. There were a lot of attacks popping all the time which means a lot of tired legs out there with the repeated accelerations…
Read MoreWet opening prologue at Tour du Rwanda
Umberto Poli (ITA): “I started really-well, probably too well because the last kilometer I started to suffer and started to pay the price for starting too fast. But I’m happy because I haven’t done a prologue in a long time and sometimes the short effort can suit me.” “The conditions didn’t help today, but they…
Read MoreBreakaways, top ten’s and overall positivity for Team Novo Nordisk in Oman
Over six days of racing and five breakaways Team Novo Nordisk racked up a top ten finish in the opening sprint with Andrea Peron, a welcome return to form by leader Charles Planet and impressive debuts by neo-pros Filippo Ridolfo and Jan Dunnewind. Dunnewind kicked it all off on stage one before crashing cruelly out…
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