Posts by Tim Lindley
Peron crashes out on stage 3 in Belgium as Kopecky pushes on
A day of mixed fortunes unfolded for Team Novo Nordisk on stage three of the Baloise Belgium Tour with team captain Andrea Peron crashing heavily and Matyas Kopecky missing out on the top placings despite a strong ride. Not much action occurred in the first half of the stage with the peloton content to hold a steady pace behind the seven rider breakaway…
Read MoreTop ten for Kopecky in first sprint of Belgium Tour
An uphill finish by the sea in Knokke-Heist was the scene of the 12th top ten finish of 2024 for Matyas Kopecky with the versatile Team Novo Nordisk sprinter taking on the big names on stage two of the Baloise Belgium Tour and yet again holding his own. “I had really good legs today,” said Kopecky. “Which surprised me after yesterday’s time trial…
Read MoreBaloise Belgium Tour looms large on the calendar for Team Novo Nordisk
Team Novo Nordisk head into one the of the most important races of the season this week at the Baloise Belgium Tour with the world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team targeting inspiration alongside results. In a world already beset by challenges, racing at the highest level of professional cycling as a team of athletes…
Read MoreKopecky Battles to 26th in tough edition of Dwars Door Het Hageland
As Team Novo Nordisk sped through the dust and bounced over the sharp gravel roads and up the punchy climbs you could be forgiven for thinking we were back in Kansas, racing Unbound…instead it was Belgium, Dwars Door Het Hageland and there were cobbles to contend with too. Of course there was. Would it be…
Read MoreKopecky looking for a solid return to Hageland
As each race of the 2024 season rolls by Team Novo Nordisk’s breakout star Matyas Kopecky takes another step forward on his quest to achieve his dreams of becoming a top classics rider and a return to Dwars Door Het Hageland this weekend gives the 21-year-old another opportunity to improve on last year’s result. After…
Read MoreCircuits of attrition take toll in Tartu
The 2024 Tour of Estonia came to a close with sixteen laps of a punishing hilly circuit in Tartu with the familiar cobbled ascent of yesterday’s first stage again the key characteristic that proved to be the undoing of over half the peloton. Talented Italian prospect Alessandro Perracchione was once again the protagonist for Team…
Read MorePerracchione impresses on stage one in Estonia
First year professional Alessandro Perracchione impressed on the opening stage of today’s Tour of Estonia with the 19-year-old Italian finishing in the top 20 for Team Novo Nordisk after a tough finale in Tartu. “Alessandro did well once again today,” said Sports director Gennady Mikhaylov. “He’s eager to learn and adapt to the pro level…
Read MoreTeam Novo Nordisk make welcome return to Tour of Estonia
It has been three years since Team Novo Nordisk last appeared at the Tour of Estonia and the world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team head into the two-day race with fond memories from 2021 and ambitions for the teams’ young riders to show themselves. The experienced former Hungarian champion Peter Kusztor is the elder…
Read MoreTNN close out the Tour of Hellas with another top five in Athens
Team Novo Nordisk repeated the trick on the final stage of the Tour of Hellas today with experienced team captain Andrea Peron providing another exemplary lead out for Czech flyer Matyas Kopecky and the 21-year-old sprinting to his second fifth place in as many days. “The results are not what we wanted to be honest,”…
Read MoreKopecky breaks out of the traps to take 5th on stage four in Greece
Budding classics specialist Matyas Kopecky broke free of the frustration of the first few stages today at the Tour of Hellas, sprinting into fifth place for Team Novo Nordisk after a strong lead out by captain Andrea Peron. “The first two stages didn’t go how we wanted them to,” began Kopecky. “But we believe in…
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