Tour de Hongrie closes with fast downtown sprint in central Budapest

Tour of Hungary

Head sports director Massimo Podenzana: “We had our fair share of misfortune this week. Crashes took out Mehdi and Andrea, sickness meant Charles couldn’t finish the race and we ended up with three guys on the start line for today’s last stage in Budapest.” “It was always going to end in a sprint finish, 92…

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Team Novo Nordisk Budapest bound with Tour de Hongrie up next

Team Novo Nordisk is set to back to the Tour de Hongrie next week, carrying some bittersweet memories of 2020 after Spanish climber David Lozano’s near miss in the red king of the mountain’s jersey. The world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team took the race head on a year ago with Lozano claiming the…

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Lozano finishes 44th on GC at Vuelta Asturias

David Lozano (ESP) “Today was a good stage for me, up and downs all the way with about 3500m altitude. I felt well after yesterday and I was familiar with the final climb, Alto de Naranco. I knew what to expect but I did miss the punch to stay with the front group on the…

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Tough stage opener in Spain at Vuelta Asturias

Sport Director Massimo Podenzana (ITA) “When you have a guy of the caliber of Quintana soloing to victory on the opening stage, you know that the level of the race is very high and we did what we could today.” “David and Peter both hung in there for as long as possible, but the race…

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Team Novo Nordisk ready to scale the heights in Asturias

American UCI ProTeam, Team Novo Nordisk return to race on Spanish soil next week at three-day Vuelta Asturias Julio Alvarez Mendo where some tough climbs await. First held way back in 1925 in the northwest region of Spain, 2021 marks the first appearance at the historic race for the world’s first all diabetes professional cycling…

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