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Top 30 for Planet at the Paris-Tours
Race: Paris-Tours Start/Finish: Chartres – Tours Distance: 213km Charles Planet (FRA) ‘’After my crash at the Brabantse Pijl I really wanted to do well here in France. The weather wasn’t the best – rainy and sunny and rainy again the whole day – and the pace was quite high since the beginning. Once again, my teammates have…
Read MoreTeam Novo Nordisk heads to France for the Paris-Tours, final race of the 2020 season.
Atlanta, GA — After a brutal day at the Brabantse Pijl, the world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team, Team Novo Nordisk, heads to France for the last race of the 2020 season on Sunday 11th October at the Paris-Tours. ”Cobbled classics are always tough wars of attrition with relentless short and steep climbs that really…
Read MoreRecap of De Brabantse Pijl with Andrea Peron
Peron powers the early breakaway at Brabantse Pijl
Race: Brabanste Pijl Start/Finish: Leuven – Overijse Distance: 197km Andrea Peron (ITA) “It was our main objective to get in the breakaway today and fortunately I attacked at the right moment to start the move and that makes it the third time I was in the break at Brabantse Pijl, so that’s pretty satisfying.”…
Read MoreTeam Novo Nordisk back in Belgium for Brabantse Pijl
Atlanta, GA — The world’s first all diabetes professional cycling team, Team Novo Nordisk, is set to hit the Belgian cobbles next week at the one-day semi-classic Brabantse Pijl. French puncheur Charles Planet finished in 32nd place in 2019 and will lead the team again. It’s a challenging parcours that suits the Vosges native’s characteristics, and after a solid…
Read MoreThe plastic challenge
For many people, cutting consumption of plastic has become the norm, just as recycling in general is now part of day-to-day life. But what if your life depends on a plastic product which has no obvious second life? For people living with diabetes, their insulin pen is an essential daily companion. But even if an…
Read MoreTough day in the saddle at the Paris Camembert
Race: Paris Camembert Start/Finish: Pont-Audemer – Livarot Distance: 194.5 kilometers Charles Planet (FRA) I was very excited for this race. It’s always great to race in France, my home country, and it was also my first time racing the Paris Camembert. It was a tough race, with short climbs all day. I started quite well, with good…
Read MoreTeam Novo Nordisk back in France for the Paris Camembert
Race: Paris-Camembert Country: France Total Distance: 194.5 km Atlanta, GA – The world´s first all diabetes pro cycling team, Team Novo Nordisk, returns to France to race in one of the oldest races in the world, the Paris-Camembert. Launched in 1906, the first edition at a competitive level of this French semi classic dates back to 1934 with 2020…
Read MoreRecap of Stage 4 at Tour of Slovakia
Peron and Planet hit the gas in the final sprint and Kusztor holds firm in the GC in Slovakia
Race: Okolo Slovenska Start/Finish: Topolcianky – Skalica Distance: 171.1km Andrea Peron “I’ve been frustrated recently with my sprint, there’s been a few occasions where I felt I could have done better and wasn’t really sure why and today I felt a lot better, I had the power and decent positioning which enabled me to get…
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