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A tough day at GP Miguel Indurain as TNN look ahead to Belgium
Sports Director, Gennady Mikhaylov: “We knew beforehand what we were in for today. GP Miguel Indurain is well known to be a hard race and when we woke up to more rain and snow this morning we thought it was going to be brutal. Fortunately by the start, conditions improved slightly and apart from a…
Read MoreSecond stage of Istrian Spring Trophy
The second stage of the Istrian Spring Trophy started in Novigrad, a beautiful historic town on the western coast of Istria in Croatia. Covering 173 kilometers, this was easily the most challenging of the race. The stage included a tough hilltop finish in the town of Motovun and as expected the stage brought some fireworks.…
Read MoreTNN Devo’s second day at Istrian Spring Trophy
Sergey Lagutin, Head coach, Sport Director: “Was a very easy classic stage, flat with some hills at the end. Sacha, Jacopo and Louis were very motivated to go in the early breakaway today but it didn’t work out. Breakaway was gone after 40km with two riders and they got 5 min max, no one was chasing them so these…
Read MoreDevo Race Report – Istrian Spring Trophy – Prologue
Date: 10 March 2022 Start time: 11:00 Avg. speed winner: 49.541 km/h Race category:ME – Men Elite Distance:1.5 km Points scale:2.2.Stage Parcours type: Flat out and back ProfileScore:0 Vert. meters:42 Departure:Vrsar Arrival:Vrsa Daniel Holt – Team Manager A very simple and boring prologue. 1.5km with two 180 degree turns on an aeroplane runway. There wasn’t any…
Read MoreReport: Devo team continues campaign in Croatia
Start time: 11:00 Avg. speed winner: 44.802 km/h Race category: ME – Men Elite Distance: 155.5 km Points scale: 1.2 Parcours: Flat Vert. meters: 1258m Departure: Porec Arrival: Porec Daniel Holt – Team Manager This race plays out the same way every year, a small break goes early and stays clear until the final 40km, then the real race starts. We told the guys…
Read MoreSecond year at Continental level for Team Novo Nordisk Development in 2022
Team Novo Nordisk Development team head into a new year and their second season as a UCI Continental team ready to hit the ground running with five new faces alongside five existing talents. A positive 2021 campaign unfolded with standout performances coming at the Five Rings of Moscow and in the Czech Republic at the Tour…
Read MoreA tough ending in Slovakia as TNN look ahead to the last race of the season
Sports Director, Massimo Podenzana (ITA) “It ended up being a tougher final stage than expected.“ “There was an early attack, with a group of 25 riders gaining an increasing advantage over the peloton, which was eventually forced to give up the fight for the stage. Our boys tried but didn’t make it in the break.…
Read MoreAnother top 20 for Peron on stage 3 at Tour of Slovakia
Andrea Peron (ITA) “It was a hard one today, no doubt about it. Close to 200km and very wet, cold conditions, but I quite like it when it’s epic and full gas. I’m feeling good and to get inside the top 20 again is very positive.” “We’ve been working well together the last couple of…
Read MorePeron avoids crash in the finale and brings home 12th place on Tour of Slovakia stage 2
Andrea Peron (ITA) “After yesterday disappointment, my motivation was high and I really wanted to do well.” “The legs felt good and I was able to keep the pace and stay in the bunch until the very end. There was a crash in the last curve but thankfully I managed to avoid it and didn’t affect…
Read MoreStrong start for Lozano on the first road stage at Tour of Slovakia
Sports Director, Massimo Podenzana (ITA) “With four categorised climbs in the menu today and a fast finish made for sprinters, today we had the whole team working for David and Andrea. “The guys did well and gave everything they had. Overall there was a good teamwork, and both David and Andrea managed to stay with…
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