With headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia (USA), Team Novo Nordisk () is the world’s first all -

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professional cycling team founded by CEO Phil Southerland and led by general manager

Vassili Davidenko Vassili Alexandrovich Davidenko (born 3 July 1970 in Tbilisi) is a Russian-American former cyclist, who currently works as the team manager and Senior Vice President of Athletics for UCI ProTeam . In 1999, Davidenko moved to the United States an ...

. The team's principal sponsor is the Danish global healthcare company,

Novo Nordisk Novo Nordisk A/S is a Danish multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Bagsværd, Denmark, with production facilities in nine countries, and affiliates or offices in five countries. Novo Nordisk is controlled by majority shareholder ...

. The team is also sponsored by the Canadian bicycle manufacturer Argon18.

Pro Cycling Team

Team Novo Nordisk is the first professional cycling team to be comprised completely of riders who have

type 1 diabetes Type 1 diabetes (T1D), formerly known as juvenile diabetes, is an autoimmune disease that originates when cells that make insulin (beta cells) are destroyed by the immune system. Insulin is a hormone required for the cells to use blood sugar f ...

. All riders and several of the team's staff, including CEO and Co-founder Phil Southerland, are living with diabetes. Team Novo Nordisk is home to a Development Team racing as a UCI Continental team and an Ambassador program formed by elite and former professional athletes living with diabetes. Team Novo Nordisk sponsors professional track cyclists

Mandy Marquardt Mandy Marquardt (born August 7, 1991) is an American female Sprint track cyclist, representing the United States and Team Novo Nordisk, the world's first-all diabetes professional cycling team. Marquardt was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the ...

, Mateusz Rudyk, and Daan Kool.

History

2005 In 2005, Phil Southerland and Joe Eldridge founded the team, then known as Team Type 1. 2006–07 In 2006, the team was in the 3,000-mile Race Across America to raise diabetes awareness. The team went on to win the event in 2007, 2009 and 2010. 2008 Team Novo Nordisk turned professional in 2008 after success in amateur races. In 2010 it had a UCI Continental licence but became a Professional Continental team in 2011, with a view to competing in the Giro d'Italia in 2011 and the

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in 2012. The team had originally aimed to achieve the Professional Continental level for the 2010 season but decided against applying for an upgraded licence because of fears that it might preclude the team from competing in events outside the responsibility of the

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and a lack of knowledge by the team's management of the scale of investment that would be required to compete at the higher level. 2009 In 2009, Team Novo Nordisk won the Race Across America, having entered a team of cyclists who all had

. The team has also competed in a number of major professional events, such as the Tour of California and the Tour de Langkawi, and picked up two stage wins in the 2010

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. 2010 Team Novo Nordisk has competed in a number of major professional events, such as the Tour of California and the Tour de Langkawi, and picked up two stage wins in the 2010 Tour du Maroc. In 2010, the team's calendar featured a number of international races, including the Tour de Bretagne Cycliste, the

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, the Tour of Ireland, and the

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. The team's main goal for the 2010 season was the Tour of California, an eight-stage race held in May in which Thomas Rabou won the King of the Mountains competition. 2011–12 Team Novo Nordisk expanded for the 2011 season, their first season as a Professional Continental team, 2013 List of UCI Professional Continental and Continental teams, with signings including former

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-wearer Rubens Bertogliati and Russian Alexander Efimkin, who went on to win the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey in May. The team unsuccessfully sought a wildcard entry to the

2011 Giro d'Italia The 2011 Giro d'Italia was the 94th Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race started on 7 May with a team time trial in Turin to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Italian unification, when the city served as the first capital of the ...

. 2013 In 2013, Team Novo Nordisk became the first-ever professional cycling team to feature an all-diabetes roster. The team continued to race on the International Cycling Union (UCI) Professional Continental tour and competed in major professional races, including the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Tour de Beauce, Post Danmark Rundt (Tour of Denmark), and USA Pro Cycling Challenge. 2014 In January 2014, the Pro Men's team began its second season as Team Novo Nordisk in Argentina's

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and raced over 150 days throughout the year. The team showed marked improvement in its second season, earning top-ten finishes at the Amgen Tour of California and USA Pro Challenge. 2015 In February 2015, Team Novo Nordisk earned its first-ever win with New Zealander

Scott Ambrose Scott Ambrose (born 23 January 1995) is a New Zealand former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2014 and 2017, entirely for , an all-diabetes team. He won the second stage of the 2015 Tour de Filipinas and finished first ...

taking stage 2 of Le Tour de Filipinas, and the team made its debut at Dubai Tour, earning two top tens at the race. 2021 The team's season is captured in film director 's documentary, Ride for Your L1fe, available on the Outside network. Ride for Your L1fe follows the Team Novo Nordisk athletes behind the scenes throughout the 2021 season, filming them privately at home and experiencing what a diagnosis has meant to an entire family, to document their fight to show what’s possible with type 1 diabetes.

Team roster

Major wins

;2008 :Stage 5

, Shawn Milne :Stage 6 Tour de Beauce, Matthew Wilson :Overall

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Glen Chadwick Glen Alan Chadwick (born 17 October 1976) is a cyclist with both New Zealand and Australian citizenship. Career In 1998 Chadwick helped fellow kiwi Nathan Dahlberg setup the Marco Polo Cycling Team team. Glen Chadwick began his career in 2001 ...

:Stage 2

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, Ian MacGregor ;2009 : US Air Force Cycling Classic, Shawn Milne ;2010 :Stage 1

, Aldo Ino Ilešič ;2011 :Overall Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Alexander Efimkin :Stage 2 Tour de Beauce, Martijn Verschoor :Overall

Tour of Rwanda The Tour du Rwanda is a cycling event created in 1988 and based in Rwanda. The event is a cycling stage race that is organized by the Rwanda Cycling Federation The Rwanda Cycling Federation or FERWACY (in French: ''Fédération Rwandaise de Cycl ...

Kiel Reijnen Kiel Reijnen (born June 1, 1986) is an American cyclist, who currently competes for American gravel team Trek Driftless. Reijnen previously competed in road racing between 2008 and 2021 for the , , and teams. Career Reijnen was born in Bainb ...

::Stages 1, 2, 3 & 5,

::Stage 4, Joey Rosskopf ;2012 :Stage 5 Tour de Korea,

Alexander Serebryakov Alexander Sergeyevich Serebryakov (russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Серебряко́в; born September 28, 1987) is a Russian former professional cyclist. During his career, Serebryakov served a four-year doping ban, between A ...

: Philadelphia International Championship,

:Stage 5 Tour de Beauce,

Vegard Stake Laengen Vegard Stake Laengen (born 7 February 1989) is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Born in Oslo, Laengen competed for Norway at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. In August 2015 confirmed tha ...

:Stage 1

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, Alessandro Bazzana :Stage 8

, Daniele Colli :Stage 7

Tour of Qinghai Lake The Tour of Qinghai Lake is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in the Qinghai province of China since 2002, named after Qinghai Lake. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.HC race as part of ...

, Aldo Ino Ilešič :Stages 1 & 3

Tour du Limousin Tour du Limousin is a 4-day road bicycle race held annually in Limousin, France. It was first held in 1968 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle raci ...

Jure Kocjan Jure Kocjan (born 18 October 1984) is a Slovenian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2016. Career Born in Jesenice, Kocjan represented Slovenia in the Men's road race at the 2010 UCI Road World Cha ...

:Stage 4

Tour do Rio Tour do Rio is a road cycling stage race held in Brazil between 2000 and 2015. The race was a 2.2 The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body in the sport of bicycle racing, classifies races according to a rating scale. ...

, Aldo Ino Ilešič :Stages 2 & 5 Tour of China I,

:Stage 3 Tour of China I, Aldo Ino Ilešič :Stages 1 & 2 Tour of China II,

:Stages 3, 4 & 9 Tour of Hainan,

:Stages 3 & 5 Tour of Taihu Lake,

;2015 :Stage 2

Tour de Filipinas The Le Tour de Filipinas is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Luzon, Philippines since 1955 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is held in April every year. While the course changes every year, the tour traditionally end ...

:Overall Most Aggressive Rider USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Javier Mejias ;2018 :Stage 7

, David Lozano ;2021 : Road Race Championships, Joonas Henttala

National champions

;2021 :

Finnish Road Race Joonas Henttala

References

External links

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