Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The first all-diabetes professional cycling team, Team Novo Nordisk, competes on British roads for the first time this weekend in the Friends Life Tour of Britain.
The team is racing at the highest level of cycling to inspire, educate and empower the 3.2 million people affected by diabetes in the UK.
Team Novo Nordisk is a global sports team with more than 100 cyclists, triathletes and runners who live with diabetes, spearheaded by the professional cycling team.
This unique team of cyclists all have type 1 diabetes, and manage their condition while training and competing in one of the toughest endurance sports.
Phil Southerland, co-founder and CEO of Team Novo Nordisk said: “When diagnosed with diabetes, many people think it means they won’t be able to live life the way they’d hoped.
http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/sport/o...le-up-to-compete-in-tour-of-britain-1-6282732
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The team is racing at the highest level of cycling to inspire, educate and empower the 3.2 million people affected by diabetes in the UK.
Team Novo Nordisk is a global sports team with more than 100 cyclists, triathletes and runners who live with diabetes, spearheaded by the professional cycling team.
This unique team of cyclists all have type 1 diabetes, and manage their condition while training and competing in one of the toughest endurance sports.
Phil Southerland, co-founder and CEO of Team Novo Nordisk said: “When diagnosed with diabetes, many people think it means they won’t be able to live life the way they’d hoped.
http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/sport/o...le-up-to-compete-in-tour-of-britain-1-6282732
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