Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Phil Southerland set his sights on Athens for his first development camp for junior athletes with Type 1 diabetes.
Looking less than a decade down the road, Southerland, a Georgia graduate, said he hopes to see his Team Novo Nordisk cyclists traversing France in the sport?s most heralded race.
Last week?s development camp featured athletes from age 15-18 hailing from 10 different nations, and Southerland said he hopes they are just the start of a ?pipeline? to a professional team.
?I hope that in the years to come we can have 100 juniors, who turn into 30 development riders, who turn into 10 professionals,? Southerland, the team?s CEO, said in an email. ?If we can repeat this year after year, we will continue to strengthen our program, our performance, and our impact.?
http://onlineathens.com/sports/2013...ne-pro-races-tour-de-france-athletes-diabetes
Looking less than a decade down the road, Southerland, a Georgia graduate, said he hopes to see his Team Novo Nordisk cyclists traversing France in the sport?s most heralded race.
Last week?s development camp featured athletes from age 15-18 hailing from 10 different nations, and Southerland said he hopes they are just the start of a ?pipeline? to a professional team.
?I hope that in the years to come we can have 100 juniors, who turn into 30 development riders, who turn into 10 professionals,? Southerland, the team?s CEO, said in an email. ?If we can repeat this year after year, we will continue to strengthen our program, our performance, and our impact.?
http://onlineathens.com/sports/2013...ne-pro-races-tour-de-france-athletes-diabetes
