Personal information | |
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Full name | Samuel Neal Brand |
Born | Peel, Isle of Man | 27 February 1991
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) [1] |
Team information | |
Current team | Team Novo Nordisk |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Amateur teams | |
2016–2017 | Team Novo Nordisk Development |
2017 | Team Novo Nordisk (stagiaire) |
Professional team | |
2018– | Team Novo Nordisk [2] [3] |
Samuel Neal Brand (born 27 February 1991) is a Manx cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team Novo Nordisk. [4]
Brand was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 10. In 2018, he joined the UCI Professional Continental team Team Novo Nordisk, after riding with the team as a stagiaire in 2017. [4]
Novo Nordisk A/S is a Danish multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Bagsværd with production facilities in nine countries and affiliates or offices in five countries. Novo Nordisk is controlled by majority shareholder Novo Holdings A/S which holds approximately 28% of its shares and a majority (77%) of its voting shares.
Sergey Lagutin is a former professional road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2018 for seven different teams, and represented both Russia and Uzbekistan in competition. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Team Novo Nordisk Development.
Team Novo Nordisk is an all-diabetic professional cycling team founded by CEO Phil Southerland and led by general manager Vassili Davidenko. It is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Péter Kusztor is a Hungarian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team Novo Nordisk. He competed at the road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics finishing 65th. Kusztor won the 2010 and 2012 national road cycling championships.
Andrea Peron is an Italian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team Novo Nordisk.
The 2015 season for the Team Novo Nordisk cycling team began in January at the Tour de San Luis. The team participated in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.
Stephen Clancy is an Irish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team Novo Nordisk. Clancy joined Team Novo Nordisk in 2013, and like all of the team's riders, he has been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. He resides in Girona.
Joonas Henttala is a Finnish former professional racing cyclist, who competed as a professional for UCI ProTeam Team Novo Nordisk from 2013 to 2023.
David Lozano Riba is a Spanish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team Novo Nordisk.
James Glasspool is an Australian former professional road racing cyclist, who competed professionally for Team Novo Nordisk in 2015 and 2016. He now works as a coach for the South Australian Sports Institute (SASI).
Charles Planet is a French professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team Novo Nordisk.
Brian Kamstra is a retired Dutch professional cyclist, who raced for UCI ProTeam Team Novo Nordisk. He currently lives in Rijeka, Croatia and is an ambassador for Castelli (brand) and Julbo eyewear. Kamstra is currently a trail runner.
Mehdi Benhamouda is a French former racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2016 to 2022 for UCI ProTeam Team Novo Nordisk. He was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 13.
Gerd de Keijzer is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team Novo Nordisk.
Vassili Alexandrovich Davidenko is a Russian-American former cyclist, who currently works as the team manager and Senior Vice President of Athletics for UCI ProTeam Team Novo Nordisk.
Mandy Marquardt 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 age of 16. Marquardt is an 27-time U.S. National Champion, 4-time U.S. National Record Holder in the Standing 500m Time Trial, Standing 1 km Time Trial, Team Sprint (2-rider) and Team Sprint (3-rider).
Fabio Calabria is an Australian cyclist, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental team Team Novo Nordisk. In 2014, Calabria finished eighth at the Bucks County Classic, 57 seconds behind winner Zachary Bell.
Umberto Poli is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team Novo Nordisk.
The 2020 Paris–Tours was the 114th edition of the Paris–Tours cycling classic. The race was held on 11 October 2020 as part of the 2020 UCI Europe Tour and the 2020 UCI ProSeries. Casper Pedersen, who was making his Paris–Tours debut, beat Benoît Cosnefroy, whose previous best result was third in 2018, in a two-up sprint to take the win. Pedersen's teammate Joris Nieuwenhuis, who was also making his Paris–Tours debut, won the bunch sprint from a group of five to finished third.
Matyáš Kopecký is a Czech professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team Novo Nordisk. His older brother Tomáš and younger sister Julia are also professional cyclists.