The Novo Nordisk team, which prepares the season in Altea, is composed of cyclists whose organism does not generate insulin.
The American squad tries to inspire, educate and train people suffering from this chronic disease.
In the 2007 season, Javier Megías won in Mexico in the first stage of the Tour of Chihuahua.The Madrid cyclist, who then wore the Saunier Duval jersey, won that victory being diabetic.
He was not the only corridor with this disease and that encouraged Phil Southerland, an exciclist also diabetic, to launch a team composed of affected by this disease with the aim of demonstrating to the world that it can be diabetic and play sports at the highest level to the highest level.
That squad, formed in a good part by diabetic cyclists received the sponsorship of a large pharmaceutical sector.The team was called Type 1-Sanofi.In 2013, already under the name of Novo Nordisk, the entire template became formed by diabetics.
"We run to change diabetes," confesses Phil Southerland, one those responsible for the American team."Our goal is to obtain the best possible results, as our motto says, while inspiring, educating and training people affected by diabetes," repeats the CEO and co -founder of the team with American nationality again and again.
The Novo Nordisk team has prepared during the last two weeks, at the Sh Villa Gadea Hotel in Altea, its fifth season with a template of 19 cyclists from eight countries and among which are the Spaniards David Lozano and Javier Megías.«The Novo Nordisk team is ready for a new campaign, the fifth.We are all excited to see what these cyclists can achieve in 2017, especially those who arrive from the development category (Sub 23), ”says Phil Southerland.
To be a member of the Novo Nordisk team, all runners must have type 1 diabetes. Since their long launch in December 2012, the squad has strongly focused on the identification and development of cyclists around the world with diabetes, and has createda junior team and another development.
This campaign will begin at the Challenge in Mallorca and dream of playing the Tour 2021, the year in which the centenary of the discovery of insulin will be held.Substance that has the same properties as the hormone produced by the pancreas, which is responsible for regulating the amount of glucose of the blood, and that is obtained by artificial chemical synthesis.
Diabetes is a chronic condition that is triggered when the body loses its ability to produce sufficient insulin or use it effectively.
