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Team Type 1 - sanofi-aventis back on time trial bikes in two-stage day at Circuite de la Sarthe

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Published on Thursday, 07 April 2011 14:00

Written by Luca Salvatelli

Team Type 1 - sanofi-aventis rider Laszlo Bodrogi rode to a top-10 finish in France on Wednesday, powering through a short time trial course at the Circuite de la Sarthe on a sunny afternoon along the Maine river.

Bodrogi, a 10-time Hungarian national champion against the clock, was among the fastest riders of the day on a 6.8km, coming in at 8:24 under sunny skies and temperatures around 25C, but said he was not fully impressed with his own performance.

"I'm not really satisfied. At the beginning on the climb I was pedaling fine, but in my legs I really didn't feel the power. I don't know what it is, maybe I need to recuperate, maybe I need to race more. When I am in the group it's easy, but when I am on the front - without a feeling of power," Bodrogi said.

Bodrogi rode a fully-equipped replacement Colnago Flight time trial bike in stage 3, just a little more than one week after his original time trial bike was stolen, along with all of Team Type 1's bicycles, from locked vehicles overnight at the end of a stage race in Italy.

Team Type 1- sanofi-aventis mechanics, managers and staff worked with technical sponsors on three continents to obtain the needed frames, Shimano groupsets, wheels and spare parts to get Bodrogi's Colnago Flight, and the bikes of most of the other riders racing at the Circuite de la Sarthe, ready for action this week.

Bodrogi, who is now a French citizen and has reached the podium of the World Championships in the time trial, started early in the line up of riders, and was in second place for most of the day. He finished eighth after all 96 professional cyclists completed the course.

In the morning's stage 2 from St. Mars-la-Jaille to Angers, Team Type 1 - sanofi-aventis rider Aldo Ino Ilesic finished 13th in a bunch sprint after 98km. All riders in the team finished with the same time as Ilesic, and the afternoon's time trial starts were determined by a combination of sprint bonus points and order of finish on Tuesday's stage.

"I'm missing speed. I have done practically all the same training as last year, but the speed just isn't there. I'll have to buckle down and work harder to get to my peak fitness for the next races," Ilesic said.

Team Type 1 - sanofi-aventis rider Javier Megias, who has type 1 diabetes and must monitor his blood glucose continuously and periodically take insulin to manage the disease, said his BG at the 9:30 start of Stage 2 was 230, and dropped to 120 over the course of the race. He said the afternoon stage, in considerably warmer weather but for a much shorter time period, was 140.

Based in Atlanta, GA, Team Type 1 competes around the world with an international squad of athletes to raise diabetes awareness and demonstrate that the disease does not prevent individuals from living their lives.

Six of the professionals on the men's team are type 1 diabetics, and 15 are non-diabetics. Team Type 1 also runs a women's professional team, a triathlon team, an elite amateur squad, a development team for T1 diabetics under 25, and a Type 2 team.