Personal information | |
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Full name | Scott Ambrose |
Born | Wellington, New Zealand | 23 January 1995
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Amateur team | |
2014 | CharterMason Giant Racing |
Professional teams | |
2014 | Team Novo Nordisk (stagiaire) |
2015–2017 | Team Novo Nordisk |
Scott Ambrose (born 23 January 1995) is a New Zealand former professional racing cyclist,[1] who rode professionally between 2014 and 2017, entirely for Team Novo Nordisk, an all-diabetes team.[2] He won the second stage of the 2015 Tour de Filipinas and finished first in the points classification.[1][2]
In Autumn 2013 he was diagnosed with Type I diabetes, after several disappointing sporting results over the course of the year. Following a consultation, his doctor told him he was 10 kg (22 lb) underweight and he had all the symptoms of diabetes. He was taken to hospital after being diagnosed with glycaemia.[3]
Ambrose turned professional in 2015 as part of the Team Novo Nordisk team, whose members all have diabetes. In February 2015, he won the second stage of the Tour de Filipinas.[4]