Ryder Hesjedal capped off the 2010 Tour of California in the perfect way, with a win on the final stage. This combines with teammate David Zabriskie’s second place overall and the team’s first place overall.
“It’s the nicest win because it’s the most recent,” Hesjedal was quoted in a Cyclingnews report. “Since I started with this team at the beginning of 2008, I have gotten to a lot of places I wanted to be in my cycling career. To keep that going, I think I’m doing that well. Today is just a nice confirmation of that.”
“The race was Mick’s to lose… I wasn’t afraid to take Chris along to overtake Dave in the general classification. It was up to Mick to keep that in check,” continued Hesjedal.
“We wanted to ride aggressively today and show ourselves well, and to win on the last day shows that really well. That was kind of the focus near the end.
“For Dave to get away from Mick and overcome that deficit was a tall order, and I think we did the best we could and came away with the best we could.”
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