Hesjedal into 7th overall, DZ takes 5th on day – Tour de France, stage 19

Team Garmin-Transitions GC sensation Ryder Hesjedal capped off an amazing Tour de France with an amazing individual time trial, vaulting him higher on the overall to seventh. Meanwhile teammate and American time trial champion David Zabriskie put in a top-five performance.

Ryder Hesjedal - Tour de France, stage 19

“Anything in the top ten here is a dream come true, especially after what happened in this race for us,” Hesjedal told Cyclingnews’ Stephen Farrand.

“That was a really hard time trial. I didn’t feel good at all. I suffered through the whole thing and that’s a long time to be out there when you’re not feeling good. It doesn’t get much harder than that at the end of a Grand Tour.”

“With the wind, it’s difficult to judge you’ve speed and you feel like you’re going nowhere. You’ve just got to concentrate and suffer.”

Hesjedal’s amazing run up the overall began after the crash-marred stage 2 that saw Christian Vande Velde abandon.

“On the morning of stage 3, Matt White said, ‘It’s open, give it the best you can.’ I didn’t wait around,” he told Velonews’ Neal Rogers.

“I went for it, and I wanted to keep that going the whole race. I didn’t want to be high in the standings and fade away through the Tour de France. I wanted to stay up there.”

“I’ve always believed I was capable, and here I am now.”

David Zabriskie - Tour de France, stage 19

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  • Chris Begley

    Awesome – we have been waiting for so many years for this in Canada. Two great GC men next year for Garmin! Canada and the USA against Europe

  • Kim_vonnk

    Awesome job Ryder and the team. You are moving onward and upward from here. We are still cheering from Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec.

  • Chris Begley

    Awesome – we have been waiting for so many years for this in Canada. Two great GC men next year for Garmin! Canada and the USA against Europe

  • Dale S. from Port Alberni BC

    Ryder; Congrats on a job well done – 7th GC is so totally awesome!

    I hope everyone has has a safe and memorable ride into Paris for the last stage.

    Julian; Get the drop on Mark and show him he can’t be 1st ALL the time :)

    Matt & JV; Even though things didn’t go as planned it was enjoyable to watch – Thanks for a great 100th TdF Garmin style.

  • Kim_vonnk

    Awesome job Ryder and the team. You are moving onward and upward from here. We are still cheering from Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec.

  • Dale S. from Port Alberni BC

    Ryder; Congrats on a job well done – 7th GC is so totally awesome!

    I hope everyone has has a safe and memorable ride into Paris for the last stage.

    Julian; Get the drop on Mark and show him he can't be 1st ALL the time :)

    Matt & JV; Even though things didn't go as planned it was enjoyable to watch – Thanks for a great 100th TdF Garmin style.

  • Chaserfan

    Another Tour is now in the books, and I’d like to thank Garmin-Transitions for giving us another exciting race and for persevering in the face of incredible bad luck. The efforts paid off. Congratulations to Ryder for his sensational 7th place (and for adding another chapter to JV’s Book of Revelations); to Julian for bagging three great sprint finishes (one of them second only to the Manx Missile!); to Johan for an inspired breakaway; and to DZ for coming in 5th in the TT and setting the pace in the mountains. Martijn proved himself once again as an awesome lead-out, and David Millar amazed us with his sheer willpower and invaluable leadership. When Tyler and Robbie recover, look out! They along with Julian will have the train speeding down the tracks once again.

    And finally: Christian, we will always believe in you. We’ll see you on a Grand Tour podium yet.

  • Chaserfan

    Another Tour is now in the books, and I'd like to thank Garmin-Transitions for giving us another exciting race and for persevering in the face of incredible bad luck. The efforts paid off. Congratulations to Ryder for his sensational 7th place (and for adding another chapter to JV's Book of Revelations); to Julian for bagging three great sprint finishes (one of them second only to the Manx Missile!); to Johan for an inspired breakaway; and to DZ for coming in 5th in the TT and setting the pace in the mountains. Martijn proved himself once again as an awesome lead-out, and David Millar amazed us with his sheer willpower and invaluable leadership. When Tyler and Robbie recover, look out! They along with Julian will have the train speeding down the tracks once again.

    And finally: Christian, we will always believe in you. We'll see you on a Grand Tour podium yet.

  • Doug

    Way to go Ryder and Garmin-Transitions! Ryder, you’ve done Canada (and especially Canadian cycling enthusiasts) proud.

  • Doug

    Way to go Ryder and Garmin-Transitions! Ryder, you’ve done Canada (and especially Canadian cycling enthusiasts) proud.

  • Doug

    Way to go Ryder and Garmin-Transitions! Ryder, you've done Canada (and especially Canadian cycling enthusiasts) proud.