Report: Hesjedal regains Maglia Rosa on first mountain stage
Ryder Hesjedal showed just what he is capable of on the first true mountain stage of the Giro d’Italia. As the race moved north towards the Swiss border the high mountains finally came into play in this year’s race, and the true contenders came to the top. But it was Hesjedal who proved to be [...]
Report: Team launches Hesjedal into pink
Ryder Hesjedal became the first Canadian to wear the Giro d’Italia Maglia Rosa today when the team put in an enormous effort to place him on the door step in the uphill finale. Five argyle jumped to the front of the peloton with less than 40km to go to start chasing down the breakaway before [...]
Race report: Ryder attacks up Alpe d’Huez as Garmin defends top-10, GC lead
Garmin-Cervélo rode with strength in Friday’s short but explosive stage over the Galibier and up Alpe d’Huez to keep Tom Danielson in the top-10 and defend its lead in the team classification. Ryder Hesjedal attacked up the Alpe d’Huez and later led the team with 10th on the stage. Danielson crossed the line with him [...]
Race report: Danielson defends top-10, Garmin-Cervelo tightens grip on team GC
Tom Danielson bravely defended his spot in the top-10 as the squad defended its hold on the team classification in Thursday’s grueling, three-climb 200.5km 18th stage across the French Alps. Danielson hung with the top GC favorites over two hors-categorie climbs and fended off wind and high altitude to cross the line ninth at 3:25 [...]
Race report: Thor de France continues, Hesjedal third – Tour de France, stage 16
Garmin-Cervélo’s dream run through the Tour de France continued Tuesday with an impressive stage victory by Thor Hushovd in the 162.5km 16th stage into Gap. Hushovd sprinted to his second stage win of the 2011 Tour while Hesjedal crossed the line third for his best-ever Tour stage result. Hushovd and Ryder Hesjedal rode into the [...]
Tech & Training: Ryder Hesjedal’s Garmin Edge 500 data – Tour de Suisse, stage 2
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Race Preview: Tour de Suisse
This weekend the Tour of Switzerland begins, showcasing a fantastic line up of Tour de France contenders looking for their final tune up before July 3rd. Ryder Hesjedal: In case you have never visited, Switzerland is a very mountainous country. This year’s Tour de Suisse reflects that theme, and includes no fewer than 4 mountain [...]
Race preview: Liege-Bastogne-Liege
“La Doyenne” brings 255k of racing over the famous climbs of the Ardennes this weekend. Liege-Bastogne-Liege enters it’s 97th edition in 2011, retaining much of the history that the race has had since the first edition in 1892. Although the profile may look relatively docile, LBL is certainly a race for the climbers, or all-around [...]
Race report: Le-Mevel attacks for a top-ten in Flèche Wallonne
Christophe Le-Mével notched a top-10 at Flèche Wallonne with an impressive ninth-place ride up the Mur de Huy to cap a solid day for Garmin-Cervélo at the Belgian classic. Ryder Hesjedal bounced back from his stomach problems at Amstel Gold Race on Sunday to climb to 13th up the finish-line “wall” at Huy in good [...]
Race report: Bad stomach derails Hesjedal’s chances at Amstel Gold
Garmin-Cervélo had a strong chance to put a man on the podium in the Amstel Gold Race in Holland until last year’s runner-up Ryder Hesjedal fell ill during the race with a bad stomach. Racing under sunny skies and unseasonably warm temperatures, Hesjedal was in ideal position through the first half of the race until [...]
Race Preview: Amstel Gold Race
Race Preview: Amstel Gold Race Amstel Gold Race brings the hills for the next round of one day classics. The Amstel Gold Race is known for it’s route, which circles back on itself multiple times, covering no fewer than 31 categorized climbs. Although the Netherlands are most known for low lying flat areas along the [...]
Race report: Hesjedal happy with Spain campaign
Ryder Hesjedal has had a strong couple of weeks racing in Spain, first with a fourth place at the GP Miguel Indurain and followed by a top-ten at the Vuelta Cyclista Pais Vasco. Ryder sent this report: First off what a VICTORY by Johan and the team! That was truly spectacular and I couldn’t think [...]
Race report: Paris-Nice, stage 7
It was a rough day for all the riders on the rain-soaked and lumpy seventh stage of Paris-Nice. Ryder Hesjedal kept a good pace in the finale while Matijn Maaskant and Heinrich Haussler had a rough-and-tumble day. Haussler crashed multiple times on the treacherous wet roads including once into a cement wall on a descent. [...]
Race report: Paris-Nice, stage 5
Frenchman Christophe Le-Mével made the first important break about 20km in to today’s 193km stage of Paris-Nice. Directors Bingen Fernandez and Robby Ketchell check in: Stage 5 was the hardest yet as riders faced 7 categorized climbs between Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise and Vernou. LeMevel’s group of six was able to stay away until the 3rd to last [...]
Preview: Paris-Nice
The race to the sun kicks off tomorrow near Paris, and the argyle armada is poised for big results. Starting near Paris, and finishing on the French Riviera, Paris-Nice is commonly known as the race to the sun. It’s arguably the official kick-off of the French stage racing season, and the list of previous [...]
Hesjedal, Pooley win Cyclingnews reader poll awards
The voting is finished and two Garmin-Cervélo riders, Ryder Hesjedal and Emma Pooley, each finished first in the recent Cyclingnews 2010 reader poll. Hesjedal won the Most Improved Rider award for his breakthrough year, topped by his amazing seventh place in the Tour de France. Pooley won the Female Road Rider of the Year award, [...]
Race report: GP Cycliste Montréal
After a strong race in Québec City on Friday Ryder Hesjedal was a marked rider for Sunday’s Gran Prix Cycliste Montréal. As such all his moves were watched closely by the rest of the field, and he was left to chase the breakaways alone on the final lap. Still the Canadian claimed a podium spot [...]
Race report: Hesjedal attacks Québec
Ryder Hesjedal rode like he had the ‘Weight of a Nation’ on him in the Grand Prix Cycliste Québec, racing in his country’s first ever ProTour race. Ryder initiated the big move with two laps to go and pulled for most of them, only to be countered inside the final kilometer, settling for fourth. Svein [...]
Race Report: Hesjedal 6th in San Sebastian
Ryder ‘Weight of a Nation’ Hesjedal continued on his strong form his seventh place at the Tour de France by riding with the contenders in the Classica San Sebastian, nearly catching the breakaway. Still his sixth place shows he is one to watch! Director sportif Johnny Weltz sent this report: With a new and harder [...]
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. “Anything in the top ten here is a dream come true, especially after what [...]
A physio's tale: Mountaintop on stage 17
Team Garmin-Transitions’ physiotherapist Toby Watson will be checking in from the roads in France during Le Tour (literally from the roads as the transfers from start to finish in the car are the medical staff’s only down time!) Today was the showdown. As all who watch cycling know, any stage with a mountaintop finish is [...]
Hesjedal climbs to 8th on GC – Tour de France, stage 17
Ryder Hesjedal defied many expectations on the climb to the Tourmalet for the finish of stage 17, attacking out of his group to take fourth on the stage and move up to eighth on the general classification.
Tech & Training: Ryder Hesjedal's Edge 500 data – Tour de France, stage 15
Ryder Hesjedal continues to battle for a top-ten position in the overall. Here is his Garmin Edge 500 data from stage 15:
Tech & Training: Ryder Hesjedal's Edge 500 data – Tour de France, stage 14
Ryder Hesjedal continues to battle for a top-ten position in the overall. Here is his power data from stage 14: More photos from the Tour de France:
