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Ryder Hesjedal to get hero's welcome

By Cleve Dheensaw, Timescolonist.com

When cycling enthusiasts Jon Watkin and Cody Graham watched fellow Victorian Ryder Hesjedal place seventh in the Tour de France last month, they figured it deserved hometown acknowledgment.

So Watkin and Graham took it upon themselves to arrange it.

"Ryder is a hometown hero and we want to congratulate him," said Watkin, race director of the Bastion Square Criterium. Hesjedal's result was the best by a Canadian since Steve Bauer's fourth place in 1988.

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Hesjedal looking forward to Canadian races

By Andrew Hood - VeloNews

Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Transitions) can’t wait to race in front of home crowds next month in a pair of one-day ProTour races in September that should be an emotional homecoming for the Canadian.

Hot off Canada’s best Tour de France performance since Steve Bauer was fourth in 1988, Hesjedal will bypass the upcoming Vuelta a España and race in Canada for the first time in three years. Hesjedal can expect a rousing welcome home.

“The reaction has been great back in Canada. People are excited about what I’ve been able to achieve during the Tour,” Hesjedal told VeloNews. “It’s gotten into the mainstream media back home. It started about halfway through the Tour and fortunately I was able to keep the ride going all the way into the third week of the Tour.”

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Ryder’s Blog – March 31, 2010

In my last installment for my Pedal column I reflected on the start of the season and my challenges for the upcoming racing schedule. Well the true Classics are upon us now and a good chunk of my early season races have come and gone with the next batch about to begin.

Volta ao Algarve was a great start and went just as well as I had hoped with a result of 15th overall. Good hard racing in Portugal (the race was won by Alberto Contador) was just what I needed to start off my season. Next came Monte Paschi ...

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Eroica - Lookback & Preview

Here's a link to a painful moment last year - good and bad pain - Monte Paschi Eroica .

Its on the mind as it is my next race on my calendar and I am thinking back to what could of been! Riding in the main early break of the day, soloing for 30 kms out of it, railing multiple sectors alone all the way to the last part of the strada bianca (white gravel roads) and envisioning a solo victory in Sienna. Then with less than 10kms Fabian Cancellara and Alessandro Ballan (probably the two strongest guys in the world at that point) bridge up to me. I was still looking at a pretty sweet podium finish, win or lose, then Cancellara put in a acceleration and that was it, they were gone! All I could do was wait for what was left of the peloton and break survivors to come up and go from there. Maaskant was in the chase and I managed to cover moves to help keep the rest of the race together for a shot at 3rd and he had a run for the podium to place 4th, me 10th after a full out day!

Just trying to do the work here in Girona ( did six hours today - about 40kms of gravel ) to better that day - maybe I'll make another solo attempt from 40 kms out?

And I'll hope Cancellara and Ballan aren't chasing!

Ryder

Ryder's Latest Tweets

ryder_hesjedal: RT @dzabriskie: Good job Tyler! Good job is right...nice one!

ryder_hesjedal: Check out www.wheelmen.ca , lots going on these days..happy to be back in Canada and really looking forward to September racing action!

ryder_hesjedal: Bummed I missed the Oslo GP yesterday. Things didn't work out..hopefully next year.. Have to get up to my Norwegian fans! Congrats Edvald!

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