Ryder Hesjedal

Garmin-Sharp rider crashed out of the Tour de Suisse on Monday but escaped serious injury

The 25-year-old won the opening stage at the Criterium du Dauphine and held the leader's jersey for three days

Cannondale rider earns stage victory as Mathias Frank takes overall race lead

Canadian rider was expected to lead Garmin-Sharp at the Tour de France

Canadian rider won the 2012 Giro d'Italia but had to abandon this year's race after falling ill

Ramunas Navardauskas has taken the reins of the Garmin squad at the Giro since the departure of Ryder Hesjedal

Dutchman lost valuable time in stage 14 but sits 10th entering Thursday's mountain time trial

Garmin-Sharp rider pulled out of the Giro d'Italia last week after falling ill

Astana rider's attack with 2km left in stage 14 allowed him to pad his GC advantage

Snow forced organizers to alter this weekend’s stages at the Giro. The GC will most likely be sorted out in the final week

Canadian, Brit exit race after consulting with medical staff

Garmin-Sharp rider says he doesn't know what caused him to drop out of GC contention at the Giro

Defending Giro champion loses 20 minutes on first summit finish, moving Garmin to reshape its race plan

The defending Giro champion is struggling, but Garmin-Sharp said it will not alter its race plan

We examine the top riders in the Giro field after the first nine days of racing

Hesjedal attributed his difficulty to the cold and what he referred to as “TT butt," but says there's time to rebound

Wiggins is an ace time trialist, but to be certain of winning the Giro, he must attack in the mountains

The 54.8km race against the clock is undulating, with a finishing ramp of over 13 percent gradient

Garmin director Charly Wegelius expects to lose time on Saturday and will draw a line that night to reset for the Giro's final two weeks

Reigning Tour champion says Ryder Hesjedal was simply riding in his style when he attacked multiple times in stage 3

Garmin-Sharp rider says he'd glad he decided to return to racing after his six-month, offseason doping suspension

Astana leader is 14 seconds behind main GC rival Bradley Wiggins entering Tuesday's stage 4

"Everyone said I couldn’t win the Giro last year, and they got that wrong," says defending champ after critics question aggressive racing

Italy's grand tour has made progress in recent years to gain value and respect among the peloton

Caley Fretz gets to spend a little time with the defending champion's Cervelo Rca

Only seven riders in history have won both grand tours in the same season, for a total of 12 times

Our editors make their cases for the men they expect to battle for the maglia rosa at the 2013 Giro d'Italia

Defending Giro champion Ryder Hesjedal has spent almost a year dreaming of another maglia rosa and will open his defense Saturday

Garmin-Sharp rider withdraws from the Tour de Romandie in what was a planned exit

Ryder Hesjedal's breakaway move late in the race helps set up Dan Martin's victory

Irishman in shock after winning the biggest race of the Ardennes classics

The 2013 classics campaign has not been fruitful for the U.S.-based squad

Garmin-Sharp is building toward the first grand tour of the season, which starts May 4 in Naples

Backed by the addition of Vincenzo Nibali, Astana could be the team to beat in the upcoming classics races

Garmin-Sharp rider will work for his team leaders at the Ardennes classics as he prepares for his first grand tour

Garmin-Sharp rider became the first Canadian grand tour champion when he won the 2012 Giro d'Italia

Fourth-year pro hopes to earn a spot on the Giro d'Italia roster to help teammate Ryder Hesjedal defend his title

Wiggins, Hesjedal to test themselves ahead of Giro as Vande Velde, Danielson and Zabriskie return from suspension

After a successful 2012 that included a Giro win, Ryder Hesjedal is starting later in 2013 - with defending his Giro title his goal

Giro d'Italia champion reflects on 2012 and talks about what his future holds

Three grand tour champs are in the Middle East to promote cycling in the Arab emirate

Hesjedal is named Canadian sportsman of the year while Uran hopes to podium at a grand tour in 2013

Gilbert stormed to a world title and Contador raided the Vuelta, but neither took top spot in Andrew Hood's favorite attacks of the year

Giro d'Italia winner Ryder Hesjedal is our North American Man of the Year for 2012

The 2013 Giro is attracting big names and will likely see more by the time May 4 arrives

The Garmin-Sharp riders say their success proves that the sport has turned a corner

Notes the 2012 champ: "To line up at the Giro with the No. 1 bib, only have so many chances in a lifetime to do that"

Giro champ leads the home country riders in, but can't make the front group; Barry nears retirement

Garmin rider to return home for the first time since winning the Giro and will refocus for a run a worlds

Canadian Giro champ unhappy about abandoning, but knows it's the right thing to do

Garmin boss disputes head injury claims for Van Summeren, Danielson, and laments the loss of the Giro champ

GC race heats up Saturday at the 2012 Tour de France after crashes wreak havoc on the overall standings in stage 6

It was a black Friday indeed for Garmin-Sharp, which saw its entire squad bar one on the deck in a horrific pileup

Garmin director says Danielson will try to continue after separated shoulder as the team's GC hopes now lie squarely on Giro champ Hesjedal

A Canadian company rewards its Canadian Giro champ with a maple-leaf-adorned Cervelo R5CA

Hesjedal is calm heading into the Tour, saying, "I'm going into the biggest bike race in the world, so it's all good"

The Canadian's not flamboyant, but has the loyalty of his teammates and the tools to win, says Allan Peiper

Canadian maglia rosa enters Tour ready to repay Garmin for backing him into pink

From Evans to Sanchez, Wiggins to Menchov, we run down the favorites for the 2012 Tour de France

Tuft wins national title, but won't make Canada's one-man Olympic roster

Arygle Armada will focus on yellow for Hesjedal while hunting stage wins for Farrar

Giro champ will go into the Tour de France with the team first on his mind after historic Giro win

In an in-depth interview, Christian Vande Velde takes VeloNews behind the curtain of his roommate Ryder Hesjedal's ride into pink

We profile the Cervélo P5 that Ryder Hesjedal rode to overall victory in the 2012 Giro d'Italia

Canadian riding high on post-Giro buzz

Steve Bauer, Michael Barry and Sue Palmer-Komar celebrated Ryder Hesjedal's Giro win on Sunday

Two years of work with Robbie Ketchell to optimize his position on the time trial bike paid dividends for Hesjedal at the Giro

Canadian delivers in final time trial for first Canadian grand tour win

Garmin rider becomes first Canadian grand tour winner as Pinotti returns to win stage a year after leaving the Giro with a crash

After a brutal day that ended higher than any Giro stage in history, is a 31-second advantage enough for Purito?

Rodríguez not the TT underdog so many say he is; Cav wears lost points jersey; four expelled for towing

Hunted became hunter Friday on the Pampeago, when Hesjedal did the attacking instead of his rivals to close in on pink

Savio livid with Rujano, says Venezuelan's last chance has expired; Friday was reckoning for two GC hopefuls

As Ryder Hesjedal closes in on the maglia rosa, his rivals know the only hope now is to attack tomorrow

Behind the scenes at stage 19 of the Giro, through the lens of Caley Fretz

Hesjedal may have delivered knockout punch in stage 19 in quest for maglia rosa; Kreuziger bounces back to win stage

Garmin manager Jonathan Vaughters won't jinx Hesjedal with presence in Italy, yet; says Canadian has earned a Tour spot if he wants it

Insiders say there is no stress around the Garmin breakfast table on the eve of the three-day Giro showdown in northern Italy

Liquigas manager predicts twice as much difficulty on Friday's stage to Alpe di Pampeago

Discounted by many, Ryder Hesjedal is in the driver's seat in Italy and the GC contenders know it