Ryder Hesjedal

Confidence exudes from Giro big on the eve of the major battle

The race for pink is wide open as the final week begins and the Dolomites loom

After forfeiting time - and the maglia rosa - to Ryder Hesjedal Saturday, Purito is back on top today after a viscous attack on final climb

Giro notebook: Hesjedal's strong performance in the Giro no longer goes under the radar. Gadret still hopes for podium

Ryder Hesjedal has learned that it is a complicated life for the maglia rosa at the Giro d'Italia

Christian Vande Velde and Peter Stetina dug deep today to put team leader Ryder Hesjedal in perfect position to steal back the pink jersey

Hesjedal barrels back into pink as GC faves hold steady in Cervinia

Giro notebook stage 13: Ryder riding high; Rasmussen denies wrongdoing; Henao poised to do something special

In his daily Giro wrap-up, Andrew Hood recaps the awkward Cavendish/Cipollini moment after stage 11 and Giuseppe Martinelli’s thoughts on Ryder Hesjedal

Hesjedal is satisfied with three days defending the pink jersey, and is content to give it up

If not for the Giro's time bonuses, Ryder Hesjedal would still be in pink after today's stage instead of relinquishing it to Joaquim Rodriguez

Plus, maglia rosa trivia and Theo Bos' Giro sufferfest

A detailed look at Ryder Hesjedal's pink and black Cervelo R5CA

Best young rider Peter Stetina tells VeloNews after stage 8 of the Giro d'Italia that his goals are secondary to putting Ryder Hesjedal onto the final podium in Milan

The new Giro leader isn't on Gazzetta's list of favorites, but that can't last for long

Giro Notebook stage 7: Ryder’s different approach to this years Giro pays off; Stetina in white jersey

Paolo Tiralongo of Astana climbs to victory on first summit finish at Giro's stage 7, ahead of Scarponi and Schleck; Hesjedal takes pink jersey as overall leader

Ryder Hesjedal lost a key helper in his bid for the overall Giro d'Italia victory today, when teammate Farrar abandoned, but remains hopeful he can get the jersey soon, if only for a while

Tech writer Caley Fretz takes a detailed look at Garmin-Barracuda GC man Ryder Hesjedal's Cervelo P5

Canadian and Spaniard take the biggest gains on the overall favorites for the Giro in Verona

Top favorites for the overall keep the rubber down and their chances alive in Italian tour's Danish kickoff

Ryder Hesjedal says he turned his brain off and went on autopilot for the Giro's opening time trial and that he's already looking ahead to the Verona TTT

Canadian best among GC favorites after time trial, but favorites know the race will be won in the Dolomites

Canadian escapes late in midweek classic with reeling Norwegian

After strong performance at Amstel Gold, Garmin feeling well-suited for higher finish at two remaining Ardennes races

Canadian levels on a quiet spring and being patient ahead of the hilly classics and a run at the Giro overall

Canadian mortgaging classics season for his first grand tour shot

MONTREAL, Canada (VN) — In front of an enthusiastic home crowd, Ryder Hesjedal finished in eleventh place and took the honors of top Canadian at Sunday’s Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal.

MADRID (VN) - There's no rest for the weary for Ryder Hesjedal.

PUY SAINT PIERRE, France (VN) - As teams whose top-five GC hopes have faded often do, Garmin-Cervélo is chasing the teams classification at the Tour de France. But with four stage wins, a week in the maillot jaune and an American rookie fighting for the top-10, Garmin’s Tour has been their best ever and Tom Danielson leads the squad in a run at the final podium in the final three days of the race.

Christian Vande Velde auditions for VeloNews reporter job

SUPER-BESSE, France (VN) ─ Ryder Hesjedal faced the cruel reality of the results sheet Friday evening and admitted the obvious: his GC chances are all but cooked.

This year’s Tour field boasts a deep wealth of Yankee talent, including a top sprinter, a quartet of potential top-5 finishers, one of the sport’s most promising young riders, and a star-crossed veteran who will be starting his record-tying 16th Grand Boucle.

Ryder Hesjedal will start his fourth career Tour de France under very different circumstances than the previous three editions following his break-out seventh place in 2010.

What exactly were Hesjedal and Talansky up to in Saturday's breakaway?

SAN JOSE, Calif. (VN) — Although he ended up in seventh place, Canadian Ryder Hesjedal not only earned stage 4’s most aggressive rider award but he also dynamited the race with his preemptive attack coming off the hors-cat Mount Hamilton climb that enabled his Garmin-Cervélo team to pack five riders into the top 12 of this sixth Amgen Tour of California.

HUY, Belgium (VN) ─ Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervélo) is hoping to cap his spring campaign with a run for the podium at Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Sunday.

While the cobblestone specialists hog the spotlight ahead of tomorrow’s Tour of Flanders, riders who will take over in the Ardennes sharpened their form in an exciting battle at the GP Miguel Indurain in Spain.

Hesjedal racing ‘white roads,’ then catching flight to start Paris-Nice next day

VeloNews' European correspondent Andrew Hood has had a chance to touch base with some of the top U.S. road pros in recent weeks, and he's gathered up highlights from their 2010 campaign and what they expect for the coming season.

Engaged in Spain, training in Maui, rocking in France — Ryder Hesjedal had a top-notch 2010 and hopes for even better things in the new year.

Ryder Hesjedal reflects on a remarkable season and considers what 2011 has in store for him and for a restructured Garmin team.

Hawaii is not a bad place to unplug for anyone, but if you’re Ryder Hesjedal coming off a breakthrough year, the Pacific islands are the perfect respite to reflect on a phenomenal 2010 season.

The two benefitted from their strong performances in Canada. Meanwhile, Joaquim Rodriguez is closing on Alberto Contador's lead in the rankings.

Robert Gesink's brilliant performance, the crowds and the course may make the GP Montreal an instant classic, John Wilcockson reports

• 1. Robert GESINK, (NED) Rabobank Cycling Team, in 4:58:22
• 2. Peter SAGAN, (SVK) Liquigas-Doimo, at 8
• 3. Ryder HESJEDAL, (CAN) Garmin-Transitions, at 8
• 4. Haimar ZUBELDIA AGIRRE, (ESP) Team RadioShack, at 8
• 5. Maxime MONFORT, (BEL) HTC-Columbia, at 8

Steve Bauer, who won the precursor to GP de Montréal 22 years ago, says Sunday's course fits his countryman's character and abilities.

UPDATED: The French champion surges in the final kilometer to hold off Boasson Hagen and an inspired Ryder Hesjedal.

Canadian Ryder Hesjedal comes into Friday's GP Quebec confident and fit. But he concedes that after seeing the course first hand, it's tougher than he was expecting. John Wilcockson talk to Hesjedal and his teammates Svein Tuft and Peter Stetina on the eve of the race.

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

Both men came to the Tour to work for others, but found themselves rising to the top as their leaders fell by the wayside.

Garmin-Transitions riders used a special skin suit in the time trial Saturday that appeared to re-shape the riders' profiles.

On the hardest mountaintop finish of the 2010 Tour de France, Ryder Hesjedal emerged from the mist atop the Tourmalet to cross the line in fourth.

Ryder Hesjedal will stay in a Garmin-Transitions kit through 2013.

The Garmin-Transitions rider rode his own pace on Sunday, and in the process took time from several big names.

Ryder Hesjedal says he'd rather burn out than fade away after driving a dangerous break all day Friday.

The Garmin-Transitions rider still adjusting to being the team's GC leader

The Canadian is sixth overall, just ten seconds behind Contador

Ryder Hesjedal knows he has to change roles in the absence of team leader Christian Vande Velde.

After coming close to a stage win Tuesday, Ryder Hesjedal is more motivated than ever.

It didn’t take long for the Garmin-Transitions team to get over the shock of losing its top rider — the argyle crew got right down to work on Tuesday's cobbles.

Graham Watson's photos from Tuesday's cobbles as the 2010 Tour enters France for the first time.

On the Fourth, four of the eight Americans were involved in crashes. Leipheimer gets good news from an X-ray.

Garmin's Ryder Hesjedal wins final stage as Michael Rogers wins the overall.

A look at Garmin-Transitions' Ryder Hesjedal's Felt DA TT machine for the Amgen Tour of California

Ryder Hesjedal takes confidence from his strong second-place finish at the Amstel Gold Race.