Ryder Hesjedal

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Ryder Hesjedal

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image_caption = Hesjedal climbing Alpe d'Huez
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|12|09
height = height|m=1.90
weight = convert|72|kg|lb|abbr=on
country = CAN
currentteam = Team Garmin-Chipotle
updated = August 11 2008

Ryder Hesjedal (born December 9, 1980) is a Canadian professional racing cyclist who currently rides for the Team Garmin-Chipotle. He was born in Victoria, British Columbia. He is a former mountain biker (having won a silver medal at the 2001 U23 World Mountain Bike Championships) and in 2005 turned professional with the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team after spending several years with the Rabobank amateur team.

A strong climber and time trialist he was selected to the 2005 Giro d'Italia squad with Discovery Channel and helped Paolo Savoldelli win the race, although failing to complete the course himself. After the 2005 season he left Discovery Channel and joined the Swiss team Phonak. With Phonak he proceeded to have his best results yet, having finished fourth in the 2006 Volta a Catalunya and finished second in the 2006 Canadian Time Trial Championship. Later that season he was selected to the 2006 Vuelta a España squad where he was performing very well, however left halfway through the race to concentrate on the UCI Road World Championships in Salzburg. However his efforts did not pay off as he achieved only modest results. Due to the financial collapse of the Phonak cycling team, he signed on with the Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis for the 2007 cycling season. For the 2008 season he signed with the Garmin-Chipotle Team and is on their Tour de France team.

Major results

;2001
* 2nd (Silver Medal), U23 World Mountain Bike Championships ;2003
* 2nd (Silver Medal), UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships - Cross Country;2006
* 4th overall, Volta a Catalunya
* 22nd, UCI Road World Championships Time Trial ;2007
* National Championships Time Trial
* Mountains classification, Tour de Georgia (2.HC)
* 10th overall, Tour of California (2.HC);2008
* 60th overall, Giro d'Italia
* 47th overall, Tour de France
* 13th on stage 20, 53km individual time trial, in the Tour de France

External links

* [http://www.ryderhesjedal.ca Ryder Hesjedal Home Page]

Persondata
NAME= Hesjedal, Ryder
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH=1980-12-09
PLACE OF BIRTH=Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=