CCA - National Team: Ryder Hesjedal


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Ryder Hesjedal

Name:

Ryder Hesjedal

Hometown:

Victoria, BC, Canada

Sport:

Road

Date of Birth:

December 9, 1980

Team:

Team Slipstream/Chipotle

Occupation:

Cyclist

Member of Canadian National Team since:

1996

Website:

www.ryderhesjedal.com

Results Highlights

COMPETITION	EVENT	RANK
2008 Giro d’Italia, ITA	Road Stage Race	60
2008 Fleche Wallonne, BEL	Road Race	39
2008 Monte Paschi Eroica	Road Race	10
2008 Grand Prix Marseillaise, FRA	Road Race	3
2007 National Championships, CAN	Time Trial	1
2006 World Championships, Salzburg, AUT	Time Trial	22
2006 National Championships, CAN	Road Time Trial	2
2005 World Championships, Madrid, ESP	Time Trial	22
2005 World Championships, Madrid, ESP	Road Race	78
2005 National Championships, CAN	Time Trial	3
2005 National Championships, CAN	Road Race	4
2005 Tour of Germany, GER	Overall	9
2003 MTB World Championships, Lugano, SUI	XC	2
2002 MTB World Championships, Kaprun, AUT	Team Relay	1
2001 MTB World Championships, Vail, USA	Team Relay	1
2001 U23 MTB World Championships, Vail, USA	XC	2
1999 MTB World Championships, Are, SWE	Team Relay	3

2008: Second Olympic Games participation, first in road racing… First Canadian rider to race in Tour de France since Gord Fraser in 1997…Two top-10 stage finishes at Valenciana… At Fleche Wallonne was in lead group until the final climb but suffered a flat tire… Raced for Slipstream at prestigious Giro d’Italia.. Trained in Hawaii over winter…Former mountain biker, he is a two-time World champion in the mountain bike team relay (2001, 2002), two-time World Championship silver medalist in the mountain bike cross country (U23 in 2001, 2003); bronze World medalist in 1999 mountain bike team relay…finished 22nd in the time trial at the 2006 World Championships in Austria (did not finish the road race)…in 2006, he finished fourth overall at Volta a Catalunya in Spain and a strong 17th overall at Dauphiné Libere - the third North American and top rider on his team and after that he was ranked 45th in the ProTour (the highest ranking by a Canadian since Steve Bauer)…a flat tire took him out of the 2004 Olympic Games and a bruise to his leg ended his effort at the World Championships…in 2001, he was the best ranked espoir (U23) rider in the world…turned professional in 2005 with the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team after spending several years with the Rabobank amateur team; then after 2005 season he joined the Swiss team Phonak, and joined Health Net in 2007 after the Phonak team collapsed…a strong time trialist…his first international competition was the 1996 MTB World Championships in Australia…trains in Victoria…previous coach was Juerg Feldmann…started cycling at age 12 and competed in local races on Vancouver Island…would like to ride in the Tour de France.

Born and raised in Victoria, British Columbia, where he graduated in 1998 from Belmont Secondary School…single…mother and father work for Capital Regional District government for the 13 municipalities and three electoral areas that are located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island…has a younger sister…favourites include home cooking, Canadian basketball star Steve Nash, basketball, the movie Back to the Future Trilogy, fast paced music, and would most like to meet real estate mogul Donald Trump…