Hey everyone, i notice that no one talk about Hesjedal since the end of the Tour de France =.=. He caught a respiratory infection in the Giro and he abandonned the race. Almost 1 month later, he raced the Tour de Suisse and the first mountain stage, he attacked with 12km to go to the top of the climb and he was joined only with 500meters to go by Mollema. It shows that he was in great shape. But he crashed the next day and he abandonned. After that, Vaughters select him for the Tour de France when he was not in good shape and he crashed the first stage and he broked a rib. At the end of the season, he did well in the GP Québec and Montréal( where he ends his season).
He was really not lucky this year. If he didn't get sick in the Giro, he would fight with Nibali for the win( im really sure) and if he didn't crash at the Tour de Suisse( after he abandonned the Giro), and get his peak shape at the end of the Tour de France, i think he would do second( hes a great climber and good in time trial).
I want know what do you guys expect from him next year? Vaughters said that Hesjedal, Talansky and Martin will be leader in each GT next year. Martin will be leader at the Giro, and Vaughters wants Talansky in the Tour and Hesjedal at the Vuelta( who suits him better according to him).