Ryder Hesjedal Discussion Thread

[NatB]

Hopefully he struck a good deal with Contador and get's into a good break in the next two stages and can go for the stage win.

 

[Alcanelo]

Ryder is better than Pantani after he outclimbed Contador or something like that

 

[staubsauger]

His top 10 placements actually are a big FU to the likes of Levi Leipheimer as you'll remember them. He knows his grand tour victory was a fluke and he most likely will never ever by able to equal it. But no matter what misfortune arrives on him: nevermind! He just says to himself : "I'm a former Giro winner. I have to show myself and see what I can get out of it!"

Nice attitude it is!

 

[ray j willings]

Ryder has been great in the Giro. He just go's for it. One of my favourite riders. He sure knows how to blow a race apart.

 

[Electress]

Been great to watch consistently riding hard in the break this Giro.

 

[IndianCyclist]

He knows he is better in the third week. Wouldn't it be good of he entered the Giro with 2 weeks already in his belt making it a 5 week Giro. That way he can stop losing ridiculous times in the 1-2 weeks.

 

[Taxus4a]

He can do today an impressive stage, I hope he fight for the podium.

 

[ray j willings]

His Giro win was no fluke. It was the one race where Garmin got it right and bad luck stayed away.
IMO I just don't think JV keeps his eye on the ball.
I reckon Ryder could have won more at another team. Garmin just don't play the team game as good as their rivals. To many climbers and riders who can win a stage, every time they enter a GT they never do it with the total conviction of supporting 1 rider for overall . if they had proper focus on one rider they may have won more.

 

[NatB]

This sums up Ryder's team support this year at the Giro.

"We knew there was a chance that a break would go to the line,” explained Charly Wegelius. “We also knew that Ryder has been riding extremely well, so we wanted to have riders in the break for either the chance to go for the stage if the gap was big or to work for Ryder. He’s going so fast uphill that the only way our riders can stay with him to help is if they have a head start on the climb.”

Unless it's flat he's on his own.

 

[BigMac]

Best ryder of the Giro.

 

[richwagmn]

Just think, take away his first week and he's in fourth. What a gutsy rider. Great to see.

 

[richwagmn]

If Ryder hadn't had such a bad first week, he'd be in fourth. Gutsy rider. Great to see.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Commendable performance overall.
Highly visible, hope he gets the stage win tomorrow. Him or Steven.

 

[LaFlorecita]

If Ryder hadn't had such a bad first week, he'd be in fourth. Gutsy rider. Great to see.

We should take away Kruijswijk's first week too then

 

[ray j willings]

Ryder going again today ,Awesome stuff. How the Fu$$ does he lose so much time.
Perhaps he should start riding a week before everyone else in order to peak at the right time.

 

[Jalgratas95]

Still 5th place in reach for Hesjedal.

 

[Taxus4a]

Re:

Ryder going again today ,Awesome stuff. How the Fu$$ does he lose so much time.
Perhaps he should start riding a week before everyone else in order to peak at the right time.

The Astana attack the first day., he was not in the front, there was a hot day... he was close to close the gap, but he couldnt.

Of course the first climbs he was to lose some time, as in the TTT, but he could recover now at the end...

He was in the correct breakaways, but this Giro has never stopped, some people as Kreuziger, Basso, Cataldo, are off to cacth people as Hesjedal...too much energy wasted for anything.

In a normal Giro Hesjedal would be maybe pink even with that 5 minutes lost the first day...but as we see, the pure climbers as Aru if have the day can beat him...

 

[Anderis]

What a shame he didn't win a stage today.

Is he doing TdF or rather Vuelta later this year?

 

[SeriousSam]

In a normal Giro, Hesjedal is absolutely nowhere near the maglia rosa, and indeed, in this edition he is once again light years off the lead. But once every hundred years, the stars align, and a rider like ryder can defy astromonical odds to win a race like the Giro.

 

[Anderis]

Re:

Is he doing TdF or rather Vuelta later this year?

I've got my answer so quickly.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/giro-ditalia-hesjedal-left-disappointed-after-near-stage-win-in-cervinia

 

[Dazed and Confused]

If Cannondale allows him to stage hunt in the tour without looking after Talansky, he will add spice to the race methinks.

 

[BigMac]

Re:

If Cannondale allows him to stage hunt in the tour without looking after Talansky, he will add spice to the race methinks.

Yea, I agree. Pra Loup stage would be for him. Perhaps he will start off as a dom, but if Talansky fails to perform Hesjedal should already be unleashed come the Alps.

 

[Anderis]

Maybe he will be able to even go for a GC in the TdF.

I remember that in 2012 he seemed to be in the very good shape in the first few stages, but then crashed out. And in 2010 he was great on cobbles, so that may play for his favour also.

Not that I'm convinced he can do that, but I also wasn't convinced he would be among 5 strongest climbers in the second half of this Giro.

 

[the delgados]

So Ryder says he's not interested in moving up a couple places in the GC, yet yesterday he burned a few matches to bridge up to Contador to gain a couple places in the GC. I know TV time is important, especially when you're pacing the race leader to the line, but c'mon.
He should have stayed with the Aru group yesterday and daydreamed the whole way home about a stage win today.

 

[Taxus4a]

Re:

So Ryder says he's not interested in moving up a couple places in the GC, yet yesterday he burned a few matches to bridge up to Contador to gain a couple places in the GC. I know TV time is important, especially when you're pacing the race leader to the line, but c'mon.
He should have stayed with the Aru group yesterday and daydreamed the whole way home about a stage win today.

He is not in the Giro, he is in his own race, something we cant maybe understand.