OT: Ryder Hesjedal GRINTA!!! (Svein Tuft also)

[jstewismybastardson]

30 seconds behind the leader at the Giro D'Italia

he's not getting enough play in canada ... if he wins, Id say its on par with what Mike Weir and Gilles Villeneuve did

tomorrow is his day ... Treviso to Alpe Di Pampeago ... for me, its unbelievable that he can get it done on a stage where he will be riding on a road right past my uncles store and my mom and dads childhood homes


Hesjedal?s consistency causing panic among Giro ?big?



/hopefully he's clean

 

[dash]

Go Ryder Go!

 

[blindbaby]

He's getting lot's of play on the local Island news; don't know about the rest of Canada. But yeah, Go Ryder!

 

[esls79]

He had the pink jersey earlier in the Giro

 

[jstewismybastardson]

He made his move and gained 13 seconds today on the magliarosa

2nd in the stage ... still second overall

 

[dash]

Ryder with a big push late today to give himself a great chance in tomorrow's final stage. 31 seconds behind the leader, but he's expected to make that up in the time trial tomorrow. Good luck Ryder.

 

[puckhead]

Their previous time trials
PREVIEW: Rodríguez, Hesjedal will battle for Giro in ITT

 

[dash]

woot!! Congrats to Ryder, great ride in the time trial to win the Giro d'Italia.

 

[puckhead]

First Canadian ever to win a Grand Tour event

 

[mattola]

er YEAH ? I dont watch cycling. lets hope he doesnt test positive.....

 

[jstewismybastardson]

er YEAH ? I dont watch cycling. lets hope he doesnt test positive.....

his win has made him a superstar in Italy ... for the past week their media has been covering him like he was Italian ... I saw one story by an Italian columnist celebrating this years Giro as the return of dope free cycling because Ryder is 100 % clean and the writer said that he must be clean because he's canadian lol



/they musta forgot about Ben Johnson

 

[dash]

/they musta forgot about Ben Johnson

You mean Jamaican born Ben Johnson don't you? :caked:

 

[jstewismybastardson]

You mean Jamaican born Ben Johnson don't you? :caked:

its funny that Ben became "Jamaican born" after he tested positive for roids

I guess if Ryder tests positive he might become "Maui resident" or "Nordic gened" ??? lol

 

[dash]

I think Ryder locked up the Lou Marsh award today - What a gutsy performance yesterday at the end of that brutal climb to set up today's win.

 

[BlueandWhiteForever]

Ryder makes his home in Maui and apparently has celebrity friends such as Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson.

Not only is he now a champion, he is a baller as well

 

[puckhead]

Ryder makes his home in Maui and apparently has celebrity friends such as Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson.

do they test for weed in these races?

 

[jstewismybastardson]

supastar!

 

[puckhead]

did I hear that correctly? the first time in 91 years at the Giro that the lead changed on the final day.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

did I hear that correctly? the first time in 91 years at the Giro that the lead changed on the final day.

i think it was the second time ... only once before yesterday

 

[dash]

Second closest finish in Giro history as well...Does he have anything left for the Tour de France? I'm thinking more mentally than physically.