No. 101 - Ryder Hesjedal

Team: Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis Country: Canada DOB: 12/9/1980 | Age: 26 Hometown: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Residence: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Height: 6'2" | Weight: 161 Pro Since: 1999 UCI Rank: 79th & Points: 30 Specialty: Time Trialist

Career Summary

Ryder Hesjedal has successfully made the transition from being a world-class mountain bike champion to a world-class road rider. With Phonak in 2006, he finished fourth overall in the Tour of Cataluna, while helping teammate Santiago Botero to second overall. In 2005, though he didn’t complete the Giro d’Italia as a member of the Discovery Channel team, Hesjedal did help Paolo Savoldelli win the race.

He is a strong climber and time trialist and will be in the battle for the overall 2007 Amgen title.

Events

07 Amgen Tour of California

Individual Results

• 2006 4th overall Volta a Cataluna; 2nd Canadian National Time Trial Championships
• 2004 1st NORBA Nationals Cross Country; Canadian Olympian
• 2003 1st overall NORBA Cross Country Series
• 2001 Silver U23 World Mountain Bike Championships Seven-time World Mountain Bike Championship medalist

Team History

2007 Health Net, 2006 Phonak, 2005 Discovery, 2004 US Postal Service Team, 2002-2003 Rabobank TTIII, 2001-2004 Subaru/Gary Fisher, 1999-2000 SAAB/Gary Fisher