Giro d’Italia – Stage 21, Oh Canada!

May 28, 2012

Well I couldn't be a more proud Canadian this morning with Ryder Hesjedal winning the Stanley Cup of Italian Cycling. I'm fortunate to have an equal amount of emotional investment whenever I'm following the Australian or Canadians racing on the roads of Europe, and to me this rates up there with Cadel winning last year's tour. I hope that other Canadians and its media understand how big of a deal this is in our cycling history.

It’s true that Canada and Australia are very similar countries and share many of the same values. For example, I have no doubt that Ryder is already on his 14th bottle of Kokanee right now and Jack Bobridge will be the last man standing with him. Ryder and Cadel also have a lot in common. Both coming from a mountain bike background at a young age, they slowly climbed the ladder in the road scene and found their strengths in the Ardennes, climbing and time trialling. I find it quite remarkable in its own right that three Canadians finished the Giro (Tuft, Meier, and Hesjedal – Rollin was DQ’d on stage 20 for hanging onto a team car ) while two Australians finished for Australia (Hansen and Roberts). Not that this means anything, but it shows how far Canadian cycling has come.

However, Canada does not have the same cycling heritage that Australia has. Steve Bauer pioneered Canadian cycling in the 80′s and 90′s in a similar way as Phil Anderson did for Australia, but there has been very little success or even a slow progression for Canadian cycling ever since. Aside from Steve Bauer’s Spidertech, I’m not certain of Canada’s development path for cyclists now, but in the past support has been abysmal. The fact that Ryder has made it to this point is nothing short of a miracle, and I’d argue that his fortunate timing as a mountain biker helped him significantly. I remember racing mountain bike against Ryder when he was a very talented Espoir (U23). Back in the late 90′s and early 2000′s XC mountain biking was extremely popular and Canada was doing very well. At the time the CCA (Canadian Cycling Association) had a small budget to spend on developing mountain bikers which meant that promising athletes such as Ryder were able to get funding and race the odd national team project and get some experience on the road. After dominating the World Cup and Norba races in 2001 Ryder got picked up with the Rabobank Continental team and the rest is history.

The way Rider won the Giro is not too dissimilar to the way Cadel won last year’s Tour de France. Never really dominating anything nor being a clear favorite, Ryder rode consistently, and took time where it mattered most – the final ITT. I couldn’t imagine a more exciting Giro with the way the maglia rosa flip flopped between Hesjedal and Rodriguez and even though Ryder is known as the stronger time trialist, I was on the edge of my seat until the last moment. After three weeks of racing, nearly 92 hours in the saddle, the margin came down to only 16 seconds; the ~~second~~ fourth closest Giro win in history (1. Magni in 1948 – 11 seconds. 2. Merckx in 1974 – 12 secods. 3. Magni in 1955 – 13 seconds. 4. Hesjedal in 2012 – 16 seconds).

To give you an insight to Ryder’s personality, before the big weekend Hesjedal told VeloNews,

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There’s no sense in being crazy and getting stressed out,” “I am pretty laid back. At the end of the day, it’s still just a bike race.

In the winner’s press conference after the final ITT, Ryder told journalists:

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“I had to fight for this Giro d’Italia. As we got off the mountain in the helicopter and as descended to Milan yesterday, I knew I still had a shot. I felt incredible on bike pre-riding and knew I could do it in the time trial.”

“The first day I pulled on the pink jersey I knew I was good and had accomplished something great. That made me go even harder. Getting compliments from my rivals gave me even more confidence. Hat’s off to them, they’re all great champions but once we were in the third week and I was doing the rides I was doing, I knew it was possible.”

“My success is down to consistent hard work and by improving a little all the time. I think I showed my ability in the 2010 Tour de France. I had problems in the 2011 Tour but I still showed my ability in the third week. I got the opportunity to focus 100% on the Giro d’Italia this year and the team said I was the designated leader. It doesn’t happen often in a rider’s career to be leader in such a prestigious event, so I came with good legs and wanted to do my very best. The team was excellent and gave it everything. I won this race day after day, by doing my best. That’ what it takes.”

“The guys were even more believing than me at some points. They gave everything. They especially proud of me and I’m especially proud of what they for me. It was great to be on the podium together as the super team of the Giro d’Italia. It’s going to be a good night…”

“The support for me back home has been unreal. I saw one tweet about a guy going into Canada Tire and asking for the pink Garmin-Barracuda jersey…. I think people now know what’s going on at home. I think they appreciate the Giro d’Italia and I hope my win will help Canadian cycling go a long way.”

I’m declaring today a national holiday for myself and going out for a nice long ride to celebrate. Congratulations Ryder, you’ve done Canada proud and given everyone a race that will be remembered throughout Giro history!

Photo Gallery

courtesy RCS Sport and Cor Vos

: Top left: Claudio Chiappucci (3 times podium on the TdF, winner of Milan San Remo, etc in the early 90′s) Top right: Marco Velo (now retired 3 time Italian National TT champ)Bottom: Mario Cipollini

: Two riders unlikely to win the final stage of the Giro, Left: Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez, winner of stage 6. Right: Mark Cavendish. Cav is wearing the maglia rossa, however lost it to Rodriguez in stage 20. Good on Cav for respecting the race and the rainbow stripes by finishing the Giro. It should be interesting to see what’s in store for Cavendish’s Tour de France. Will he pull out after the first week to keep fresh for the Olympics?

: Taylor Phinney stretching before time trialling his way to 16th in the final stage. Phinney wore the maglia rosa for stage 2, 3 and 4 after winning the prologue and finished the Giro in the 155th position. A very successful first Grand Tour

: Rigoberto Uran Uran finishes 53rd in the TT, 7th overall and wins the young rider classification

: Thomas Geraint gets the second fastest time in the final TT

: Ivan Basso finishes 28th in the time trial and misses out on a podium position for the overall ending up with 5th

: Marco Pinotti blazes his way to the win in the final ITT

: Stage winner Marco Pinotti

: Ryder Hesjedal makes history by becoming Canada’s first Grand Tour winner

Race Results

Giro d'Italia (2012) - Stage 21

Milan (32km)

27 May 2012

Stage

Position	Name	Nationality	Team	Time
1	PINOTTI, Marco	ITA	BMC RACING	33:06:00
2	THOMAS, Geraint	GBR	SKY PROCYCLING	39
3	SERGENT, Jesse	NZL	RADIOSHACK-NISSAN	53
4	RASMUSSEN, Alex	DEN	GARMIN-BARRACUDA	+1:00
5	DE GENDT, Thomas	BEL	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	+1:01
6	HESJEDAL, Ryder	CAN	GARMIN-BARRACUDA	+1:09
7	LARSSON, Gustav	SWE	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	+1:14
8	BODNAR, Maciej	POL	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	+1:15
9	TUFT, Svein	CAN	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+1:22
10	VERMOTE, Julien	BEL	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP	+1:23
11	STANNARD, Ian	GBR	SKY PROCYCLING	+1:24
12	KWIATKOWSKI, Michal	POL	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
13	CATALDO, Dario	ITA	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP	+1:25
14	MALORI, Adriano	ITA	LAMPRE - ISD	+1:28
15	OLIVEIRA, Nelson	POR	RADIOSHACK-NISSAN	+1:30
16	PHINNEY, Taylor	USA	BMC RACING	+1:31
17	VANDEVELDE, Christian	USA	GARMIN-BARRACUDA	+1:36
18	IGNATIEV, Mikhail	RUS	KATUSHA	+1:47
19	SERPA PEREZ, Jose Rodolfo	COL	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	+1:49
20	ROSSELER, Sébastien	BEL	GARMIN-BARRACUDA	+1:50
21	FELLINE, Fabio	ITA	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	+1:53
22	SCARPONI, Michele	ITA	LAMPRE - ISD	+1:54
23	NAVARDAUSKAS, Ramunas	LTU	GARMIN-BARRACUDA
24	NIZZOLO, Giacomo	ITA	RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
25	CASAR, Sandy	FRA	FDJ-BIG MAT	+1:55
26	RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin	ESP	KATUSHA	+1:56
27	MONTAGUTI, Matteo	ITA	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+2:01
28	BASSO, Ivan	ITA	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	+2:06
29	HENAO, Sergio	COL	SKY PROCYCLING	+2:10
30	SLAGTER, Tom Jelte	NED	RABOBANK	+2:11
31	FLECHA, Juan Antonio	ESP	SKY PROCYCLING
32	BAUER, Jack	NZL	GARMIN-BARRACUDA	+2:12
33	SMUKULIS, Gatis	LAT	KATUSHA
34	CLEMENT, Stef	NED	RABOBANK	+2:13
35	KANGERT, Tanel	EST	ASTANA
36	BALLAN, Alessandro	ITA	BMC RACING	+2:17
37	DYACHENKO, Alexsandr	KAZ	ASTANA	+2:19
38	POZZOVIVO, Domenico	ITA	COLNAGO - CSF INOX	+2:21
39	BAK, Lars Ytting	DEN	LOTTO BELISOL
40	LAGUTIN, Sergey	UZB	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	+2:25
41	CAPECCHI, Eros	ITA	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	+2:26
42	NIERMANN, Grischa	GER	RABOBANK
43	BOARO, Manuele	ITA	SAXO BANK
44	SABATINI, Fabio	ITA	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	+2:29
45	INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA, Benat	ESP	MOVISTAR	+2:30
46	HUZARSKI, Bartosz	POL	TEAM NETAPP	+2:31
47	BRAMBILLA, Gianluca	ITA	COLNAGO - CSF INOX	+2:32
48	GASTAUER, Ben	LUX	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+2:33
49	CUNEGO, Damiano	ITA	LAMPRE - ISD	+2:37
50	AMADOR BAKKAZAKOVA, Andrey	CRC	MOVISTAR	+2:42
51	DE CLERCQ, Bart	BEL	LOTTO BELISOL	+2:43
52	HERMANS, Ben	BEL	RADIOSHACK-NISSAN	+2:45
53	URAN, Rigobero	COL	SKY PROCYCLING
54	PETROV, Evgeny	RUS	ASTANA	+2:46
55	CAVENDISH, Mark	GBR	SKY PROCYCLING
56	BRUSEGHIN, Marzio	ITA	MOVISTAR	+2:47
57	KEIZER, Martijn	NED	VACANSOLEIL-DCM
58	DE MARCHI, Alessandro	ITA	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	+2:49
59	MODOLO, Sacha	ITA	COLNAGO - CSF INOX	+2:54
60	COLEDAN, Marco	ITA	COLNAGO - CSF INOX	+2:56
61	PIRAZZI, Stefano	ITA	COLNAGO - CSF INOX	+2:57
62	ULISSI, Diego	ITA	LAMPRE - ISD	+2:58
63	BARTA, Jan	CZE	TEAM NETAPP	+3:00
64	SAMOILAU, Branislau	BLR	MOVISTAR
65	TIRALONGO, Paolo	ITA	ASTANA	+3:01
66	VEIKKANEN, Jussi	FIN	FDJ-BIG MAT	+3:02
67	DENIFL, Stefan	AUT	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	+3:04
68	HANSEN, Adam	AUS	LOTTO BELISOL	+3:05
69	SOUPE, Geoffrey	FRA	FDJ-BIG MAT	+3:07
70	DE GREEF, Francis	BEL	LOTTO BELISOL
71	BEPPU, Fumiyuki	JPN	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+3:08
72	CARRARA, Matteo	ITA	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	+3:12
73	IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Jon	ESP	EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI	+3:13
74	ROBERTS, Luke	AUS	SAXO BANK	+3:15
75	GAZVODA, Gregor	SLO	AG2R LA MONDIALE
76	ROHREGGER, Thomas	AUT	RADIOSHACK-NISSAN	+3:17
77	LONGO BORGHINI, Paolo	ITA	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
78	KUSCHYNSKI, Aliaksandr	BLR	KATUSHA	+3:18
79	BRANDLE, Matthias	AUT	TEAM NETAPP	+3:23
80	CARUSO, Damiano	ITA	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	+3:25
81	BULGAC, Brian	NED	LOTTO BELISOL	+3:26
82	AGNOLI, Valerio	ITA	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	+3:29
83	KREUZIGER, Roman	CZE	ASTANA
84	SCHORN, Daniel	AUT	TEAM NETAPP	+3:30
85	SZMYD, Sylvester	POL	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	+3:32
86	VENTOSO ALBERDI, Francisco José	ESP	MOVISTAR
87	TSCHOPP, Johann	SUI	BMC RACING	+3:33
88	JÖRGENSEN, Jonas Aaen	DEN	SAXO BANK	+3:36
89	PAUWELS, Serge	BEL	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP	+3:37
90	DUPONT, Hubert	FRA	AG2R LA MONDIALE
91	NIEMIEC, Przemyslaw	POL	LAMPRE - ISD	+3:39
92	TXURRUKA, Amets	ESP	EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI	+3:44
93	GOLAS, Michal	POL	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP	+3:45
94	MINGUEZ AYALA, Miguel	ESP	EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI
95	MORENO FERNANDEZ, Daniel	ESP	KATUSHA
96	ZAUGG, Oliver	SUI	RADIOSHACK-NISSAN	+3:46
97	WYSS, Danilo	SUI	BMC RACING	+3:48
98	RIGHI, Daniele	ITA	LAMPRE - ISD	+3:50
99	GUSTOV, Volodymir	UKR	SAXO BANK
100	NIEVE ITURALDE, Mikel	ESP	EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI	+3:52
101	MOUREY, Francis	FRA	FDJ-BIG MAT	+3:53
102	BRUTT, Pavel	RUS	KATUSHA	+3:54
103	SEELDRAEYERS, Kevin	BEL	ASTANA	+3:55
104	OROZ UGALDE, Juan Jose	ESP	EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI
105	GASPAROTTO, Enrico	ITA	ASTANA	+3:58
106	COLBRELLI, Sonny	ITA	COLNAGO - CSF INOX
107	SCHILLINGER, Andreas	GER	TEAM NETAPP	+4:00
108	BAKELANTS, Jan	BEL	RADIOSHACK-NISSAN	+4:01
109	SELLA, Emanuele	ITA	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	+4:02
110	KEUKELEIRE, Jens	BEL	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+4:04
111	STETINA, Peter	USA	GARMIN-BARRACUDA
112	HAEDO, Lucas Sebastian	ARG	SAXO BANK	+4:05
113	GARATE, Juan Manuel	ESP	RABOBANK	+4:08
114	GADRET, John	FRA	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+4:09
115	RABOTTINI, Matteo	ITA	FARNESE VINI	+4:10
116	SPEZIALETTI, Alessandro	ITA	LAMPRE - ISD
117	RASCH, Gabriel	NOR	FDJ-BIG MAT
118	PIETROPOLLI, Daniele	ITA	LAMPRE - ISD
119	KAISEN, Olivier	BEL	LOTTO BELISOL	+4:11
120	VICIOSO ARCOS, Angel	ESP	KATUSHA	+4:12
121	PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio	ESP	MOVISTAR
122	GATTO, Oscar	ITA	FARNESE VINI	+4:14
123	FERRARI, Roberto	ITA	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	+4:15
124	RODRIGUEZ, Jackson	VEN	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	+4:16
125	PONZI, Simone	ITA	ASTANA	+4:19
126	MAES, Nikolas	BEL	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP	+4:20
127	BATTAGLIN, Enrico	ITA	COLNAGO - CSF INOX	+4:24
128	TOSATTO, Matteo	ITA	SAXO BANK	+4:26
129	DELAGE, Mickael	FRA	FDJ-BIG MAT	+4:27
130	DE NEGRI, Pier Paolo	ITA	FARNESE VINI	+4:29
131	BONNAFOND, Guillaume	FRA	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+4:34
132	FRANK, Mathias	SUI	BMC RACING	+4:35
133	SELVAGGI, Mirko	ITA	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	+4:37
134	SANTAMBROGIO, Mauro	ITA	BMC RACING	+4:38
135	FAILLI, Francesco	ITA	FARNESE VINI	+4:39
136	DIETZIKER, Andreas	SUI	TEAM NETAPP	+4:42
137	SAEZ, Adrian	ESP	EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI
138	LUND, Anders	DEN	SAXO BANK	+4:45
139	CABEDO, Victor	ESP	EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI	+4:46
140	PERGET, Mathieu	FRA	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+4:50
141	LOSADA ALGUACIL, Alberto	ESP	KATUSHA	+4:51
142	SANTAROMITA, Ivan	ITA	BMC RACING	+4:52
143	BANDIERA, Marco	ITA	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP	+4:53
144	ZEITS, Andrey	KAZ	ASTANA	+5:03
145	HERRADA LOPEZ, José	ESP	MOVISTAR	+5:07
146	EISEL, Bernhard	AUT	SKY PROCYCLING	+5:11
147	BERARD, Julien	FRA	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+5:14
148	SALERNO, Cristiano	ITA	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	+5:19
149	CAZAUX, Pierre	FRA	EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI	+5:22
150	MEIER, Christian	CAN	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+5:24
151	PAGANI, Angelo	ITA	COLNAGO - CSF INOX	+5:26
152	VANENDERT, Dennis	BEL	LOTTO BELISOL	+5:37
153	KRISTOFF, Alexander	NOR	KATUSHA	+5:42
154	RUBIANO CHAVEZ, Miguel Angel	COL	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	+6:15
155	MAZZANTI, Luca	ITA	FARNESE VINI	+6:17
156	BENEDETTI, Cesare	ITA	TEAM NETAPP	+6:30
157	BONO, Matteo	ITA	LAMPRE - ISD	+8:53

General Classification

Position	Name	Nationality	Team	Time
1	HESJEDAL, Ryder	CAN	GARMIN-BARRACUDA	91:39:02
2	RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin	ESP	KATUSHA	16
3	DE GENDT, Thomas	BEL	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	+1:39
4	SCARPONI, Michele	ITA	LAMPRE - ISD	+2:05
5	BASSO, Ivan	ITA	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	+3:44
6	CUNEGO, Damiano	ITA	LAMPRE - ISD	+4:40
7	URAN, Rigobero	COL	SKY PROCYCLING	+5:57
8	POZZOVIVO, Domenico	ITA	COLNAGO - CSF INOX	+6:28
9	HENAO, Sergio	COL	SKY PROCYCLING	+7:50
10	NIEVE ITURALDE, Mikel	ESP	EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI	+8:08
11	GADRET, John	FRA	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+9:12
12	CATALDO, Dario	ITA	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP	+11:59
13	BRAMBILLA, Gianluca	ITA	COLNAGO - CSF INOX	+14:20
14	TSCHOPP, Johann	SUI	BMC RACING	+14:27
15	KREUZIGER, Roman	CZE	ASTANA	+19:58
16	DUPONT, Hubert	FRA	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+20:59
17	BRUSEGHIN, Marzio	ITA	MOVISTAR	+25:39
18	PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio	ESP	MOVISTAR	+29:19
19	DE GREEF, Francis	BEL	LOTTO BELISOL	+35:00
20	MORENO FERNANDEZ, Daniel	ESP	KATUSHA	+36:17
21	ULISSI, Diego	ITA	LAMPRE - ISD	+37:17
22	VANDEVELDE, Christian	USA	GARMIN-BARRACUDA	+38:23
23	TIRALONGO, Paolo	ITA	ASTANA	+41:36
24	CARUSO, Damiano	ITA	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	+49:45
25	CASAR, Sandy	FRA	FDJ-BIG MAT	+49:57
26	KANGERT, Tanel	EST	ASTANA	+50:49
27	STETINA, Peter	USA	GARMIN-BARRACUDA	+54:25
28	SZMYD, Sylvester	POL	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	+54:28
29	AMADOR BAKKAZAKOVA, Andrey	CRC	MOVISTAR	+54:40
30	SLAGTER, Tom Jelte	NED	RABOBANK	+57:24
31	ROHREGGER, Thomas	AUT	RADIOSHACK-NISSAN	+1:05:43
32	LAGUTIN, Sergey	UZB	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	+1:10:35
33	SEELDRAEYERS, Kevin	BEL	ASTANA	+1:18:10
34	BAKELANTS, Jan	BEL	RADIOSHACK-NISSAN	+1:21:39
35	LARSSON, Gustav	SWE	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	+1:24:31
36	FLECHA, Juan Antonio	ESP	SKY PROCYCLING	+1:25:04
37	CAPECCHI, Eros	ITA	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	+1:26:08
38	INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA, Benat	ESP	MOVISTAR	+1:26:42
39	NIEMIEC, Przemyslaw	POL	LAMPRE - ISD	+1:33:01
40	DE CLERCQ, Bart	BEL	LOTTO BELISOL	+1:33:36
41	PINOTTI, Marco	ITA	BMC RACING	+1:34:37
42	TXURRUKA, Amets	ESP	EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI	+1:34:42
43	SAMOILAU, Branislau	BLR	MOVISTAR	+1:38:40
44	HERRADA LOPEZ, José	ESP	MOVISTAR	+1:39:30
45	SELLA, Emanuele	ITA	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	+1:39:47
46	PIRAZZI, Stefano	ITA	COLNAGO - CSF INOX	+1:40:57
47	PAUWELS, Serge	BEL	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP	+1:43:59
48	IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Jon	ESP	EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI	+1:48:54
49	RODRIGUEZ, Jackson	VEN	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	+1:54:04
50	FELLINE, Fabio	ITA	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	+1:58:26
51	OROZ UGALDE, Juan Jose	ESP	EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI	+1:59:28
52	SANTAROMITA, Ivan	ITA	BMC RACING	+2:04:38
53	PERGET, Mathieu	FRA	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+2:10:03
54	LOSADA ALGUACIL, Alberto	ESP	KATUSHA	+2:13:50
55	NIERMANN, Grischa	GER	RABOBANK	+2:19:29
56	ZAUGG, Oliver	SUI	RADIOSHACK-NISSAN	+2:20:04
57	AGNOLI, Valerio	ITA	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	+2:24:50
58	FAILLI, Francesco	ITA	FARNESE VINI	+2:26:42
59	GARATE, Juan Manuel	ESP	RABOBANK	+2:27:05
60	RABOTTINI, Matteo	ITA	FARNESE VINI	+2:29:35
61	PETROV, Evgeny	RUS	ASTANA	+2:30:19
62	RUBIANO CHAVEZ, Miguel Angel	COL	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	+2:31:16
63	GUSTOV, Volodymir	UKR	SAXO BANK	+2:33:28
64	OLIVEIRA, Nelson	POR	RADIOSHACK-NISSAN	+2:34:10
65	BARTA, Jan	CZE	TEAM NETAPP	+2:34:27
66	GASPAROTTO, Enrico	ITA	ASTANA	+2:35:48
67	GASTAUER, Ben	LUX	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+2:37:24
68	MALORI, Adriano	ITA	LAMPRE - ISD	+2:37:43
69	VICIOSO ARCOS, Angel	ESP	KATUSHA	+2:39:57
70	HUZARSKI, Bartosz	POL	TEAM NETAPP	+2:42:39
71	CLEMENT, Stef	NED	RABOBANK	+2:45:03
72	BAK, Lars Ytting	DEN	LOTTO BELISOL	+2:52:12
73	HERMANS, Ben	BEL	RADIOSHACK-NISSAN	+2:53:41
74	BATTAGLIN, Enrico	ITA	COLNAGO - CSF INOX	+2:54:56
75	DENIFL, Stefan	AUT	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	+2:56:07
76	SOUPE, Geoffrey	FRA	FDJ-BIG MAT	+2:58:19
77	SPEZIALETTI, Alessandro	ITA	LAMPRE - ISD	+2:59:00
78	MOUREY, Francis	FRA	FDJ-BIG MAT	+2:59:10
79	SABATINI, Fabio	ITA	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	+2:59:14
80	THOMAS, Geraint	GBR	SKY PROCYCLING	+2:59:32
81	MONTAGUTI, Matteo	ITA	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+3:02:52
82	WYSS, Danilo	SUI	BMC RACING	+3:04:18
83	FRANK, Mathias	SUI	BMC RACING	+3:04:39
84	SMUKULIS, Gatis	LAT	KATUSHA	+3:05:20
85	ZEITS, Andrey	KAZ	ASTANA	+3:07:46
86	SANTAMBROGIO, Mauro	ITA	BMC RACING	+3:09:36
87	SERPA PEREZ, Jose Rodolfo	COL	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	+3:09:53
88	PONZI, Simone	ITA	ASTANA	+3:10:14
89	VERMOTE, Julien	BEL	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP	+3:10:33
90	BONNAFOND, Guillaume	FRA	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+3:12:37
91	PIETROPOLLI, Daniele	ITA	LAMPRE - ISD	+3:13:06
92	VENTOSO ALBERDI, Francisco José	ESP	MOVISTAR	+3:13:09
93	GOLAS, Michal	POL	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP	+3:14:12
94	HANSEN, Adam	AUS	LOTTO BELISOL	+3:14:30
95	BRUTT, Pavel	RUS	KATUSHA	+3:18:53
96	CARRARA, Matteo	ITA	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	+3:19:18
97	PAGANI, Angelo	ITA	COLNAGO - CSF INOX	+3:21:50
98	DE MARCHI, Alessandro	ITA	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	+3:23:34
99	BONO, Matteo	ITA	LAMPRE - ISD	+3:27:24
100	COLBRELLI, Sonny	ITA	COLNAGO - CSF INOX	+3:27:27
101	RIGHI, Daniele	ITA	LAMPRE - ISD	+3:28:23
102	BULGAC, Brian	NED	LOTTO BELISOL	+3:28:42
103	BALLAN, Alessandro	ITA	BMC RACING	+3:29:12
104	TOSATTO, Matteo	ITA	SAXO BANK	+3:30:38
105	SALERNO, Cristiano	ITA	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	+3:30:41
106	MAES, Nikolas	BEL	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP	+3:37:42
107	BENEDETTI, Cesare	ITA	TEAM NETAPP	+3:38:44
108	LONGO BORGHINI, Paolo	ITA	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	+3:41:36
109	DIETZIKER, Andreas	SUI	TEAM NETAPP	+3:41:49
110	BERARD, Julien	FRA	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+3:42:04
111	BRANDLE, Matthias	AUT	TEAM NETAPP	+3:46:44
112	LUND, Anders	DEN	SAXO BANK	+3:47:04
113	GATTO, Oscar	ITA	FARNESE VINI	+3:47:47
114	BAUER, Jack	NZL	GARMIN-BARRACUDA	+3:50:27
115	ROBERTS, Luke	AUS	SAXO BANK	+3:59:26
116	MAZZANTI, Luca	ITA	FARNESE VINI	+3:59:51
117	BODNAR, Maciej	POL	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	+4:00:23
118	KUSCHYNSKI, Aliaksandr	BLR	KATUSHA	+4:06:24
119	DYACHENKO, Alexsandr	KAZ	ASTANA	+4:06:44
120	DE NEGRI, Pier Paolo	ITA	FARNESE VINI	+4:06:46
121	BEPPU, Fumiyuki	JPN	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+4:06:56
122	CAZAUX, Pierre	FRA	EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI	+4:11:33
122	SELVAGGI, Mirko	ITA	VACANSOLEIL-DCM
124	SCHORN, Daniel	AUT	TEAM NETAPP	+4:14:08
125	ROSSELER, Sébastien	BEL	GARMIN-BARRACUDA	+4:14:55
126	KEIZER, Martijn	NED	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	+4:15:04
127	KEUKELEIRE, Jens	BEL	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+4:18:08
128	HAEDO, Lucas Sebastian	ARG	SAXO BANK	+4:18:59
129	CABEDO, Victor	ESP	EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI	+4:19:04
130	NIZZOLO, Giacomo	ITA	RADIOSHACK-NISSAN	+4:20:01
131	BOARO, Manuele	ITA	SAXO BANK	+4:20:09
132	STANNARD, Ian	GBR	SKY PROCYCLING	+4:20:11
133	VANENDERT, Dennis	BEL	LOTTO BELISOL	+4:21:02
134	GAZVODA, Gregor	SLO	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+4:21:48
135	MEIER, Christian	CAN	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+4:23:03
136	KWIATKOWSKI, Michal	POL	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP	+4:23:49
137	NAVARDAUSKAS, Ramunas	LTU	GARMIN-BARRACUDA	+4:25:05
138	MODOLO, Sacha	ITA	COLNAGO - CSF INOX	+4:25:48
139	SERGENT, Jesse	NZL	RADIOSHACK-NISSAN	+4:28:16
140	BANDIERA, Marco	ITA	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP	+4:33:00
141	JÖRGENSEN, Jonas Aaen	DEN	SAXO BANK	+4:36:05
142	KAISEN, Olivier	BEL	LOTTO BELISOL	+4:36:23
143	IGNATIEV, Mikhail	RUS	KATUSHA	+4:39:24
144	DELAGE, Mickael	FRA	FDJ-BIG MAT	+4:41:35
145	CAVENDISH, Mark	GBR	SKY PROCYCLING	+4:46:19
146	VEIKKANEN, Jussi	FIN	FDJ-BIG MAT	+4:48:33
147	FERRARI, Roberto	ITA	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	+4:51:03
148	TUFT, Svein	CAN	ORICA-GREENEDGE	+4:52:35
149	KRISTOFF, Alexander	NOR	KATUSHA	+4:52:44
150	RASMUSSEN, Alex	DEN	GARMIN-BARRACUDA	+4:55:53
151	RASCH, Gabriel	NOR	FDJ-BIG MAT	+4:56:43
152	EISEL, Bernhard	AUT	SKY PROCYCLING	+4:58:38
153	COLEDAN, Marco	ITA	COLNAGO - CSF INOX	+5:02:46
154	SCHILLINGER, Andreas	GER	TEAM NETAPP	+5:05:52
155	PHINNEY, Taylor	USA	BMC RACING	+5:12:54
156	SAEZ, Adrian	ESP	EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI	+5:16:13
157	MINGUEZ AYALA, Miguel	ESP	EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI	+5:27:06

tags: Giro d’Italia – Stage 21, Giro d’Italia – Stage 21 Results

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Notso Swift

Thankfully we still have a World Championship over the Canadians! :-p jk

Top effort by Ryder and showed some real grit when everyone doubted, another classic Giro, still the best racing at GT level
- Anth73
  
  Ryder’s giro win shows there’s plenty going for you big blokes Blair. Who said big guys can’t climb?
  - Notso Swift
    
    He is still 8 cm shorter!
    Lets not mention the best part of 20kg, and I never saw Maggie Backstedt pushing for GC up the Col’s Ant – man needs to know his limitations
- Philip Hall
  
  Bauer did crash with Criquielion 1988 allowing Fondriest through for the win. Irrespective of whether he was diqualified he would never have been world champ because he ended up finishing second…although ‘they’ say he was the strongest on the day. Criquielion was such a cry baby about that crash. Well pointed out otherwise Notso Swift. Don’t mind me - just being a pedant.
  
  What a legend Bauer was. So close at Roubaix too. Imagine if he had pulled that off in ’90 and been world champ in ’88!
  
  Well done Ryder.
  - Notso Swift
    
    Ah 20 year old fuzzy memories for me from old Winning Mags!
    
    Bauer is a legend, I have images of him and Anderson in my mind wearing their Oakley Factor Pilots, must have been among the first
    He is still doing stuff he owns that Canadian Spidertech team
    
    Now off to youtube to see video’s of things I once read about!
    - Philip C Hall
      
      I remember that same issue of Winning Magazine. Now THOSE were the days.
Anonymous

Beauty eh.
http://www.chromaticdramatic.com/ Chromatic Dramatic

Awesome effort! Great finale to a great Giro!
Justin Knotzke

Being a bike racer and cycling fan in Canada isn’t easy. It’s non stop hockey here.. But to watch Ryder today win the Giro, our first ever Grand Tour is a big, big deal for many of us.

We aren’t Australia when it comes to bike racing, and most of us are incredibly jealous of the infrastructures and passion Aussies have for amateur sports and professional sports like cycling.

So for us to win one like this is huge. HUGE. It might very well be a long time before it happens again. We just don’t have the depth the Australians do when it comes to cycling. So allow me to savour this one for just a wee bit longer.

All the best from Canada and Go Ryder eh !

Justin
jules

congrats to Ryder and Canada. what a race the Giro was this year.

i must admit i had a soft spot for Purito though - a pure climber who finally had a shot at winning a GT. he is lining up in the Dauphine next week!

pinotti looks like he’s packed on a few pounds.. not.
http://cycling.norbtech.com/ norbs

Goodbye sleep dep. See you in a while.

Congrats Ryder. Terrific ride.
jules

where are the wolves?
Rob

First paragraph: MEIER (Christian) not MEYER haha, you guys cant claim Cameron sorry :) hes tru blu aussie

Good stuff from our Maple leaf brothern. Congrats!

National holiday for anyone on 2 wheels I think!

PS – on a scale of 1 to 10, how devo is Cav feeling?
- jules
  
  http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/video/2239878729/Mark-Cavendish-interview
  
  extra credit for the drool
- http://twitter.com/Tinea_Pedis Nick Squillari
  
  Cav should be reacting like other that Ryder beat, which is with grace. Instead he’s sulking.
  
  Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of Cav – huge talent and is great for cycling. However in times like this he really frustrates me. Especially given the red jersey is not a ‘sprinters jersey’.
  - Abdu
    
    Don’t reckon I’d be smiling after 20 stages of pain either. Not sure what he has to do to please some people, no other sprinter seems to have lugged his bunch if fast twitch fibres to the end like he has.
AaronG

Ryder, De Gent and Rodriguez were the stars last night, but the Lantern Rouge prize goes to the Italian stooge who decided that yesterday, Sunday May 27th, would be the day to repair that road! Maybe Rodriguez had something to do with it? Next year we’ll see some Italian farmer hold up the race to cross the road with his livestock…………………Congrats Ryder and Wade. Will Ryder replace the Canucks on the back page today in Canada? Lets’ hope so.
http://twitter.com/Tinea_Pedis Nick Squillari

Just to note, it was 5-5 in head to head TT results for Ryder and J-Rod. So not a foregone conclusion.

But in the end Hesjedal showed exactly what it is true champions need to do, which is step up to the plate when the time comes. Hats off to him, deserving winner of what was a 100 times better Giro than 2011. Wouter’s death notwithstanding.
Mr Bailey

Here’s a headline for the newspapers – “Canadian Mountain Biker Wins Giro”.
tj

Vaughters might even be smiling! He’s lost a bunch of good riders over the last few years (is there a story behind that): Wiggo, Thor, a few Orica boys etc. Love him or hate him it was a shrewd tactic to get Ryder to concentrate on the Giro and give him all the support including D. S. Pieper.
- http://www.chromaticdramatic.com/ Chromatic Dramatic
  
  Does JV play the “Moneyball” version of Cycling?
  - Notso Swift
    
    I think he has been doing it since before we had heard of Moneyball, Part of necessity of being a smaller team
    He has been happy to trade out people on contract where he couldn’t afford to keep them eg Wiggo, could have held him to the last year of contract but took the Sky cash
    Lets expensive stars go, never hires the stars (noting he inherited some of CTT contracts)
- Wonderboy
  
  Wiggo took big bucks from Sky (his national team) and ran. Thor sooked about not being the main man and took the big bucks and ran. Orica boys lured by national team. Nothing out of the ordinary
Ken Hillier

terrific giro ,deserving ,humble winner .how good is that for a change !
Abdu

A great win, he really rode a smart and at times gutsy race. He managed any losses, hung in there when guys like J Rod and De Gendt attacked him, and stayed cool. Those last few stages were brutal. A deserving winner of a great Giro.

Cunego virtually attacking his team mate Scarponi in the second last stage was ‘interesting’ too.

I still can’t work out Kreuziger though. He was 1:27 min down at 5th in the GC on stage 16, then on the next he was in real trouble, suffering and spat out the back on stage 17 (121st in the stage, lost 11 mins to the leader and was 20th in GC), then smashed it for the next stage to win 19. Given that he rides for Astana, it sounds almost Landis like?
Abdu

A great win, he really rode a smart and at times gutsy race. He managed any losses, hung in there when guys like J Rod and De Gendt attacked him, and stayed cool. Those last few stages were brutal. A deserving winner of a great Giro.

Cunego virtually attacking his team mate Scarponi in the second last stage was ‘interesting’ too.

I still can’t work out Kreuziger though. He was 1:27 min down at 5th in the GC on stage 16, then on the next he was in real trouble, suffering and spat out the back on stage 17 (121st in the stage, lost 11 mins to the leader and was 20th in GC), then smashed it for the next stage to win 19. Given that he rides for Astana, it sounds almost Landis like?
- jules
  
  a bad day can be caused by a lot of things, but i agree – riding for Astana and winning “the Vino way” doesn’t do much to eliminate suspicion.
  - Michal
    
    It would be interesting to see if riding for Astana as GC leader and have a bad day will have a consequnces. Hope not. Anybody can have a bad day. Cadel had a bad day when he was similar age and was leading Giro.
  - Michal
    
    It would be interesting to see if riding for Astana as GC leader and have a bad day will have a consequnces. Hope not. Anybody can have a bad day. Cadel had a bad day when he was similar age and was leading Giro.
- Anonymous
  
  I think Roman just had a bad day and really paid for it. He wasn’t the only guy to get shredded by the Liquigas train on that stage, just the most high-profile.
  
  Is Cunego doing the Tour? I honestly can’t work out what role he was playing for the entire race.
  - http://twitter.com/Tinea_Pedis Nick Squillari
    
    Riding for himself, no doubt about that. Scarponi could have used him on stage 20.
- Michal
  
  Nope, he just got cramps in his legs and also in his arms from wrists to the neck and had to walk several times… The cramps have continued even in the night after… That was a big blow to his overall ambitions and he wanted to redeem himself at least with single stage win after his overall hopes were gone. They would not let him go away if he still would be in the GC… He lost 11minutes and didn’t get that back “Landis” style. http://romankreuziger.com/en/news/the-worst-day-of-my-career-c237.htm
Wonderboy

Cipo up to his usual antics in the shot with Marco Velo. Must have been through all the ladies and moved onto men now
- PJ
  
  A very suspect pic…
Nbob

From the Toronto Star : ” Hesjedal’s come from behind victory at the Giro d’Italia ranks among the most impressive individual accomplishments by a professional Canadian athlete. Ever. ”

Too bad only people in Ontario got to watch it live and the rest of the nation had to wait for tape delay – and then only if you subscribed to a pay channel.

We had to watch it every morning through surreptitious live streaming of eurosport. Although it was fun playing the Sean Kelly drinking game ( ” Cshee” = take a small sip , ”Well, um, yes” = take a sip, ” Makin’ the calculation” = drink, ” Playin’ the waiting game” = gulp, ” Well, um, yes, it looks like – cshee- they’re makin’ the calculation and just playin’ the waiting game = chug)

After three weeks I’ve forgotten what it’s like to show up at work sober . I’ll be hung over tomorrow morning ’cause we’ve been toasting Ryder’s win all day ( including the champers we poured into the bidons for the celebratory ride this aft)

Well done Ryder !!!
Canadaiswatching

Front page on the Vancouver Sun website – Canada is watching :)
justanotheropinion

Congrats to Ryder and the Garmin Team. Good job done by Allan Peiper also to get Ryder into the right head space for the win. Canada should be proud, 24 years since a native english speaker has won. It was the right time and place with all the stars aligned I recon.
http://twitter.com/matthewwbrown Matthew Brown

I’ve been pasting a link to this article and going on about Ryder’s win to all my Canadian friends on Facebook. Hopefully they’re aware of it and it’s in the papers! And hopefully Ryder’s win inspires many to jump on a bike like Cadel’s Tour win did here in Aus.
https://twitter.com/#!/BPriestie Priestie

OK, what’s the difference with the Top Tube between the two Shivs?

Smokin’ bikes by the way!
MJ

Awesome Giro eh!
They always show the Km’s and the stage profile but do they ever quote a total vertical accent figure anywhere for stages?
Was the big mountain stage the other day in the region of 11000m vertical? That I heard somewhere.
While km’s covered and average speed are interesting I find the vertical metres climbed says a lot.
Know where I would find that info?
- Robert Merkel
  
  Not possible.
  
  The pros can manage maybe 1900 metres an hour of vertical ascent. 11000 metres would be nearly six hours of continuous ascent.
  
  Something around the 5000 metre mark would be my guess.
- Neil S
  
  MJ, Cav tweeted on Thursday that Bernie was doing the time calculations for the grupetto and over the last two big days there were 11,000m of vertical climbing. That’s probably where you saw the figures. I’m not sure he was looking forward to it!
- John McKay
  
  The total vertical climb for stage 20 was over 20,000 feet. The last climb of that stage was 2,757m or 9,042 feet. Go to the Giro site, stage 20 map and click on profile and it will show you all the climbs for the day.
  file://localhost/Users/johnmckay/Desktop/Giro%20d’Italia%20stages-%20planimetry%20and%20altimetry.webloc
- John McKay
  
  I checked my comment I just sen and it didn’t take me to the Giro d’Italia site to show the information, best for you to google Giro d’Italia and when you find it all the stages are there, click on stage 20, click on technical info, then click on profile (of the stage) and you will see it all.
  Cheers,
  John, from Ryder’s hometown of Victoria B.C.
Tim

Who’s this Thomas Geraint fellow? Sounds a bit suspect.

This year’s GiroFTW shows how rad a GT can be (ASO take notice). This was better than any TDF I’ve watched (roadside or couchside).

SBS’s coverage was awesome.
Johnbooker

Can someone please confirm for us how to pronounce ‘Hesjedal’?
- Blairc
  
  Hey-je-dal
  - Blairc
    
    Or maybe on second thought – eh-je-dal
    
    What a two wheeled hoser warrior!
http://www.blogger.com/profile/16599294607680846414 Grace Mimmo Fitzpatrick

We were thinking of you yesterday CT – hope to see you here next year ;-)
http://twitter.com/Tinea_Pedis Nick Squillari

Also would never have picked Garmin to beat Sky to winning a Grand Tour after Wiggins left for fear of not having enough support in a stage race of that length.

Makes it an even more impressive effort.
http://wvcycling.net/ lalahsghost

Whatever happened to Mark Ernsting? He taught a college course I was in a few years back, and haven’t heard of him since…

Giro d’Italia – Stage 21, Oh Canada!

May 28, 2012

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