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VeloNews Article - Feb 4, 2010

Hesjedal Is Ready For More

Following a breakthrough 2009 season, highlighted by a mountaintop stage victory in the Vuelta a España, it’s no surprise that Ryder Hesjedal is hungry for more. What is somewhat surprising is the race where he says he has some unfinished business – the Monte Paschi Eroica across the dusty dirt roads of Tuscany, where he’s finished 10th two years in a row. The tall Canadian has twice figured in the late-race decisive moves  on the strade bianche, a kind of Italian-style Roubaix across gravel roads that remind him of the logging roads he trains on in Victoria Island in Canada.

“I have my mind on Eroica, I’ve been trying to get my head around that one,” Hesjedal told VeloNews. “I’ve been close in two tries – that would be a beautiful victory. I love that race.”

Eroica, March 6, will be the first early season goal as Hesjedal ...

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