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Wheels rolling on Hesjedal venture

About 200 people welcomed Ryder Hesjedal home last night at the Parkside Victoria Resort and Spa.

"Ryder, on behalf of everyone in Greater Victoria, thank you. You're a champion," Mayor Dean Fortin said to a warm round of applause.

Hesjedal used the occasion to officially launch Wheelmen Ride Bicycles, a new initiative he hopes to use to promote cycling and healthy living across Canada.

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Ryder Hesjedal to get hero's welcome

By Cleve Dheensaw, Timescolonist.com

When cycling enthusiasts Jon Watkin and Cody Graham watched fellow Victorian Ryder Hesjedal place seventh in the Tour de France last month, they figured it deserved hometown acknowledgment.

So Watkin and Graham took it upon themselves to arrange it.

"Ryder is a hometown hero and we want to congratulate him," said Watkin, race director of the Bastion Square Criterium. Hesjedal's result was the best by a Canadian since Steve Bauer's fourth place in 1988.

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Ryder’s Blog – March 31, 2010

In my last installment for my Pedal column I reflected on the start of the season and my challenges for the upcoming racing schedule. Well the true Classics are upon us now and a good chunk of my early season races have come and gone with the next batch about to begin.

Volta ao Algarve was a great start and went just as well as I had hoped with a result of 15th overall. Good hard racing in Portugal (the race was won by Alberto Contador) was just what I needed to start off my season. Next came Monte Paschi ...

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Ryder's Latest Tweets

ryder_hesjedal: Well it's on then! RT @ChristianVDV:. Check out the link below. Gonna kill @ryder_hesjedal on the "west maui loop". http://bit.ly/arHTtj


ryder_hesjedal: RT @dzabriskie: Good job Tyler! Good job is right...nice one!


ryder_hesjedal: Check out www.wheelmen.ca , lots going on these days..happy to be back in Canada and really looking forward to September racing action!


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