For our new series "Cycling Interviews" we might have the chance to ask Ryder Hesjedal some questions.
So you have 1 week (until next Friday) to ask questions we will pick the best ones out, as every single question would be simply too much, and send them back.
Team Bianchi - 2012 Man-Game ProContinental Tour Champions
You are renowned for your fighting spirit: What's on your mind when you hang onto other riders and always come back, never really drop nor cave in?
At Dauphine and other occasions, you played a vital role for your teammates' win. What's your trick in motivating them? Do you think you are a rider that makes other riders generally "better"?
Stelvio/Val Martello stage this year was quite legendary and one for the history books: How's the feeling in coming second there, several weeks afterwards?
How do you rate the recent and overall cycling development in Canada, with Tour of Alberta and the two Grand Prixs. How do you rate your own role in increasing cycling's popularity in Canada? What are aspects that the federation can improve upon?
In 2010, I found your cobblestone performance quite nice by coming 4th. How are the chances that you will try your luck in the northern spring classics in the future?
Will we ever see those glasses again? (I admit bit of a joke question )
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
You made your breakthrough into road cycling with Garmin in 2008. Before that you had only a couple of good results. What is the biggest thing you can take away from your earlier years of road cycling, before moving to Garmin? Was the transition to road cycling difficult?
At the Tour de France in 2008 and 2009 you finished 47th in the GC both times (before back-dated disqualifications), is there something special about the number 47 to you? Or is it purely a coincidence from working as a team-mate both years and still fighting to stay in the top 50 of the GC?
The 2010 Tour de France was a huge race for Canadian Cycling and as a Canadian it was great to watch a fellow Canadian finish 6th overall in the GC. Which single stage do you view as your strongest performance from that race? Two that stick out for me were the Arenberg Porte du Hainaut stage as well as the climb up the Col du Tourmalet!
Its safe to say you are now Canada's best ever cyclist with your 2012 Giro win. That result has done so much for Cycling in Canada already. It was amazing to watch personally, but now there is a lot more coverage of cycling available to Canadians (which can only be a good thing). When you finish your racing career do you see yourself staying in the sport of cycling, in the hopes of further increasing the development of cycling in Canada? Youth cycling in Canada still needs work and I know Steve Bauer in the past has had a lot of great initiatives including Team Spidertech. Could you see yourself fulfilling a similar role as him if you do see yourself continuing with Cycling after you retire from racing?
After an impressive performance during cobbled stage of Tour de France in 2010, you didn't try to ride any cobbled classics since then. What's the reason of it? Would it compromise your Grand Tours preparations or do you think you are simply not destined to have any success in them?
Do you miss to have Christian Vande Velde as your team-mate this year?
What happened during the Giro 2013? Was it a matter of lack of form or some kind of ilness?
What did you expect to achieve in the Tour de France 2012 before you were forced to abandon the race due to crash? Do you believe you could be as good in July as you had been during the Giro?
In the stage 7 of this year's Criteriu du Dauphine, you were not able to hang onto guys like Westra, Trofimow or Silin in the breakaway, but then you found a way to beat Froome in the last few hundret meters. How did you do that?
Edited by Anderis on 23-07-2014 23:52
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