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Hesjedal mulls retirement and a final Giro
- Updated: May 5, 2016
“I won this race,” Ryder Hesjedal reminded me a year ago in his slow, low voice. He stood with his back to the Matterhorn, deep into the third week of the Giro d’Italia, minutes after racing, once again, like the Hesjedal of 2012 — at the front, sniffing victory, still so laid back he was almost horizontal. He’d attacked early, a suicide mission, it seemed. I asked him to explain the tactic. “I don’t know why everyone is so surprised. I’m a bike racer, man,” was the answer that said everything and nothing.
It looks increasingly likely that Hesjedal might not be a bike racer for much longer. Canada’s only grand tour winner is mulling retirement. He will roll down the start ramp on Friday in a Giro that might be his last.
“I have to look at things,” he told VeloNews on Thursday. “For me, I’m just enjoying where I’m at right now, not making any hard plans in respect to that. But it’s something I’ve been thinking about, it’s on the table. I signed a one-year deal here. I have to decide if I want to continue or not.”
Hesjedal almost retired at the end of last season, but an opportunity to ride for one more year at Trek-Segafredo, and race …
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