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Biked to work Monday. Two pretty girls met me at the door, handed me a bouquet of flowers and kissed my cheeks, leaving perfectly formed red lipstick marks.

Ryder Hesjedal — and Garmin’s fitness division — ended up in the winner’s circle over the weekend.Hesjedal, 31, part of the Garmin-Barracuda cycling team, on Sunday won the 2012 Giro d’Italia, one of the three biggest cycling races in the world.

Merckx was among the Belgian Giro winners to weigh in on De Gendt's breakthrough.

Ryder Hesjedal's win in the Giro d'Italia took many by surprise, not least in his own country, Canada.

Ryder Hesjedal has become the first Canadian to win the prestigious Giro d'Italia bike race, CBC's Ron Charles reports "Hesjedal knew Giro win was no sure thing" is categorized as "world". This video was licensed from Grab Networks.

On the mountain bike trails around Victoria in the later 1990s, young riders Geoff Kabush and Ryder Hesjedal had a secret weapon: a Swiss-born-and-raised fitness innovator named Juerg Feldmann who lived hundreds of kilometres away in the rural British Columbia interior.

If competing in the IronKids Triathlon in late May wasn't enough, five young Bradenton athletes got the chance to meet seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong.

Timmy Duggan won the USA Cycling Professional National Championship road race Monday after attacking solo from the breakaway inside 15 miles from the finish.

Canada's Ryder Hesjedal holds the trophy after winning the 95th Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, May 27, 2012.

Ryder Hesjedal of Garmin-Barracuda knew he was taking time out of 'Purito' all the way through the TT in Milan but never let up till he crossed the finish line.

For most people, a trip to Paris would mean a train journey through the tunnel, or a brief spell on a Channel ferry.

Giro d'Italia race director, Michele Acquarone said this afternoon in Milan that having a foreign winner is beneficial to his race.

Mark Webber won the Monaco Grand Prix from the pole Sunday while Fernando Alonso moved narrowly into the championship lead.

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Bryce Harper hit his second homer in two days, Gio Gonzalez gave up only one hit in seven innings and the Nationals beat the struggling Atlanta Braves 7-2 on Sunday night to complete a three-game sweep.

It's the shortest distance to cover in Sunday's Subway Coronation Triathlon, but the one-kilometre swim may be the most daunting facet of the event, or any triathlon, for that matter.

We knew Hesjedal had the edge, but you never know what can happen at the end of three weeks and there was also the battle for third with De Gendt and Scarponi.

IndyCar points leader Will Power and Mike Conway were both knocked out of the Indianapolis 500 in the first crash of Sunday's race.

Ryder Hesjedal has become the first Canadian to win the Giro d'Italia after overtaking Spain's Joaquin Rodriguez in Sunday's final time trial.

Thumbs up To cyclist Ryder Hesjedal, who has not only put in an amazing performance at the Giro d'Italia, but who never hesitates to throw himself into community activities when he comes home to Victoria... Morgan Hradecky and Jennifer Hobbins, who pushed the boundaries of the burger craze with ground goat and kangaroo at their Pink Bicycle diner ... (more)