Ryder Hesjedal in lead, Giro d'Italia 2012, stage 14
By Cycling Weekly
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Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Barracuda) lit up a slow, grinding stage to the Cervinia ski resort. He flipped the Giro d'Italia classification with his attack and took the overall lead back from Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha).

"I felt good, felt comfortable the whole way - I just figured I would try and see how the legs would respond," the 31-year-old Canadian said in a post-stage press conference. "I knew it [the climb] eased off after three kilometres. The kilometres were clicking off - figured I would have a good go, the jersey was there for the taking." He paused and added: "Not much to it."

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