Ryder Hesjedal

Canadian who won 2012 Giro parts with Jonathan Vaughters after almost a decade

Experience of champions such as Ryder Hesjedal and Dan Martin blended with youth in merged team

Alberto Contador extends lead after Alejandro Valverde dropped - but Froome makes up a few seconds

Garmin-Sharp man says he finds claims funny, but also sad that they were made

Does he have an engine tucked into his bike frame? Clue: no.

Garmin-Sharp rider's oblique admission may undermine his achievements - and credibility of his team's anti-doping stance

David Millar and Dan Martin among US team's nine-man line-up announced this afternoon

Garmin-Sharp reveals Canadian badly battered and bruised, but no bones broken and no neurological damage

Lithuanian attacks from the break to win stage as defending champion dropped on final climb

Katusha rider takes first pro win in Florence, Wiggins battles back after losing a minute, but defending champ Hesjedal loses time