Ryder's ride - the winning Cervelo P5

Ryder's ride - the winning Cervelo P5

Canadian success all round at the Giro d'Italia finish in Milan

Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Barracuda) put in the time trial of his life aboard a Cervélo P5 like this one, piloted by teammate Alex Rasmussen

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James Huang

Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Barracuda) put in the time trial of his life aboard a Cervélo P5 like this one, piloted by teammate Alex Rasmussen James Huang/BikeRadar
Canadian Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Barracuda) secured his overall Giro d'Italia victory in Milan aboard a new Cervélo P5, reserving this older P4 as his spare machine. James Huang/BikeRadar
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Barracuda) is a tall rider and has to run his bars a bit higher. This is the setup from his spare Cervélo P4 James Huang/BikeRadar
We spotted a new fi'zi:k Ares time trial saddle on Ryder Hesjedal's (Garmin-Barracuda) spare Cervélo P4. Updates include an array of silicone dots on the front half to help hold the rider in place. James Huang/BikeRadar
Cervélo's new P5 features a specially developed 3T integrated cockpit with an optional high-rise carbon fiber extension base to accommodate taller riders like Giro d'Italia winner Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Barracuda) James Huang/BikeRadar
Garmin-Barracuda team mechanics affix the Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 control box to the back of the stem on the riders' Cervélo P5 time trial machines James Huang/BikeRadar
The brand-new fully hydraulic Magura MT8 rim brakes on Garmin-Barracuda's Cervélo P5 time trial bikes James Huang/BikeRadar
Rotor 3D crankarms with a solid TT-specific spider and elliptical Q-Rings on this Garmin-Barracuda team bike James Huang/BikeRadar
The sleek carbon fiber levers on Garmin-Barracuda's new Magura MT8 hydraulic rim brakes James Huang/BikeRadar
The Exalith-treated aluminum sidewalls on this Garmin-Barracuda Mavic disc wheel are tinted green from the special extra-hard brake pads required James Huang/BikeRadar
The seat clamp on Garmin-Barracuda's new Cervélo P5 frames is neatly integrated into the overall shape of the structure James Huang/BikeRadar
Garmin-Barracuda's new Cervélo P5 frames feature radical tube shaping James Huang/BikeRadar
After suffering so many shoulder injuries over the years, Garmin-Barracuda veteran Christian Vande Velde has a hard time getting comfortable on his time trial bikes. Team sports scientist Robby Ketchell fashioned these custom aluminum plates so that the elbow pads could be placed in a suitable position James Huang/BikeRadar

Ryder Hesjedal became the first Canadian rider to win a grand tour when he finished 47 seconds ahead of overnight leader Joaquim Rodriquez (Katusha) in the final time trial in Milan to claim the Giro d'Italia by a mere 16 seconds.

Hesjedal finished sixth in the 28.2km Milan test, which was won by Marco Pinotti (BMC Racing), ahead of Sky’s Geraint Thomas and RadioShack’s Jesse Sergent.

Appropriately enough, Hesjedal raced a bike by the Canadian brand Cervélo to move into the Giro's final pink jersey Sunday.

Cervélo only recently introduced their P5 time trial machine. So recently, in fact, that a portion of the Garmin-Barracuda team rack was still filled with the older P4 models.

BikeRadar captured a few up-close looks at the time trial bikes of Hesjedal and his Garmin teammates in the image gallery at right.

The brand-new fully hydraulic magura mt8 rim brakes on garmin-barracuda's cervélo p5 time trial bikes: the brand-new fully hydraulic magura mt8 rim brakes on garmin-barracuda's cervélo p5 time trial bikes James Huang/BikeRadar

The new Magura RT8 hydraulic brakes

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James Huang

Former tech editor

James Huang is BikeRadar's former technical editor. After leaving BikeRadar in 2016, he worked at CyclingTips and Escape Collective. He now runs the Substack cycling publication N-1 Bikes.
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