Ryder Hesjedal

Eric Ryder Hesjedal is a Canadian retired professional racing cyclist who competed in mountain biking and road racing between 1998 and 2016. Hesjedal won a silver medal at the 1998 Junior, 2001 Under-23, and Elite world championship in mountain biking. He turned professional with U.S. Postal Service in 2004 after several years with the Rabobank continental team. Having previously finished in fifth place at the 2010 Tour de France, Hesjedal won his first and only Grand Tour at the 2012 Giro d'Italia, the first Grand Tour win by a Canadian. Other major wins include two stages at the Vuelta a España, the first such stage wins by a Canadian.

9 December 1980

Born on the same birth date (9 December 1980): Mark Riddell • Simon Helberg

Born on the same birth day (9 December): André Milhoux • Bixente Lizarazu • Bob O'Connor (mayor) • David Houston (singer) • Joanna Trollope • John Malkovich • Jonathan Sumption, Lord Sumption • Joshua Sasse • Judi Dench • Lori Greiner • Michael Dorn • Ryūzō Sejima • Saima Wazed • Sylvia (singer) • Tabitha Babbitt

Born in the same month (December 1980): Alison McGovern • Brian Cook (basketball) • Dejene Berhanu • Gordon Greer • Iftikhar Anjum • Jake Gyllenhaal • Jenna Dewan • Jesse Carlson • Marcus Trufant • Mark Riddell • Marla Sokoloff • Mubarak Hassan Shami • Neil Fingleton • Steve Lovell