Three weeks racing the bike is not something to be taken lightly.
Two weeks after racing in Monaco on the slowest, smoothest circuit on the Formula One calendar, the teams will run this weekend in Montreal on one of the fastest, most abrasive circuits of the year.
Following that win, the Falcons added five more in successive weeks, racing out to a 6 0 undefeated start.
This has been prescribed within an eleven week race car design project.
It was the last hundred yards after three grueling races in five weeks of racing that did in America's horse.
After three weeks of racing over 2,177 miles, Hesjedal won the first of the season's major stage races by 16 seconds after a time trial that twisted through the streets of Milan.
It's like the climb up to La Planche des Belles Filles in the 2012 race, but longer, and coming when the entire field will be wrung dry after three weeks of racing.
As he says: "This route reminds me of the Vuelta a España or even the Giro, with hard stages all over the three weeks of racing".
It's going to be a great three weeks of racing".
Can he recover with two weeks between races?
They were comfortable wins, shading on strong, but he looked like he had lost something in the two weeks between races.
