Cadel Evans

Cadel Evans Biography

Cadel Lee Evans (born February 14, 1977 in Katherine, Northern Territory) is an Australian racing driver.   As a mountain biker, he won in 1998 and 1999 Mountain Bike World Cup, before leaving for a few trips to the road cycling in 2001, finally on the road changed. His greatest successes were on the road of winning the Tour de France 2011, two second places in the sweeps in 2007 and 2008, the victory at the 2009 World Championships and winning the UCI ProTour 2007th

Career
Mountain

Cadel Evans began his cycling career as a mountain biker at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra under the direction of head coach Heiko Salzwedel. In the years 1998 and 1999, he was mountain bike World Cup champion. At the Olympic Summer Games in Sydney in 2000, he was seventh in the mountain bike race.
Road bike
to 2007

After a few trips to the road cycling (Junior World Championship 1994: 3rd in the individual time trial, 1998/1999 1st Tour of Tasmania), Evans moved in 2001 finally on the road and drove for the team Saeco. In 2002 he joined Mapei and was at the Giro d’Italia after the 16th Take step by Jens Heppner, the pink jersey of overall leader broke, but on the next stage. 2003 and 2004 he drove for the T-Mobile Team (formerly Team Telekom). As of the 2005 season, he started for the Belgian team Silence-Lotto. His biggest success so far achieved in 2006 with the 5th Evans Place in the Tour de France and won a stage in the Germany Tour 2005. In 2006 he won surprising the Tour de Romandie with a stage win in the individual time trial.
2007

After two placings in the top 10 of the Tour de France 2005 and 2006, Evans was one of the favorites of the Tour de France in 2007. This reputation is justified by Evans performed well in the Alps, such as a third Place on the 9th Stage, a 4th Place in the Pyrenees on the 16th And a stage win in the first and second Place the second individual time trial. Evans is the first Australian who has managed at the Tour de France in second place. Next he reached at the Vuelta a España 2007 Stages two second-places and was fourth in the overall standings. When the road world championships in Stuttgart, he reached the fifth place. After the lock of Danilo di Luca and a sixth place at the Tour of Lombardy in the same year he won the overall standings of the UCI ProTour.
2008
Evans in 2008

In spring 2008, Evans reached good results: he won three stages in stage races (Ruta del Sol, Paris-Nice; Settimana Internazionale) and the total score of Settimana Internazionale. In the Basque Country Tour, he finished second and achieved good results in the spring classics. In preparation for the Tour de France, Evans denied the Criterium du Dauphiné and finished at one stage and in the overall standings to second place. In the Olympics, led Evans to the Australian road team.

In the 2008 Tour de France, Cadel Evans was one of the top favorites, partly because the Astana team with last year’s winner Alberto Contador, last year’s third Levi Leipheimer and Andreas Kloden was not invited and he thus the best finisher from the previous year, on the other by the previously strongest early in his career. This he confirmed by a high ranking in the first Stage, a good result at the first individual time trial on the 4th Stage, as at the first summit finish with a third place on the 6th Stage. On the 9th Evans stage collapsed, but was still with the group of favorites to finish. After the 10th Stage, he took the Maillot jaune by an eighth place on the stage. On the following transfer steps, he defended his lead of a second ahead of Fränk Schleck. On the 15th Stage he lost it to him. In the 17th Evans stage reached in seventh goal. Although he lost to Carlos Sastre, who won the stage, 1:34 minutes and the lead in the standings, but was due to his time trial skills continues as a favorite. In the final individual time trial, but Evans faltered and Carlos Sastre could not remove the yellow jersey.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics he reached the road race in 15th place, 5th place in the individual time trial On 27 August 2008, Silence-Lotto announced that a contract for two more years of Evans was signed.
2009

On 10 December 2008 was announced in a press release that Evans wanted to compete for the anniversary edition of the Giro d’Italia as well as the Tour de France. On 12 December 2008 but denied Evans a message that he would start in the Giro d’Italia, his goal is the Tour de France. On 10 February at the team presentation Evans reiterated once again that he would use as well as 2008, the spring classics and the Giro d’Italia not to prepare for the Tour de France. During the spring when Evans won a stage Settima Internazionale and was second in the standings.

In the Basque Country tour Cadel Evans was fourth overall, making him to the 2008 edition did not return to the top-ranked Spaniard. In the Ardennes classics, he reached the race La Fleche Wallonne in fifth place at Liege-Bastogne-Liege, he was only 16, simultaneously with the third party. In the Ruta del Sol and Paris-Nice Evans showed strength in the high mountains, but still less than the year before the appropriate time. At the Tour de Romandie, he reached the seventh place overall. At the Tour de France, Evans met the expected role as a favorite and did not reach the overall 30 Space. Most placements were in various stages of a fifth place at the first individual time trial, a ninth place on the 6th Stage, a tenth place on the 7th Stage, and a seventh place on the 15th Stage.

Even before the Vuelta a España 2009, Evans was considered the favorite. There were two possible targets that have been mentioned, as Evans would ride the Vuelta. One goal is to prepare for the Road World Championships, the other is called restitution for running disappointing tour. By good performance in the prologue, the first individual time trial and the first mountain stage, he captured the golden jersey of overall leader, but there was a day later on Alejandro Valverde for a time bonus from this. Also on the eighth stage he won the white jersey of the best combination. Thanks to another very good performance and an excellent second time trial, Evans nevertheless achieved a podium finish.

On 27 September was Evans in the Swiss Mendrisio world champion and celebrated the biggest so far of his career: he won the second Australian to UCI Road World Championships after Jack Hoobin, who had become 1950 Road World Champion Amateur   Evans won this victory. by an attack on the last climb, and so this season was an absolute highlight. After another strong performance in late autumn Evans left Silence-Lotto. An additional clause in the contract allowing for payment of an annual salary of the team change to the U.S. Zweitdivisionär BMC Racing Team.
2010

The 2010 season began with his new team, Cadel Evans at the Tour Down Under. There, he reached the sixth place overall. The season in Europe, he began the Giro dell Insubria, where he finished fifth. Tirreno-Adriatico, he took third place overall. In the Criterium International him sixth place achieved in the overall standings. On 21 April 2010, he became the first Australians, the Fleche Wallonne. The last of the Ardennes classics, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, he reached the fifth rank. Giro d’Italia 2010 Evans won a stage, the points standings in the overall standings and reached the fifth rank.

After initially good performance in the Tour de France, Evans captured the eighth stage the yellow jersey. Because of an elbow fracture, he had also drawn at this stage, he lost the yellow jersey on the next stage in the race course and could no longer keep up with the best, but reached Paris on the 26th Rank. From the rest of the season yet the victory at the Night of Hannover and the third place at the GP Wallonie are worth mentioning.
2011
Evans in the prologue of the Tour de Romandie 2011

In the 2011 season, Evans wanted to concentrate on the Tour de France. Therefore, his race program so far include only 35 days. Tirreno-Adriatico, he won a stage and the overall and also in the Tour de Romandie, he decided the overall standings for themselves. At the dress rehearsal for the tour, reached the Dauphiné, Evans, as with his participation in 2007, 2008 and 2009 ranked second in the standings.

When Evans was next to the Tour, Alberto Contador and the Schleck brothers Andy and Fränk as hot favorites to win. In the first week managed to Evans, the fourth stage win just ahead of Contador and after the team time trial was only one second behind the overall leader Thor Hushovd. Above all, it managed to Evans, no damages to get through the first stages, in contrast to other favorites such as Alberto Contador, Andreas Kloden, Bradley Wiggins or. In the Pyrenees and Alps, Evans was next to the Schleck brothers, the strongest field of the favorites. After Andy Schleck had moved out on the penultimate mountain stage nearly two minutes ahead of Evans, Evans was 57 seconds behind in the decisive time trial. There he was beaten by Tony Martin. At Andy Schleck and his brother, however he made two and a half minutes well and assumed the overall lead. This was Evans for the third time in his career – win the yellow jersey – after 2008 and 2010. In contrast to previous years, but he defended the yellow jersey and won the Tour. He is the first Australian who won the most important bicycle race in the world of its own.

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