Meet Cadel Evans
If there is one thing about professional cycling that kind of bothers me, it is that there are so many cyclists out there that it can be difficult to know enough information about those who manage to do well in the sport. There are some that you just have to know due to numerous wins or other circumstances, like Lance Armstrong. He is pretty much a household name for even those households that never even tried to enjoy cycling. Anyways, I wanted to know more about the 2011 Tour de France winner Cadel Evans. I figured you might want to know more about this champion as well, so let’s meet him.
- The cyclist an winner, Cadel Evans, was born in Australia on February 14, 1977.
- He started out in the late 1990s as a mountain bike winning the World Cup two years in a row, 1998 and 1999.
- In 2001 Evans went to road cycling full-time. Every year since he improved in rankings.
- In 2007 he was the first Australian to win the UCI Pro Tour. The year 2009 he won the UCI Road World Championship, again as the first Australian to do so.
- This year, 2011, Cadel Evans was one of the five oldest cyclists in history to win the Tour de France. At 34 he finally won the event while riding for BMC racing.
Take a look at his win below.
