Cadel Evans
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| Full name | Cadel Lee Evans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1977-02-14) 14 February 1977 Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rider type | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1994–1999 | Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001– | Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1999 | Volvo-Cannondale (MTB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Saeco Macchine per Caffè | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Mapei–Quick-Step | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005–2009 | Davitamon–Lotto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2015 | BMC Racing Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cadel Lee Evans AM (/kəˈdɛl/;[3] born 14 February 1977) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist who finished in the Top 10 of eleven Grand Tours and won the 2011 Tour de France. Early in his career, he was a champion mountain biker, winning the World Cup in 1998 and 1999 and placing seventh in the men's cross-country mountain bike race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Evans is a four time Olympian.[4]
Evans turned to full-time road cycling in 2001, and gradually progressed through the ranks. He finished second in the 2007 and 2008 Tours de France. He became the first Australian to win the UCI ProTour (2007) and the UCI Road World Championships in 2009. Finally, he won the Tour de France in 2011, riding for CCC Team, after two Tours riddled with bad luck.[5] At age 34, he was among the five oldest winners in the race's history. He is also one of only two non-Europeans to have officially won the Tour, the other being Greg LeMond.
Evans retired on 1 February 2015, after completing a race named in his honour.[6]
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 Mountain biking
2.2 Switch to road cycling
2.3 2006
2.4 2007
2.5 2008
2.6 2009
2.7 2010
2.8 2011
2.9 2012
2.10 2013
2.11 2014
2.12 2015
2.13 2017
3 Personal life
3.1 Philanthropy and political views
4 Career achievements
4.1 Major results
4.2 General classification results timeline
5 References
6 Further reading
7 External links
Early life
Cadel Evans was born on 14 February 1977 at the Katherine Hospital, Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia, to Helen (née Cocks), a bank manager, and Paul Evans, a council foreman.[7] He spent his early childhood in the small Aboriginal community of Barunga, 80 km east of Katherine. At the age of seven, he was hit in the head by a horse, and spent seven days in an induced coma.[8] In 1986, his parents separated and he first moved with his mother to Armidale, New South Wales, and then to the Melbourne suburb of Eltham, Victoria, where his mother still lives. Evans attended Newling Public School in Armidale, and Eltham High School in Melbourne.[9]Skateboarding was one of his teenage interests. His father describes him as a good student, but otherwise just an ordinary kid who would leave his toys around; "Not in [my] wildest dreams" would he imagine that his son would become a top world athlete.[7]
Career
Mountain biking
Evans started his international career in 1995 as a Scholarship-holder in the Australian Institute of Sport mountain bike (MTB) Program, under A.I.S. Cycling Program's MTB coach Damien Grundy, and up to 1998 under road coach Heiko Salzwedel. While Evans was at the Australian Institute of Sport, physiological tests showed he possessed a rare combination – an unusually high lung volume and the capacity to absorb more oxygen from each breath than 99.9 per cent of the population. This ability led to him becoming known as 'The Lung'.[10]
Evans won bronze medals at the 1995 Junior world mountain bike championship and Junior world road time trial championship, and silver medals at the 1997 and 1999 under-23 world championships. He won the cross-country event in the Mountain Bike World Cup in both 1998 and 1999. In 1998 Shayne Bannan was the under-23 road cycling coach based in Italy.
In 1997, he rode for the Diamondback MTB team,[11] and then for the Volvo-Cannondale MTB team.[12]
In March, 2017, Evans was back on a mountain bike and competing in the Masters category at the eight-day Absa Cape Epic stage race in South Africa over 641 km. The race is held in a two-person team format and Evans and partner George Hincapie – his domestique at the 2011 Tour de France – won the category.
Switch to road cycling
Cadel Evans had a breakthrough road cycling performance at the 1999 Tour of Tasmania, where commentator Phil Liggett famously proclaimed that Evans would win the Tour de France one day.[13] It wasn't until 2001, however, that Evans officially made the switch to road cycling and joined the Saeco team.
He has ridden for Saeco (2001), Mapei (2002) and Team Telekom (2003–2004). In Mapei, he was coached by Aldo Sassi, who helped him make the transition from mountain biker to grand tourer. After Sassi's death from cancer in 2010, Evans continued cooperation with his protege Andrea Morelli. After winning the Tour in 2011, Evans dedicated the victory to the late coach.[14]
From the 2005 season he joined Davitamon-Lotto and came eighth in his first Tour de France, the first Australian in the top ten since Phil Anderson.
Evans riding in Bonn, Germany in 2005
Other early successes included overall wins in the 2001 and 2004 editions of the Tour of Austria, 14th in the 2002 Giro d'Italia (he wore the general classification leader's pink jersey for one day), Commonwealth Games time trial champion in 2002, a stage win of the 2002 Tour Down Under, fifth in the 2005 Deutschland Tour, and winning the mountains classification in the 2006 Tour Down Under.
2006
Evans won the Tour de Romandie, beating the Spaniards Alberto Contador Velasco and Alejandro Valverde on the very last stage, a 20 km time trial around Lausanne. He finished fifth in the Tour de France but was promoted to fourth after the disqualification of apparent winner Floyd Landis due to a failed drug test.
Evans was also named Australian Cyclist of the Year.
2007
In the 2007 Tour de France, Evans finished runner-up to Contador. He won the stage 13 Time Trial and came second in the stage 19 Time Trial. Evans finished fourth in the 2007 Vuelta a España. He came fifth in the world championship and sixth in the final UCI ProTour race, the Giro di Lombardia, securing the 2007 UCI ProTour with 247 points ahead of Davide Rebellin and Alberto Contador.
He was again named Australian Cyclist of the Year.
2008
Evans at the 2008 Bay Cycling Classic
This season saw Evans become one of Australia's most successful cyclists after consecutive podium places at the Tour de France. Evans was a favourite to win the 2008 Tour de France because Contador was not allowed to participate as his team Astana were not invited. Evans held the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification from stages 10 to 14. However, during Alpe d'Huez on stage 17, Carlos Sastre of Team CSC took 2 minutes 15 seconds from Evans. By the penultimate stage time trial, Evans needed to ride 1-minute 34 seconds faster than Sastre. He beat Sastre and jumped to second place but remained 58 seconds behind at the end of the Tour.
While recovering from a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament,[15] Evans contested the 245 km men's road race at the Beijing Olympics, finishing 15th, 22 seconds behind Samuel Sánchez.[16] He placed fifth in the road time trial four days later.
2009
Evans won the men's World Championship road race in Mendrisio, Switzerland on 27 September.[17] The win came shortly after his third placing in the Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), during which he wore the gold leader's jersey for a day, although his race was marred by mechanical failure in the way up the Sierra Nevada mountain finish. A combination of poor team support and poor form hampered his 2009 Tour de France campaign and he was only able to finish in 30th place, 45 minutes behind winner
Alberto Contador. He also scored victories in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali.
In this year, Evans joined an elite group of cyclists who have all worn all three leaders jerseys; the pink jersey for the leader of the general classification in the Giro d'Italia in 2002, the yellow jersey for the leader of the general classification in the Tour de France for 4 days in the 2008 Tour de France, and the gold jersey for the leader of the general classification in the Vuelta a España in 2009. He was awarded Australian Cyclist of the Year for the third time.
There was much speculation at the end of the 2009 season of Evans looking for a new team to better support him at the 2010 Tour. After Evans became world champion he seemed to commit himself fully to helping teammate Philippe Gilbert. To many, this was evidence of a happier relationship between Evans and Silence-Lotto. However, it was then revealed that Evans was to depart the team, who cited his reason for leaving as "to look for new challenges".[18]
A biography, Cadel Evans: Close To Flying, was published by Hardie Grant Books in November 2009.[19]
2010
Evans at the 2010 Tour de France team presentation
In 2010, Evans moved to the BMC Racing Team.[20]
He had success in the 2010 Flèche Wallonne and he led the general classification after Stage 2 of the 2010 Giro d'Italia. Evans won stage seven of the Giro with a dominating sprint from the front of a small group, after resisting numerous attacks from Alexander Vinokourov in the final 10 kilometres (6.2 mi). This stage was later dubbed as "the mud stage", since it was raining profusely and the path of the race was going through dirt roads, resulting in unrecognisable riders.[21] Evans finished the Giro 5th overall, winning the Maglia Rosso Passione (Points Classification) and the Azzurri d'Italia Classification. Evans also held the yellow jersey for stage nine of the 2010 Tour de France while riding with a hairline fracture in his left elbow caused during a crash in the previous stage. He lost significant time to the leaders during stage nine, which lost him the yellow jersey and put him out of serious contention for overall victory. He ended the tour in 26th place, 50min 27sec behind Alberto Contador.[22]
2011
Evans had a much more successful start to 2011, winning stage 4 and the general classification at the Tirreno–Adriatico, and the general classification at the Tour de Romandie, both of which form part of the 2011 UCI World Tour. Skipping the Giro d'Italia, Evans prepared for the 2011 Tour de France by finishing as runner-up in the Criterium du Dauphine, one of the major Tour warm up events.
Evans finished second on stage one of the Tour de France, and won stage 4, the third Tour de France stage win of his career.[23] Evans then led the mountains classification after stage 4 for a single day. As the tour continued Evans was looked upon often to chase down breakaways in order to preserve his position in the top 5 of the general classification (GC) and in order to maintain time gaps that he believed he could strategically make up in the individual time trial of stage 20.[24]
During stage 19 of the Tour, Evans was forced to chase an early breakaway containing the GC contenders and led by three-time champion Alberto Contador. However, he experienced mechanical trouble and was forced to change bikes. He again led the peloton to pull back the contender group, keeping himself within striking distance for overall victory by remaining just under a minute behind Andy Schleck.
Evans wearing the yellow jersey during a Criterium in Surhuisterveen after the 2011 Tour de France
On the time trial, the last stage before Paris, Evans took the lead of the general classification by 1' 34" after finishing close second in the stage, beating previous race leader Andy Schleck by 2' 31".[25] With the win he became the first Australian to win the Tour de France, the second non-European to have officially won it, and the oldest to win the overall general classification in the post-war era.[26]
Evans' win elicited much celebration in his home nation with calls for a national holiday as his win was compared to that of the 1983 America's Cup which was considered Australia's greatest sporting achievement.[27] Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard phoned to congratulate Evans saying that "I do want to say a very big congratulations to Cadel Evans. I had the opportunity this morning to speak and to personally offer my congratulations. I believe I disturbed him while he was trying to get a nice, hot bath."[27]
Evans said immediately following the tour that he was unsure of how his win would be received in Australia, saying "I haven't had time to consider that aspect, to be honest. It's been a long, long process and it will take a long time to realise what it means. A few people always believed in me and they're the people that matter the most. We did it. It's been a real pleasure these past three weeks."[24] At a homecoming parade held on his return to Australia, tens of thousands of people turned out, many dressed in yellow and waving yellow flags, in Melbourne's Federation Square. A state reception was held in his honour.[28]
2012
Early in the season, Evans won the overall classification of the 2.HC Critérium International, a three-stage race held in March. He was victorious on the second stage, a 6.5 km (4.0 mi) individual time trial,[29] and held on to his lead in the third and last stage, grabbing the Points Classification jersey.[30] Evans also took a prestigious victory on stage 1 of the Critérium du Dauphiné after attacking on the last descent, catching and out sprinting the two men who were at the front of the race, Jerome Coppel (Saur–Sojasun) and Andrey Kashechkin (Astana).[31] Evans finished in third position in the general classification, with the Points Classification jersey on his shoulders.[32]
Evans on Stage 9 of the 2012 Tour de France
Evans started the 2012 Tour de France with high hopes of a repeat performance from 2011. On stage 7, Cadel showed great form by finishing second atop La Planche des Belles Filles, registering the same time as rival Bradley Wiggins of Team Sky, the latter grabbing the yellow jersey.[33] Evans then lost a substantial amount of time on the ninth Stage individual time trial, coming in sixth place with a deficit of one minute and forty-three seconds on the winner Wiggins, who dominated the race.[34] He suffered another setback in the high mountain stage from Albertville to La Toussuire-Les Sybelles (Stage 11), where he tried a daring attack with teammate Tejay van Garderen 7 km (4.3 mi) away from the summit of the Col de la Croix de Fer with almost 60 km (37.3 mi) to go in the race. The attempted escape failed and he was subsequently dropped on the slopes leading to La Toussuire, being unable to follow the pace set by Wiggins lieutenant Chris Froome. He lost another minute and 26 seconds to the race leader.[35]Stage 14 was neutralised as far as General Classification is concerned by Team Sky and Wiggins since tacks had been thrown on the road, causing Evans to change wheels three times because of punctures.[36] The leader's team instructed the peloton to pedal softly and wait for the riders who had flat tires, including Evans. As BMC Racing Team riders brought Cadel back from his predicament to rejoin the bunch, they saluted Team Sky's car as they crossed the convoy to thank them for the gesture of sportsmanship.[37] Evans dropped out of contention on Stage 16, where he lost contact with the leaders on the penultimate climb, was paced back by teammates on the descent only to be dropped again on the Col de Peyresourde. He slipped to seventh overall, and behind his own teammate Tejay van Garderen. Evans lost further time on the last time trial from Bonneval to Chartres where he was overtaken on the road by van Garderen, despite setting out three minutes ahead of the American. He cited illness to explain his performance. He finished the Tour in seventh position, 15 minutes and 49 seconds down on winner Bradley Wiggins and stated that he would be back as BMC's leader in 2013.[38][39]
Evans was selected in the Australian teams for the Olympic Road Race and Time Trial. However, after making no impact in the road race, Evans withdrew from the time trial citing fatigue.[40] A couple of weeks later, he cancelled his scheduled participation to the Québec and Montréal World Tour races, stating that he was putting an end to his 2012 racing season because he was exhausted and didn't want to compromise his 2013 campaign.[41]
2013
Evans's 2013 season came to a good start after finishing third in the Tour of Oman in presence of a strong field.[42] His strategy that year was to ride both the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France. In April, he placed eighth in the Giro del Trentino, a short stage race he rode in preparation for the Italian Grand Tour.[43] The Giro d'Italia featured cold and wet weather, leading Bicycling magazine to call it "one of the more grueling Grand Tours in recent memory."[44] Despite the difficulties, Evans was posted in second position for a long time behind overall classification leader Vincenzo Nibali. He lost his second place at the last mountain stage on the climb of Tre Cime di Lavaredo, which was hindered by snowfall.[45] He still managed to finish on the last step of the podium in the general classification.[46] Evans was the designated leader of his team in the Tour de France, but he encountered major difficulties as he was constantly dropped from the leading group in mountainous stages.[47] His teammate Tejay van Garderen sacrificed his overall chances to help him in key stages, but to no avail. The Tour concluded in a major disappointment for Team BMC, as Evans took the 39th place and Van Garderen finished 45th while Briton Chris Froome bagged the overall classification win.[48]
2014
Evans announced that he would retire in February 2015.[49]
2015
Evans during the Great Ocean Road Race 2015
Evans participated in the inaugural Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race in February 2015, finishing fifth. Evans announced his retirement after the race.
Cadel Evans is now the Global Ambassador for the BMC Racing team.
2017
In March, 2017, Evans was back on a mountain bike and competing in the Masters category at the eight-day Absa Cape Epic stage race in South Africa over 641 km. The race is held in a two-person team format and Evans and partner George Hincapie – his domestique at the 2011 Tour de France – won the category.
Personal life
In 2005, Evans married Chiara Passerini, an Italian pianist and music teacher he met at the end of 2002.[50] Evans proposed to her after his first Tour de France.[9] In January 2012, the couple adopted their son Robel, from Ethiopia, at the age of six months.[51] Evans and Passerini separated in 2015.[52]
Cadel's grandfather was from Wales,[53] and so he was named "Cadel" in honour of three Welsh kings.[54]
Evans' first cousin is Australian London 2012 Paralympian Matthew Haanappel.[55][56]
His current Australian home is Barwon Heads, Victoria. He resides in Stabio, Switzerland when in Europe.[9]
Evans was made a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia on 10 June 2013.[57]
Evans supports the Geelong Cats in the Australian Football League.[58]
Philanthropy and political views
Winning The Sydney Morning Herald 2007 Sports Performer of the Year, Evans pledged to donate his $50,000 winner's prize to charity, including the Amy Gillett Foundation, established in memory of Australian rower and cyclist Amy Gillett, who was killed on the eve of a stage race in Germany in 2005, when she and her Australian teammates were struck by a car. Another nominated beneficiary was Ian Thorpe's Fountain for Youth, established by the Olympic swimmer to alleviate and treat illness and disease in people under 20. Making the announcement, Evans revealed that Thorpe had visited the Northern Territory Aboriginal community of Barunga where Evans lived until the age of three.[59]
In 2008, Evans wore a cycling undershirt with the Flag of Tibet and supported freedom for Tibet.[60][61] He said:
- "Trying to bring awareness of the Tibet movement is something someone in my position can do. I just feel really sorry for them. They don't harm anyone and they are getting their culture taken away from them. I don't want to see a repeat of what happened to Aboriginal culture [in Australia] happen to another culture."[61]
In support of youth mental health initiatives of Orygen Youth Health, Evans has featured in the annual Suit Up & Ride corporate team cycling event in Melbourne since 2010.[62]
Career achievements
Major results
- 1993
- 1st
National Under-17 XC MTB Championships - 1994
- 1st National Under-19 XC MTB Championships
- 2nd
Under-19 XC Mountain Bike World Championships - 1995
- 3rd
Under-19 XC Mountain Bike World Championships - 3rd Individual Time Trial Juniors World Championships
- 1996
- 1st National XC MTB Championships
- 3rd Under-23 XC Mountain Bike World Championships
- 9th Atlanta Olympics Mountain Bike Race
- 1997
- 1st National XC MTB Championships
- 2nd Under-23 XC Mountain Bike World Championships
- 1998
- 1st Overall Mountain Bike World Cup
- 1999
- 1st
Overall Tour of Tasmania
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
Young rider classification Tour Down Under
- 1st Overall Mountain Bike World Cup
- 2nd Under-23 XC Mountain Bike World Championships
- 2000
- 7th Sydney Olympics Mountain Bike Cross Country
- 2001
- 1st Overall Tour of Austria
- 2nd Team Relay Mountain Bike World Championships
- 2002
Commonwealth Games
- 1st
Time trial - 2nd Road race
- 1st
Tour Down Under
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale
- 1st Stage 4 International UNIQA Classic
- 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 10th Overall Paris–Nice
Giro d'Italia
- Held
after Stage 15–16
- Held
National Under-17 XC MTB Championships
Under-19 XC Mountain Bike World Championships
Under-19 XC Mountain Bike World Championships
Young rider classification Tour Down Under
Time trial- 2003
- 1st Mountains classification Tour Down Under
- 2004
- 1st Overall Tour of Austria
- 1st Stage 2
- 2005
- 1st Stage 7 Deutschland Tour
- 8th Overall Tour de France
- 2006
- 1st Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st Mountains classification Tour Down Under
- 4th Overall Tour de France
- 7th Overall Tour of California
- 8th Overall Paris–Nice
- 8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 10th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 2007
- 1st UCI ProTour
- 1st Stage 2 (ITT) Test Event Beijing 2008
- 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale Coppi-Bartali
- 2nd Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stage 13 (ITT)
- 2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 4th Overall Vuelta a España
- 4th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 6th Giro di Lombardia
- 7th Overall Paris–Nice
- 2008
- 1st Overall Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Stage 4 Paris–Nice
- 2nd Overall Tour de France
- Held after Stages 10–14
- Held
- 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
- 2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Stage 2
- 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 2009
- 1st
Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 2nd Overall Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 1st Stage 5
- 2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a España
- Held
after Stage 7 - Held after Stages 7–10
- Held
- 4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 5th UCI World Ranking
- 5th La Flèche Wallonne
- 7th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 2010
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- 3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 4th UCI World Ranking
- 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 5th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st Stage 7
- Held after Stage 1
- 1st
- 6th Overall Tour Down Under
Tour de France
- Held after Stage 8
- Held
Points classification
after Stage 7- 2011
- 1st Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stage 4
- Held
after Stages 4–5
- 1st
Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 6
- 1st Overall Tour de Romandie
- 2nd UCI World Tour
- 2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 7th Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge
- 8th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 2012
- 1st Overall Critérium International
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 2 (ITT)
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 7th Overall Tour de France
- 2013
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Alberta
- 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia
- Held Maglia Rosso Passione after Stages 9–11
- Held
- 3rd Overall Tour of Oman
- 8th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 2014
- 1st
Overall Giro del Trentino
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 3
- 2nd Overall Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 6th Overall Tour of Utah
- 1st Stages 6 & 7
- 7th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 7th Strade Bianche
- 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
- Held after Stages 8–11
- Held
after Stages 4–5
Overall Giro del Trentino- 2015
- 3rd Overall Tour Down Under
- 5th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 2017
- 1st Overall Masters Absa Cape Epic
- 10th Taiwan KOM Challenge[63]
General classification results timeline
| Grand Tour general classification results timeline | |||||||||||||
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Grand Tour | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
 Giro d'Italia | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | 3 | 8 |
 Tour de France | — | — | — | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 39 | — |
 Vuelta a España | — | — | 60 | — | — | 4 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 52 |
| Major stage race general classification results timeline | |||||||||||||
| Race | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Paris–Nice | 10 | — | — | — | 8 | 7 | 16 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — |
 Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 32 | 22 | DNF |
 Volta a Catalunya | — | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country | 6 | 34 | 57 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Tour de Romandie | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 7 | — | 1 | 29 | — | — |
 Critérium du Dauphiné | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Tour de Suisse | — | — | — | 15 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
DNF | Did not finish |
References
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Further reading
Badger, Hilary (2013). Giving His Best: Cadel Evans. Melbourne: Hardie Grant Publishing. ISBN 978-1-74270-559-0. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
Evans, Cadel; Arnold, Rob (2009). Cadel Evans: Close to Flying. Melbourne: Hardie Grant Publishing. ISBN 978-1-74066-667-1. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
Evans, Cadel (2011). Cadel Evans: The Long Road to Paris. Melbourne: Hardie Grant Publishing. ISBN 978-1-74066-986-3. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
Guinness, Rupert (2012). The Tour: Behind the Scenes of Cadel Evans' Tour de France. Melbourne: Hardie Grant Publishing. ISBN 978-1-74273-828-4. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
External links
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- Official website
Cadel Evans at ProCyclingStats
Cycling Federation rider profile at Archive.today (archived 28 November 2012)- 2006 Tour de France Official Rider Profile
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