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Cadel Evans (born 14 February 1977, in Katherine, Northern Territory) is an Australian professional cyclist. Prior to turning to road cycling in 2001, Evans was a champion mountain biker, riding for the Volvo-Cannondale MTB team, winning the World Cup in 1998 and 1999 and placing 7th in the Men's cross-country mountainbike race at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Career

Cadel Evans started his International career as a member of the Australian Institute of Sport MTB team, under the leadership of A.I.S. Head Coach, German born Heiko Salzwedel and MTB Coach Damien Grundy. He was an exceptional Mountain Biker, winning Silver medals at the 1997 and 1999 MTB U23 World Championships, but also won a Bronze medal at the 1995 Junior World Road Cycling Time Trial Championships.

During his career on the road he has been a member of the following teams: Saeco (2001), Mapei (2002), 2003–2004 T-Mobile Team (then named Team Telekom). For the 2005 season he signed with Davitamon-Lotto, and on his first Tour de France later that year achieved 8th place in the overall General Classification, the first Australian to place in the top ten in the Tour de France since Phil Anderson. Evans demonstrated his climbing skills by often riding in the group with Lance Armstrong, Ivan Basso and Jan Ullrich in the Tour's mountain stages. He powered home the Stage 16 breakaway and conquered the Col d'Aubisque (1677m - HC), but was eventually caught by Óscar Pereiro, Eddy Mazzoleni, and Xabier Zandio. He pulled the hardest and longest especially on the run in to Pau.

In 2006, he won the Tour de Romandie, snatching the leader's jersey off two Spaniards, Liberty Serguros' Alberto Contador and Alejandro Valverde from the Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears team, on the last stage (a 20.4 km Individual Time Trial around the Swiss city of Lausanne).

His other successes as a road cyclist have been a stage win in the Austria Tour in 2001, overall win of the Austria Tour 2004, a stage win of the Tour Down Under in 2002, fourteenth place in the 2002 Giro d'Italia (he wore the leader's jersey, Maglia Rosa for one day), and Commonwealth Games time trial Champion in 2002.

Here is an excerpt of an interview after stage 16, of the 2005 Tour de France.

Journalist: This stage in very difficult circumstances today for you, any particular emotions fueling you today?

Cadel Evans: A lot of emotions, you know, I've been, down and out, had two really bad years and there was a lot of, you know, I've had a really rough last two years and a lot of people have forgotten what sort of rider I am. I always believed in myself and some people really believed in me and I really thank them for that. This is all for all the people that believed in me: Marc Sergeant, the Davitamon-Lotto team, my girlfriend, my family, my really good friends who believed in me and stuck by me for the last two years because it hasn't been a very good two years for me and now you're seeing the old Cadel come back.

Source: SBS Television

Major results

2002

1st, Road Time Trial Commonwealth Games

1st, Stage 5, Tour Down Under

1st, Stage 1, Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale

1st, Stage 4, Intl UNIQA Classic

2nd, Road Race Commonwealth Games

2004

Tour of Austria:

Overall Winner, Winner stage 2

2006: 1st, Overall and Stage 5, Tour de Romandie
2007: 2nd, Overall and Stage 7; 4th, Stages 3 and 4, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré; 4th, Overall, Tour de Romandie; 2nd, Stage 13, Tour de France

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-'''Cadel Evans''' (born [[14 February]] [[1977]], in [[Katherine, Northern Territory|Katherine]], [[Northern Territory]]) is an [[Australia]]n professional [[cycling|cyclist]]. Prior to turning to [[Road bicycle racing|road cycling]] in 2001, Evans was a champion [[Mountain biking|mountain biker]], riding for the Volvo-Cannondale MTB team, winning the World Cup in 1998 and 1999 and placing 7th in the [[2000 Sydney Olympics]].
+'''Cadel Evans''' (born [[14 February]] [[1977]], in [[Katherine, Northern Territory|Katherine]], [[Northern Territory]]) is an [[Australia]]n professional [[cycling|cyclist]]. Prior to turning to [[Road bicycle racing|road cycling]] in 2001, Evans was a champion [[Mountain biking|mountain biker]], riding for the Volvo-Cannondale MTB team, winning the World Cup in 1998 and 1999 and placing 7th in the [[Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's cross-country|Men's cross-country mountainbike race at the 2000 Sydney Olympics]].
 == Career ==