Cadel Lee Evans (; born 14 February 1977) is an Australian former professional

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, who competed professionally in both mountain biking and road bicycle racing. A four-time Olympian, Evans is one of three non-Europeans – along with

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and

Egan Bernal Egan Arley Bernal Gómez (born 13 January 1997) is a Colombian cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . In 2019 he won the Tour de France, becoming the first Latin American rider to do so, and the youngest winner since 1909. At the 2021 Giro d'Ita ...

– to have officially won the

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, winning the race in 2011. Early in his career, he was a champion

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, winning the

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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. Evans turned to full-time

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in 2001, and gradually progressed through the ranks. He finished second in the

in 2007 and 2008. Both of these 2nd place finishes are in the top 10 of the closest Tours in history. He became the first Australian to win the

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(2007) and the

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in 2009. After finishing outside the top twenty in 2009 and 2010, Evans became the first Australian rider to win the Tour de France in 2011, riding for the . He took the race lead on the penultimate day, after completing a

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some two-and-a-half minutes quicker than his closest rivals,

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and

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. At age 34, he was among the five oldest winners in the race's history. He also made the podium in the 2009 Vuelta a España and the 2013 Giro d'Italia. Evans retired on 1 February 2015, after completing a race named in his honour.

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. He spent his early childhood in the small Aboriginal community of Barunga, east of Katherine. At the age of seven, he was hit in the head by a horse, and spent seven days in an

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. In 1986, his parents separated and he first moved with his mother to

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, New South Wales, and then to the

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suburb of

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, Victoria, where his mother still lives. Evans attended Newling Public School in Armidale, and

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in Melbourne. 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 ywildest dreams" would he imagine that his son would become a top world athlete.

Career

Mountain biking career

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 Damian 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'. 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

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

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MTB team, and then for the

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–

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MTB team. In March 2017, Evans was back on a mountain bike and competing in the Masters category at the eight-day Cape Epic stage race in South Africa over . The race, held in a two-person team format saw Evans partner

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– his domestique at the 2011 Tour de France – and they won the category.

Switch to road cycling

Cadel Evans had a breakthrough road cycling performance at the 1999 Tour of Tasmania, where commentator

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famously proclaimed that Evans would win the

one day. It was not until 2001, however, that Evans officially made the switch to road cycling and joined the team. He spent one year with in 2001 and another year with in 2002 before two years with (2003–2004). Other early successes included overall wins in the 2001 and 2004 editions of the

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, 14th in the

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(he wore the

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leader's pink jersey for one day),

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champion in 2002 and a stage win of the

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. At 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

in 2011, Evans dedicated the victory to the late coach.

Davitamon–Lotto (2005–09)

From the 2005 season he joined and came eighth in his first

, the first Australian in the top ten since Phil Anderson. He finished fifth at the

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. In 2006, Evans started the season by winning the mountains classification in the

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. Evans won the

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, beating Spanish riders

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and

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on the last stage, a time trial around

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. He finished fifth in the

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. In the 2007 Tour de France, Evans finished runner-up to Contador. He won the stage 13

and came second in the stage 19 individual time trial. Evans finished fourth in the

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. He came fifth in the world championship and sixth in the final

race, the

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. As a result, he won the overall ProTour classification with 247 points ahead of

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and Contador. He was again named Australian Cyclist of the Year. Cadel Evans 2008 Bay Cycling Classic Stage3 2

The 2008 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

because Contador was not allowed to participate as his team were not invited. Evans held the yellow jersey as leader of the

from stages 10 to 14. However, during Alpe d'Huez on stage 17,

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of 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

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, Evans contested the men's road race at the Beijing Olympics, finishing 15th, 22 seconds behind

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. He placed fifth in the road time trial four days later. In 2009, Evans won the road race at the

in Mendrisio, Switzerland on 27 September. The win came shortly after his third placing in the

, 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

campaign and he was only able to finish in 30th place, 45 minutes behind winner Contador. He also scored victories in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and the

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. 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

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in 2002, the yellow jersey for the leader of the

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for 4 days in the 2008 Tour de France, and the gold jersey for the leader of the

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in 2009. He was awarded Australian Cyclist of the Year for the third time.

BMC Racing Team (2010–15)

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 de France. 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 . However, it was then revealed that Evans was to depart the team, who cited his reason for leaving as "to look for new challenges".

2010

In 2010, Evans moved to the . He had success in

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and he led the

after Stage 2 of the Giro d'Italia. Evans won stage seven of the race with a dominating sprint from the front of a small group, after resisting numerous attacks from Alexander Vinokourov in the final . 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. Evans finished the Giro 5th overall, winning the

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and the Azzurri d'Italia classification. Evans also held the yellow jersey for stage nine of the

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, 50 minutes and 27 seconds behind Alberto Contador.

2011

Evans had a much more successful start to 2011, winning stage 4 and the general classification at

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, and the general classification at the

, both of which formed part of the

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. Skipping the Giro d'Italia, Evans prepared for the

by finishing as runner-up in the Criterium du Dauphine, one of the major Tour warm up events. This was the fourth consecutive Dauphine that Evans entered where he finished in 2nd. Cadel Evans en jaune 2011 (cropped)

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. Evans then led the

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after stage 4 for a single day. As the Tour de France continued Evans was looked upon often to chase down breakaways in order to preserve his position in the top 5 of the

and in order to maintain time gaps that he believed he could strategically make up in the

of stage 20. During stage 19, Evans was forced to chase an early breakaway containing the general classification contenders and led by Alberto Contador, who at the time was seeking his 4th Tour de France win. 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

. 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 Schleck by 2' 31". 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. 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. 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." 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." 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

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. A state reception was held in his honour.

2012

In March, Evans won the overall classification of the

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, a three-stage race. He was victorious on the second stage, a individual time trial, and held on to his lead in the final stage, grabbing the Points classification jersey. Evans also took a prestigious victory on stage 1 of the

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after attacking on the last descent, catching and out sprinting the two men who were at the front of the race,

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() and

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(). Evans finished in third position in the general classification, with the points classification jersey on his shoulders. Cadel Evans TDF 2012 étape 9 01

Evans started the

with high hopes of a repeat performance from 2011. On stage 7, Evans showed great form by finishing second atop

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, registering the same time as rival

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of , the latter grabbing the yellow jersey. Evans then lost a substantial amount of time on the ninth stage

, coming in sixth place with a deficit of one minute and forty-three seconds on the winner Wiggins. He suffered another setback in the high mountain stage from

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to La Toussuire-Les Sybelles ( stage 11), where he tried a daring attack with teammate

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away from the summit of the Col de la Croix de Fer with almost 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

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. He lost another minute and 26 seconds to the race leader. Stage 14 saw Evans puncture three times as tacks had been thrown on the road, with calling a temporary halt to the racing on the descent. As riders brought Evans back from his predicament to rejoin the bunch, they saluted 's car as they crossed the convoy to thank them for the gesture of sportsmanship. 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

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. He slipped to seventh overall, and behind van Garderen. Evans lost further time on the last time trial to Chartres, where he was overtaken on the road by van Garderen, despite setting out three minutes ahead of him; he cited illness to explain his performance. He finished the Tour in seventh position, 15 minutes and 49 seconds down on winner Wiggins and stated that he would be back as BMC's leader in 2013. Evans was selected in the Australian teams for the road race and

at the London Olympics. However, after making no impact in the road race, Evans withdrew from the time trial citing fatigue. A couple of weeks later, he cancelled his scheduled participation to the Québec and

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World Tour races, stating that he was putting an end to his 2012 racing season because he was exhausted and did not want to compromise his 2013 campaign.

2013

Evans' 2013 season came to a good start after finishing third in the

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in presence of a strong field. His strategy that year was to ride both the Giro d'Italia and the

. In April, he placed eighth in the

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, a short stage race he rode in preparation for the Italian Grand Tour. 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." Despite the difficulties, Evans was posted in second position for a long time behind overall classification leader

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. He lost his second place on the last mountain stage, climbing to

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, which was hindered by snowfall. He still managed to finish third in the general classification. 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. His teammate

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 39th place and Van Garderen finished 45th while Briton

won the overall classification.

2014–2015

In September 2014, Evans announced that he would retire in February 2015. Evans participated in the inaugural

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in 2015, finishing fifth. Evans then became the Global Ambassador for the .

Personal life

In 2005, Evans married Chiara Passerini, an Italian pianist and music teacher he met at the end of 2002. Evans proposed to her after his first Tour de France. In January 2012, the couple adopted their son Robel, from Ethiopia, at the age of six months. Evans and Passerini separated in 2015. Since 2015 he has been dating Stefania Zandonella, a ski Instructor from Italy. Their son Aidan was born in 2019. Cadel's grandfather was from

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, and so he was named "Cadel" in honour of three Welsh kings. Evans' first cousin is

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n London 2012 Paralympian

Matthew Haanappel Matthew Anthony "Matt" Haanappel, (born 21 May 1994) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. He was born in Wantirna, Victoria and resides in the far eastern suburbs of Melbourne. He has cerebral palsy right hemiplegia. Haanappel has represente ...

. His current Australian home is

Barwon Heads Barwon Heads (previously known as Point Flinders) is a coastal township on the Bellarine Peninsula, near Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is situated on the west bank of the mouth of the Barwon River below Lake Connewarre, while it is bounded t ...

, Victoria. He resides in

Stabio Stabio is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. History Stabio is first mentioned in 1067 as ''Stabio''. Excavations in the area around S. Pietro have found evidence of continuous settlements from ...

, Switzerland when in Europe. Evans was made a Member (AM) in the General Division of the

Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gov ...

on 10 June 2013. Evans supports the

Geelong Cats The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition, and are the 2 ...

in the Australian Football League. A biography, ''Cadel Evans: Close To Flying'', was published by Hardie Grant Books in November 2009.

Philanthropy and political views

Winning ''

The Sydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper ...

'' 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 Ian James Thorpe, (born 13 October 1982) is an Australian retired swimmer who specialised in freestyle, but also competed in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian along wit ...

'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. In 2008, Evans wore a cycling undershirt with the

Flag of Tibet Tibet is a region in East Asia covering much of the Tibetan Plateau that is currently administered by People's Republic of China as the Tibet Autonomous Region and claimed by the Republic of China as the Tibet Area and the Central Tibetan Adm ...

and supported freedom for

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa, Taman ...

. 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

n Australia N, or n, is the fourteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''en'' (pronounced ), plural ''ens''. History ...

happen to another culture." 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

since 2010.

Career achievements

Major results

Road

;1995 : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...

, UCI Junior Road World Championships ;1998 : 6th Overall

À travers Lausanne À travers Lausanne was a professional road cycling race held annually in Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian- ...

: 7th Overall

Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia The Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia is a professional cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycli ...

: 9th

, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships ;1999 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Tour of Tasmania The Tour of Tasmania is a cycling road race contested annually in Tasmania, Australia. Created in 1996, the race formed part of the calendar of the Union Cycliste International from 1997 to 2002. The race was not contested the 2001, 2003 and 20 ...

::1st Stage 3 : 1st Jersey white

Young rider classification

;2001 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stage 4 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Brixia Tour The Brixia Tour was an Italian cycle road race held annually in the province of Brescia, Lombardy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing ...

: 1st

: 2nd

Japan Cup The is one of the most prestigious horse races in Japan. It is contested on the last Sunday of November, post time of 15:40 at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo at a distance of 2400 meters (about miles) run under weight for age conditions with ...

: 6th

Giro dell'Appennino The Giro dell'Appennino is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Famous riders like Fausto Coppi, Francesco Moser, Felice ...

: 8th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt : 9th

Giro dell'Emilia The Giro dell'Emilia is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour, and since 2020 it's part of the UCI ProSeries calendar. The ...

: 10th Overall

;2002 :

::1st

Time trial ::2nd Silver medal blank

Road race : 3rd Overall

::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Overall

: 4th Overall

::1st

Mountains classification ::1st Stage 5 : 6th Overall

Tour of the Basque Country The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'', es, Vuelta al País Vasco, links=no, eu, Euskal Herriko Itzulia) is an annual road cycling stage race held in the Spanish Basque Country in April. It is one of the races ...

: 6th Overall

Uniqa Classic The Uniqa Classic was a staged cycling race held in Austria. It was created in 1953 and was part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste ...

::1st Stage 4 : 8th

Gran Premio di Chiasso The Gran Premio di Chiasso ( en, Grand Prix of Chiasso) was an annual road bicycle race held in Chiasso, Switzerland. It was a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racin ...

: 10th Overall Paris–Nice : Giro d'Italia ::Held Jersey pink

after Stage 15–16 ;2003 : 8th Overall

Vuelta a Murcia The Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia ( en, Tour of Murcia) is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs. Originally the race was held in early March and consisted of five stages. However, d ...

: 10th Overall

::1st

Mountains classification ;2004 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Overall

: 4th

Milano–Torino Milano–Torino is a semi classic European single day cycling race, between the northern Italian cities of Milan and Turin over a distance of 199 kilometres. The event was first run in 1876 making it the oldest classic race in the world. The ev ...

: 4th

: 5th Overall

Regio-Tour The Regio-Tour is a multi-stage road bicycle race held between France, Switzerland and Germany. It was first held in 1985 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Famous riders like Laurent Brochard, Jan Ullrich ...

;2005 : 5th Overall

::1st Stage 7 : 5th

Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège, also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five '' Monuments'' of the European professional ...

: 8th Overall Paris–Nice : 8th Overall

: 9th

;2006 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stage 5 ( ITT) : 1st Jersey white

Mountains classification

: 2nd Overall

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne ( Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages ...

: 4th Overall

: 7th Overall

Tour of California The Tour of California (officially sponsored as the Amgen Tour of California) was an annual professional road cycling stage race on the UCI World Tour and USA Cycling Professional Tour that ran from 2006 to 2019. It was the only event on the ...

: 8th Overall

: 10th Overall

Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse ( en, Tour of Switzerland) is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France ...

: 10th Overall

Danmark Rundt Danmark Rundt is a Danish stage race for professional road bicycle racers organized as a part of the UCI Continental Circuits. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, PostNord, and the race is therefore also known as Po ...

;2007 : 1st

: 1st Stage 2 ( ITT) Test Event Beijing 2008 : 1st Stage 1b ( TTT)

: 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 13 ( ITT) : 2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 4th Overall

: 4th Overall

: 5th Road race,

: 6th

: 7th Overall Paris–Nice ;2008 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stage 3 : 1st Stage 4 Paris–Nice : 2nd Overall

::Held

after Stages 10–14 : 2nd Overall

: 2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 2nd

: 3rd Overall

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI ...

::1st Stage 2 : 5th

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

: 6th

: 7th

;2009 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Road race,

: 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 5 : 2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stage 1 ( ITT) : 3rd Overall

::Held

after Stage 7 ::Held Jersey white

after Stages 7–10 : 4th Overall

: 4th

: 5th

UCI World Ranking The UCI men's road racing world rankings are a point system which is used to rank men's road cycling riders. Points are accrued over a rolling 52 weeks in three categories (Individual, Nations and Teams). Also Year-End rankings exist, based on ...

: 5th

: 7th Overall

: 10th

;2010 : 1st

: 3rd Overall

: 3rd

Grand Prix de Wallonie The Grand Prix de Wallonie is an annual road bicycle race held annually in Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, ...

: 4th

Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano was a single day race in the historic region of Insubria, Switzerland. The race was established in 2009 as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race replaced the former Gran Premio di Chiasso The Gran Premio ...

: 4th

: 5th Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Jersey red

Points classification The points classification is a secondary award category in road bicycle racing. Points are given for high finishes and, in some cases, for winning sprints at certain places along the route, most often called ''intermediate sprints''. The points cl ...

::1st Stage 7 ::Held Jersey pink

after Stage 1 : 6th Overall

: 6th Overall

::Held

after Stage 8 ;2011 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stage 4 ::Held Jersey polkadot

after Stages 4–5 : 1st MaillotAzul

Overall

::1st Stage 6 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

: 2nd

: 2nd Overall

: 7th Overall

USA Pro Cycling Challenge The USA Pro Cycling Challenge, also known as USA Pro Challenge, was an annual multi-day professional road bicycle racing stage race that first took place in Colorado in 2011. Originally announced on August 4, 2010 by Colorado Governor Bill Ritt ...

: 7th Overall

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of ...

;2012 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stage 2 ( ITT) : 3rd Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stage 1 : 7th Overall

;2013 : 1st Stage 4

Tour of Alberta The ATB Tour of Alberta was a Canadian bicycle stage race, which raced across the province of Alberta. It was sanctioned by Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and was part of the UCI America Tour. It was classified as a 2.1 race, making it one ...

: 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia ::Held Jersey red

after Stages 9–11 : 3rd Overall

: 8th Overall

;2014 : 1st Jersey violet

Overall

::1st Stages 1 ( TTT) & 3 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 3 : 5th Overall

Tour du Haut Var The Tour du Haut Var ( en, Tour of the Haut Var) is an early-season two-day road bicycle race in the Var department region in the south of France. Until 2008 it was run as a one-day race, part of the UCI Europe Tour. In 2009, the race transformed ...

: 6th Overall

Tour of Utah Tour or Tours may refer to: Travel * Tourism, travel for pleasure * Tour of duty, a period of time spent in military service * Campus tour, a journey through a college or university's campus * Guided tour, a journey through a location, directed ...

::1st Stages 6 & 7 : 7th Overall

: 7th

Strade Bianche The Strade Bianche is a road bicycle race in Tuscany, Central Italy, starting and finishing in Siena. First held in 2007, it is raced annually on the first or second Saturday of March. The name ''Strade Bianche'' (Italian for ''White Roads'') st ...

: 8th Overall Giro d'Italia ::Held Jersey pink

after Stages 8–11 ;2015 : 3rd Overall

: 5th

=General classification results timeline

Mountain Bike

;1993 : 1st MaillotAustralia

National Youth XC Championships ;1994 : 1st MaillotAustralia

National Junior XC Championships : 2nd Silver medal blank

UCI Junior XC World Championships ;1995 : 3rd Bronze medal blank

UCI Junior XC World Championships ;1996 : 1st MaillotAustralia

National XC Championships : 3rd Bronze medal blank

UCI Under-23 XC World Championships : 9th Cross-country,

;1997 : 1st MaillotAustralia

National XC Championships : 2nd Silver medal blank

UCI Under-23 XC World Championships : 3rd Overall UCI XC World Cup ::1st

Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metr ...

::1st

Vail Vail is a home rule municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The population of the town was 4,835 in 2020. Home to Vail Ski Resort, the largest ski mountain in Colorado, the town is known for its hotels, dining, and for the numer ...

::2nd

Sankt Wendel Sankt Wendel is a town in northeastern Saarland. It is situated on the river Blies 36 km northeast of Saarbrücken, the capital of Saarland, and is named after Saint Wendelin of Trier. According to a survey by the German Association for Ho ...

::2nd

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

;1998 : 1st Jersey white

Overall UCI XC World Cup ::1st

Silves Silves may refer to : Europe * Silves, Portugal, municipality and former bishopric in Algarve, southern Portugal ** Silves (parish), a civil parish in the municipality of Silves ** Castle of Silves, a medieval castle in civil parish of Silves ...

::1st Plymouth ::1st Canmore ::2nd

::3rd

Bromont Bromont is a city in southern Quebec, Canada, at the base of Mont Brome; it is in the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality. The Bromont area and its resort, Ski Bromont, is well known as a tourist destination for its downhill skiing, m ...

: 1st

Sea Otter Classic The Sea Otter Classic is a bicycling and outdoor sports festival and exposition held each spring since 1991 at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Laguna Seca Raceway (branded as WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, and previously Mazda Raceway ...

Cross Country ;1999 : 1st Jersey white

Overall UCI XC World Cup ::1st

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

::2nd

Napa Valley Napa Valley is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located in Napa County in California's Wine Country. It was established by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) on January 27, 1981. Napa Valley is considered one of the premier ...

::2nd Sydney ::2nd Big Bear Lake ::2nd Canmore : 2nd Silver medal blank

UCI Under-23 XC World Championships : 3rd

Houffalize Houffalize (; german: Hohenfels; wa, Oufalijhe) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium.Sven Vrielinck: De territoriale indeling van België 1795-1963 Volume 1. Universitaire Pers Leuven 2000. page 48 ...

, Vayamundo MTB Cup : 1st

Cross Country ;2000 : UCI XC World Cup ::1st

Mont-Sainte-Anne Mont-Sainte-Anne is a ski resort in Eastern Canada, eastern Canada, located in the town of Beaupré, Quebec, about northeast of Quebec City. The mountain is part of the Laurentian Mountains, Laurentian mountain chain and has a summit elevation o ...

::1st Canmore : 3rd National XC Championships : 7th Cross-country,

;2001 : 2nd Silver medal blank

UCI World Team Relay Championships : 2nd National XC Championships : UCI XC World Cup ::2nd

Kaprun Kaprun () is a municipality in the Zell am See District in the state of Salzburg, Austria. The town is a tourist destination known as "Zell am See-Kaprun" with the neighbouring Zell am See and known for the glacier Kitzsteinhorn. Geography It is ...

::3rd

Grouse Mountain Grouse Mountain is one of the North Shore Mountains of the Pacific Ranges in the North Vancouver (district municipality), District Municipality of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. With a maximum elevation of over 1,200m (4,100ft) at ...

;2017 : 1st Jersey blue Cape Epic

Overall Masters Cape Epic

Awards and honours

Evans is a four-time winner of the Sir Hubert Opperman Trophy (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011), awarded to the Australian cyclist of the year. On 10 June 2013, Evans was honoured as a Member (AM) in the General Division of the

. In 2020, Evans was inducted into the

Sport Australia Hall of Fame The Sport Australia Hall of Fame was established on 10 December 1985 to recognise the achievements of Australian sportsmen and sportswomen. The inaugural induction included 120 members with Sir Don Bradman as the first inductee and Dawn Fraser th ...

References

External links

* * *
2006 Tour de France Official Rider Profile
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Early life

Career

Mountain biking career

Switch to road cycling

Davitamon–Lotto (2005–09)

BMC Racing Team (2010–15)

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014–2015

Personal life

Philanthropy and political views

Career achievements

Major results

Road

=General classification results timeline

Mountain Bike

Awards and honours

References

Further reading

External links