Cadel Evans

Cadel Evans
AM

Evans at the 2012 Critérium du Dauphiné
Personal information
Full name	Cadel Lee Evans
Born	(1977-02-14) 14 February 1977 (age 47) 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]
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road, Mountain bike
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur teams
1994–1999	Australian Institute of Sport (AIS)
2001	Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS)
Professional teams
1999	Volvo-Cannondale (MTB)
2001	Saeco
2002	Mapei–Quick-Step
2003–2004	Team Telekom
2005–2009	Davitamon–Lotto
2010–2015	BMC Racing Team
Major wins
Mountain bike XC World Cup (1998, 1999) 8 individual wins (1997–2000) Road Grand Tours Tour de France General classification (2011) 2 individual stages (2007, 2011) Giro d'Italia Points classification (2010) 1 individual stage (2010) Stage races Tour de Romandie (2006, 2011) Tirreno–Adriatico (2011) Tour of Austria (2001, 2004) Critérium International (2012) Giro del Trentino (2014) Settimana Coppi e Bartali (2008) One-day races and Classics World Road Race Championships (2009) La Flèche Wallonne (2010) Other UCI ProTour (2007)
Medal record Representing  Australia Men's road bicycle racing Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester Road time trial 2002 Manchester Road race World Championships 2009 Mendrisio Road race 1995 Forlì Junior time trial Men's Mountain biking World Championships 1994 Vail Junior cross-country 1997 Château-d'Œx Under 23 cross-country 1999 Åre Under 23 cross-country 2001 Vail Cross-country relay 1995 Kirchzarten Junior cross-country 1996 Cairns Under 23 cross-country

Cadel Lee Evans AM (/kəˈdɛl/;^[3] born 14 February 1977) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist who competed professionally in both mountain biking and road bicycle racing. A four-time Olympian,^[4] Evans is one of three non-Europeans – along with Greg LeMond and Egan Bernal – to have won the Tour de France, winning the race in 2011.

Early in his career, he was a champion mountain biker, winning the UCI Mountain Bike 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. Evans turned to full-time road cycling in 2001, and gradually progressed through the ranks. He finished second in the Tour de France 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 UCI ProTour (2007) and the UCI Road World Championships 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 BMC Racing Team.^[5] He took the race lead on the penultimate day, after completing a 42.5-kilometre (26.4-mile) individual time trial some two-and-a-half minutes quicker than his closest rivals, Andy Schleck and Fränk Schleck.^[6] 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.^[7]