With Lance Armstrong long gone from the world of competitive cycling, Cadel Evans not only emerged as an honorable and respected replacement, but he also landed real high on AskMen's Top 49 Most Influential Men of 2011 list. Evans became the first Australian to ever win the Tour de France this past year. And at 34-years-old, he can also claim the title as the oldest man to win in 88 years. Better yet: his victory didn't include any doping allegations! He's fast, clean, and looks great in a...Read Full Story

Cadel Lee Evans (pronounced /kə'dɛl/,[2] born 14 February 1977) is an Australian professional racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam BMC Racing Team and winner of the 2011 Tour de France. In 2007, Evans became the first Australian to win the UCI ProTour. Before turning to road cycling in 2001, Evans was a champion mountain biker, first riding for the Diamondback MTB team, then for the Volvo-Cannondale MTB team, winning the World Cup in 1998 and 1999 and placing seventh in the men's cross-country...Read Full Story

Cadel Lee Evans (pronounced /kə'dɛl/,[2] born 14 February 1977) is an Australian professional racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam BMC Racing Team and winner of the 2011 Tour de France. In 2007, Evans became the first Australian to win the UCI ProTour. Before turning to road cycling in 2001, Evans was a champion mountain biker, first riding for the Diamondback MTB team, then for the Volvo-Cannondale MTB team, winning the World Cup in 1998 and 1999 and placing seventh in the men's cross-country...Read Full Story

Australian Tour de France winner Cadel Evans and his wife Chiara Passerini are adopting a 12-month-old Ethiopian boy. The pair had given hints of the coming adoption on Twitter but confirmed to Fairfax Media that they hope to take the infant home to their house in Switzerland next month. The pair said they had applied to adopt an Ethiopian boy and this was the reason for their early departure from Australia on December 16. "Going to Ethiopia was our reason for the early departure from...Read Full Story

Above: Just a quick reminder of "old Cadel" He still needs someone to shave that dern unibrow. Above: the Schleck brothers tower over the squeaky voiced Aussie despite the lower steps on the podium. This is attributed to the fact that while being raised by wild dingoes in the outback; Cadel survived on babies stolen from Ayers Rock and vegemite sandwiches ; stunting his physical growth and leaving him woefully unprepared for any kind of human interaction. First and foremost I would like to...Read Full Story