Cadel Evans

CADEL Evans is bracing for a pre-Tour de France showdown with the major threats to his yellow jersey at the Criterium du Dauphine starting on Sunday. The week-long stage race in France will be his final hit-out before the Tour and a timely gauge to whether ...  

He is an all-rounder who can dominate any race track. I like him but I also like Australian cyclist Cadel Evans. Cadel’s technical riding and mind-manipulation is something very interesting to watch,” says the youngster. The next big thing that is on ...  

BIGGER than winning the America's Cup. The greatest sporting achievement a single Australian has ever produced. Just some of the credits Cadel Evans received when he won last year's Tour de France. Evans became the first Australian to wear the yellow ...  

Cadel Evans is trying to steal a march on Tour de France rivals with a string of reconnaissance rides. The Victorian is using a race-free training block to familiarise himself with key stages of July's Tour de France as seven other Australians prepare for ...  

Team BMC Racing's defending Tour de France champion Cadel Evans answered every challenge ... the BMC Racing Team riders kept the pace high to ward off attacks from teams such as Euskaltel-Euskadi and Colombia-Coldeportes on the Col de l'Ospedale ascent ...  

Tour de France champion Cadel Evans has pulled out of this week's classic races because of a sinus infection, his BMC Racing team said. "Cadel has the Tour de Romandie coming in one week and with his infection, we don't want to take any risks," team doctor ...  

BMC racing will err on the side of caution with their star rider Cadel Evans, pulling the Australian out of both tomorrow's Fleche-Wallonne and Sunday's Liege-Bastogne-Liege due to a sinus infection. Evans has been sent home to recover so he is in tip-top ...  

Cadel Evans is struggling with his form and the cyclist was determined to gain some confidence at the Tour De Romandie. The former champion had a good start to the Swiss race but could not continue in the later stages of the event. Evans is having a dry ...  

Earlier today it was announced that Team BMC Racing's defending Tour de France champion Cadel Evans will not participate in the 2012 Flèche Wallonne on Wednesday and the Liege-Bastogne-Liege classic on Sunday because he has chosen to prioritize full and speedy recovery from his sinus infection.  

Cadel Evans is within striking distance going into the final stage of his Tour of Romandie cycling title defence. While he was in 23rd position in the overall standings, Tour de France champion Evans was only 30 seconds behind leader Luis Leon Sanchez of Spain.  

Australia's big guns had mixed fortunes in the first stage of the Tour of Romandie, with Michael Rogers holding down fourth spot but Cadel Evans languishing in 80th. Britain's 2008 Olympic team pursuit track cycling champion Geraint Thomas won the prologue ...  

CADEL Evans got the worst of a weather change as he made a slow start to his Tour of Romandie defence. Australia's Tour de France champion was among the late starters who had to contend with wind and driving rain and he placed only 80th in yesterday's ...  

Cadel Evans got the worst of a weather change as he made a slow start to his Tour of Romandie title defence. Australia's Tour de France champion was among the late starters who had to contend with wind and driving rain and he placed only 80th in Tuesday's ...  

AUSTRALIA'S big guns had mixed fortunes in the first stage of the Tour of Romandie, with Michael Rogers holding down fourth spot and Cadel Evans languishing in 80th. Britain's 2008 Olympic team pursuit track cycling champion Geraint Thomas won the prologue ...  

Sydney Morning HeraldSlow start for Cadel EvansThe RoarBy AAP, 26 Apr 2012 Cadel Evans got the worst of a weather change as he made a slow start to his Tour of Romandie title defence. Australia's Tour de France champion was among the late starters who had to contend with wind and driving rain and he placed ...Evans off the pace in lacklustre showingSydney Morning HeraldWiggins wins Romandie stage, takes leadABC OnlineWiggins wins Romandie...  

While he was in 23rd position in the overall standings, Tour de France champion Evans was only 30 seconds behind leader Luis Leon Sanchez of Spain. A noted time-trial exponent, the Australian was well qualified to make big inroads towards a third Tour of ...  

CADEL Evans has cut his losses in the Ardennes before a sinus infection wreaks havoc with his Tour de France campaign. The Australian cycling star was forced to pull out during Amstel Gold, the first of the three Ardennes one-day classics, because of his illness.  

The AgeCadel Evans finding form at the Tour de Romandie 2012bettor.com (blog)He has struggled in the current season and has not performed to his calibre during the earlier part of the year. The Australian is currently seen in action at the Tour de Romandie and has launched a careful start to the race.Michael Rogers lurks in second place at Tour de Romandie as Cadel Evans gears ...The Daily TelegraphCadel well placed on Tour of RomandieThe...  

VeloNationCadel Evans: “I feel good for the Tour de France, don't worry about me!”VeloNationThe defending champion in the race could only manage 29th overall, 2'07” behind race winner Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky), but the Australian is refusing to panic ahead of his Tour de France defence in July. “The Tour de Romandie was difficult, yes!BRADLEY WIGGINS has vowed: I'll prove you can win the Tour de France clean.The SunWiggins wants to be a...  

HE'S been touted as Cadel Evans' main rival for the 2012 Tour de France title and this morning Bradley Wiggins well and truly eclipsed the sick Australian in the prologue of the Tour de Romandie won by his teammate Geraint Thomas. Team Sky rider Thomas ...  

With 18 riders within 15 seconds of the lead, the BMC Racing Team riders kept the pace high to ward off attacks on the ascent of the Col de l’Ospedale.”As a team we worked really well today,” Evans said. “Today, the young guys started ...  

Frenchman Jonathan Hivert of the Saur-Sojasun team claimed the second stage honours in the Tour which Evans won last year for a second time in the lead-up to his historic Tour de France victory. Evans finished in the pack to remain just 21sec behind ...  

TOUR de France champion Cadel Evans continues to stick to a proven formula in his quest to defend his title in the most famous cycling race in the world, signing on for this months Tour de Romandie. The Australian, who has so far had a quite early season ...  

COL DE L'OSPEDALE, France: Cadel Evans and "import" Michael Albasini capped a banner day for Australian cycling with twin victories on Europe's roads. Evans showed he was on target with his Tour de France title defence preparation as he clinched the two ...  

Jelle Vanendert of Team Lotto Belisol finished at the same time and achieved the second position. Peter Sagan, Oscar Freire, Thomas Voeckler, Philippe Gilbert and Samuel Sanchez finished two seconds behind and secured the third, the fourth, the fifth ...  

I cycled with my head and got an incredible win." Italy selector Paolo Bettini hailed the victory, which was the country's first in a one-day classic since Damiano Cunego in the Tour of Lombardy four years ago. "Enrico won in brilliant fashion and beat ...  

TOUR de France champion Cadel Evans continues to stick to a proven formula in his quest to defend his title in the most famous cycling race in the world, signing on for this months Tour de Romandie. The Australian, who has so far had a quite early season ...  

Favourite for the gold medal in the road race at the London Olympics, Cavendish is a former two-time stage winner of the Tour de Rinandie. Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar. TOUR de France winner Cadel Evans and road race world champion Mark ...  

TOUR de France champion Cadel Evans of Australia and Britain's world champion Mark Cavendish will compete in the Tour de Romandie. Evans, 35, won the race in 2006 and last year while Cavendish, 26, won two stages of the race in 2008 and last year.  

CADEL Evans feels his Tour De France title defence is back on track after notching his first stage win of the 2012 season. BMC team leader Evans pipped fellow Australian Michael Rogers by just 0.3sec to win the second stage 6.5km time trial on the two-day ...  

The BMC Racing Team announced its roster Friday for the Amstel Gold Race that includes two-time defending race champion Philippe Gilbert and Tour de France champion Cadel Evans. Not among the BMC Racing Team’s eight riders for Sunday’s 47th ...  

Denis Menchov has been consistent without setting the world alight. By way of contrast, Andy Schleck and his brother Frank have both been virtually unsighted in the peloton, suggesting they are both in heavy training and not overly concerned ...  

Faith ... Cadel Evans says the Tour de France is his first goal. ‘‘People know that I can win the Tour.’’ Photo: BMC/Tim de Waele Cadel Evans is confident his training program will reap rewards despite his poor form in the Tour of Romandy, writes ...  

Speculation has started as to which athlete should carry the Australian flag at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Cadel Evans is listed as the hot favourite. Does it come as a surprise that Australia's only Tour de France winner may ...  

Pierrick Fedrigo wins stage three of the 2012 Critérium International ahead of Rinaldo Nocentini and Lars-Petter Nordhaug. Cadel Evans takes fourth on stage to claim overall victory. Race leader Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) made it clear on the climb that he ...  

Cadel Evans during the final stage of the Tour of Romandie. CADEL Evans was satisfied with his week's work, but Britain's Bradley Wiggins showed why he's the major threat to the Australian's Tour de France title with his second win of the year. Wiggins won ...  

Tour de France champion Cadel Evans has pulled out of this week's classic races because of a sinus infection, his BMC Racing team said on Monday. “Cadel has the Tour de Romandie coming in one week and with his infection, we don't want to take any risks ...  

He was fancied for last year's Tour de France, but was unlucky when crashing and breaking his collar bone in Stage 7. He is another who plans to ride in the Olympics as well. Last year's runner-up Andy Schleck is a top-priced 6/1 with Sportingbet to go one ...  

TOUR de France winner Cadel Evans and road race world champion Mark Cavendish head the entry list for the Tour de Romandie next month. Race organisers said Cavendish's Britain and Sky teammate, Bradley Wiggins, winner of this month's Paris-Nice race, is ...  

CADEL Evans and "import" Michael Albasini capped a banner day for Australian cycling with twin victories on Europe's roads. Evans showed he was on target with his Tour de France title defence preparation as he clinched the two-day Criterium International ...  

COL DE L’OSPEDALE, France — Tour de France champion Cadel Evans won the Criterium International after finishing Sunday’s third and final stage in fourth place. The 35-year-old Australian, who took the yellow jersey on Saturday after winning the time ...  

According to Italian daily la Republica, prosecutor Antonino Condorelli's indictment also includes Lampre team directors Fabrizio Bontempi and Maurizio Piovani, as well as Guiseppe Saronni, the team's former manager who resigned in April last year when the ...  

A cold has forced Tour de France Cadel Evans to pull out early from the Amstel Gold race, the opening event of cycling's Ardennes Classics. Tour de France champion Cadel Evans has pulled out of the Amstel Gold race after battling a cold through the Ardennes Classics.  

Cadel Evans of Team BMC has finally found his first win of the 2012 season. The cyclist grabbed his first overall victory at the Criterium International and is optimistic to continue the season with his extreme form. The Australian finished 15 th during ...  

TOUR de France champion Cadel Evans won the Criterium International after finishing the third and final stage in fourth place. The 35-year-old Australian, who took the yellow jersey after winning the second-stage time trial, held on comfortably on the day ...  

French rider Pierrick Fedrigo won the stage in a closely contested sprint from Rinaldo Nocentini of Italy and Lars-Peter Nordhaug of Norway to finish second overall, eight seconds adrift of Evans. Michael Rogers, who was in second place overnight ...  

CADEL Evans feels his Tour De France title defence is back on track after notching his first stage win of the 2012 season. BMC team leader Evans pipped fellow Australian Michael Rogers by just 0.3sec to win the second stage 6.5km time trial on the two-day ...  

Reigning champion Cadel Evans' Tour de France preparations moved up a gear as he won the Critérium International in Corsica. The BMC Racing rider had edged into pole position at the top of the overall standings by taking the individual time trial on ...  

April 16 (Reuters) - Tour de France champion Cadel Evans has pulled out of this week's classic races because of a sinus infection, his BMC Racing team said on Monday. "Cadel has the Tour de Romandie coming in one week and with his infection, we don't want ...  

Evans came in 0.3sec clear of his compatriot Michael Rogers, a three time world champion in the discipline, with Germany's Simon Geschke 1sec back in third. This was Evans' first win of the season and it came eight months after his success in the Tour de France.  

BMC’s 2012 squad is a virtual who’s who of the world’s top professionals: 2011 Tour de France Champion Cadel Evans, 2011 TdF stage winner and 2010 world champion Thor Hushovd, multiple classics and TdF stage winner Phillip Gilbert, as well as rising ...  

Cadel Evans in the yellow jersey in the 2011 Tour de France (Courtesy BMC - Tim de Waele) With the Spring Classics season drawing to a close, the World Tour now turns to the hills and valleys of Switzerland for the Tour of Romandie. Cadel Evans ...  

French rider Pierrick Fedrigo won the stage in a closely contested sprint from Rinaldo Nocentini of Italy and Lars-Peter Nordhaug of Norway to finish second overall, eight seconds behind Evans. The top four in the stage were timed at 4 hours ...  

Cadel Evans and Simon Gerrans will lead the Australian charge at the 47th running of the Amstel Gold Race cycling event in the Netherlands. Cadel Evans is feeling fresh and ready to challenge for the first of the Ardennes classics, which takes place this ...  

Cadel Evans and select teammates and staff will receive belt-drive commuter bikes from BMC’s lifestyle line as part of the sponsorship, which is believed to be unique among professional race teams. BMC Racing Team trucks in Europe and the United States ...  

To mark the 100 days to go to the opening ceremony on July 27, online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has released a market on just who will be afforded the prestigious honour, with 2011 Tour de France winner Cadel Evans the favourite. Evans, who will be ...  

The 32 year old finished 3rd behind his brother Andy and winner Cadel Evans at last year's Tour de France and was fully expected to be racing for the overall podium with his brother at the 2012 Tour de France. "My season was directed at peaking in the Tour ...  

Cadel Evans still hopes to defend his Tour de Romandie title next week despite illness preventing him finishing the Amstel Gold Race on Sunday. Evans said afterwards he had been battling an infection for "eight or nine days" and at the race's second ascent ...  

CADEL Evans remains upbeat about Tour de France and Olympic Games prospects despite missing the Amstel Gold race with a cold. The Victorian withdrew from the Ardennes classic after revealing he had been suffering with an infection for "eight or nine days."  

2011 Tour de France champion Cadel Evans claims stage 2 and overall lead at Critérium International ... Anthony Roux of FDJ-Bigmat set an early best time of 7 minutes, 23 seconds. The Frenchman's time was eventually beat by the Australian Cadel Evans ...  

Cadel Evans. Photo: AFP Cadel Evans further proved that preparations for his Tour de France title defence are well on track by backing up the day after his time trial win in the Criterium International stage race in Corsica to clinch the overall honours in ...  

Andy's older brother Frank cannot be counted out in a race he won in 2006, while Australia's chances of a first win in the event since Phil Anderson in 1983 may rest with Evans and Simon Gerrans. Evans - a BMC teammate of Gilbert - should be primed after ...  

While he was in 23rd position in the overall standings, Tour de France champion Evans was only 30 seconds behind leader Luis Leon Sanchez of Spain. A noted time trial exponent, the Australian was well qualified to make big inroads towards a third Tour of ...  

Cadel Evans' preparation for the Tour de France is delicately poised, as he wrestles with an infection that forced him to stop in Sunday's Amstel Gold Race in the Netherlands.  

Evans recorded his first win of the year in the time trial of the Criterium Internationale at Porto-Vecchio on Corsica over compatriot Michael Rogers. Had the 35-year-old reigning Tour de France champion not produced the ride he did against the clock on ...  

in France. The time trial and mountain stages in both World Tour events should reveal how well he is tracking for the Tour de France, which starts in Liege. ''It seems our progression towards the big goals [and time trials] later in the year is OK,'' Evans ...  

Returning from illness, defending champion Cadel Evans is 20 seconds off the pace in 80th place after the opening stage of the Tour de Romandie.  

Cadel Evans got the worst of a weather change as he made a slow start to his Tour of Romandie title defence.  

Cadel Evans has withdrawn from this week's two Ardennes classics because of a sinus infection.  

Cadel Evans, 2011 Tour de France winner, got his first win of the 2012 season at the Critérium International 2012.  

ABSENT from tonight's start to the Tour of Italy, Cadel Evans is trying to a steal a march on his Tour de France rivals.  

Cadel Evans prepares for Tour de France defence with reconnaissance in Swiss mountains.  

Cadel Evans is confident his training program will reap rewards despite his poor form in the Tour of Romandy, writes Rupert Guinness.