Cadel Evans

Cadel Evans

  • Australian Cadel Evans (L) who won the men's road race at the world cycling championships last week is given an antique copy of Belgian comic Tintin by team leader Marc Sergeant at a press conference of the Silence-Lotto cycling team at the Omega Pharma headquarters in Nazareth on October 1, 2009.

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  • Evans adds to his trophy collection

    ...Evans will parade more than just the coveted UCI world road champion's rainbow jersey at the Santos Tour Down Under in January. Evans added another award to his impressive trophy collection by winning Australian cycling's highest individual honour last night. Evans... |more

  • Evans wins third Oppy

    ...Evans ended a tumultuous year with his third "Oppy" medal as Australian Cyclist Of The Year. Evans, who is the first Australian to win the men's elite world road race championship, was awarded the Sir Hubert Opperman Medal on Sunday night at a gala dinner... |more

  • An uphill challenge

    ...with Lance [Armstrong] going back to try to knock [Alberto] Contador off his shelf," Anderson says. "And of course we'll have Cadel Evans there riding in his world championship jersey trying to knock everybody off. "On the tours we try to ride most days but... |more

  • Star-studded Tour Down Under

    ...at the Tour de France, which he achieved back in 2006," Turtur said. Meanwhile Australia's maiden UCI ProTour road champion Cadel Evans' new BMC team has been granted another two wildcard invitations in Oman and Qatar in February following its world debut... |more

  • Swashbuckling satirist to lay down arms

    ...Dermott Brereton and Neighbours' Stefan Dennis are among those getting behind the microphone. WORLD champion cyclist Cadel Evans was in a peloton of a different kind yesterday as hundreds surrounded him to get his autograph on a copy of his book. ''When you're... |more