Cadel Evans

Italians call Evans a "cagnaccio," a fighter who never gives up. But how much longer he'll keep punching is unknown

Nairo Quintana maintains his grip on the pink jersey with three stages left in the race

Teams came up with a solution to end the polemic, with a time penalty on the leading riders, but the race jury refused to accept the offer

The Italian attacks in the final kilometer and holds on to win the stage in Vittorio Veneto

A wild stage brings a new Giro leader, and a more tightly packed group of contenders, as the race heads toward the finish in Trieste

The Colombian mastered the Giro's queen stage, which featured brutal weather on the first two of three climbs

"It's a mistake if people are forgetting about him," says teammate Quinziato, who says Evans will be in the hunt during the Giro's last week

A determined trio of escapees and a peloton that was less so saw a breakaway succeed in stage 13 of the Giro

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Cadel Evans became Australia's first Tour de France winner in 2011. He is now battling Rigoberto Uran to do the same at the Giro

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Thursday's time trial will prove decisive in the fight for pink. If Evans can take big gains, the race could be on for the podium

The Australian makes his move on the final descent and holds off the chasing peloton for more than 21 kilometers

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Nacer Bouhanni takes the sprint win on stage 10 of the Giro d'italia in Salsomaggiore Terme

A crash with less than 1km remaining splits the front group and disrupts the finish

Cadel Evans is in control of the GC at the Giro, holding a 57-second lead over his closest competitor. Can he go the distance?

Nairo Quintana is hoping Monday's rest day will help him recover and allow him to go on the attack in the Giro's decisive final week

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Weening out-kicks Malacarne to win the stage, Evans defends pink, and Pozzovivo takes back some crucial seconds going into Monday's rest day

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An exuberant Ulissi claims his second stage of this year's Giro as Evans slips into the maglia rosa, warning that the race is far from over

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An injured Michele Scarponi (Astana) walked slowly on Friday, and made a face at the mention of the BMC Racing team

Cadel Evans was among the beneficiaries when a late crash rocked the peloton on Thursday at the Giro, but should he have waited?

Cadel Evans now finds himself 21 seconds out of the race lead

A solid start to the Italian tour confirms the 37-year-old is a legitimate challenger for the pink jersey

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The Australian will wear the leader’s jersey for the fourth straight day in Thursday’s stage 6

Diego Ulissi put the host nation on the Giro’s 2014 official record by climbing to victory in stage 5 on Wednesday

Colombian climber Rigoberto Urán lines up with the pink jersey in his sights as the Giro faces its first mountain stages

Garmin lost hope for the GC Friday, but the American team was far from the only squad to bleed time in the stage 1 team time trial

Former Tour de France champion says he trusts Giro d'Italia organizers in their decision to take the race to Northern Ireland

Big names turn out for pre-race press conference and say they expect a wide-open, explosive Giro d'Italia

The GC field at the Giro is filled with riders both young and old, such as 24-year-old Nairo Quintana (above) and 37-year-old Cadel Evans

Marcel Kittel leads the field of sprinters at the Giro, which kicks off May 9. Will he rule the mass gallops on the Italian roads?

The absence of Chris Froome makes for a more unpredictable GC in Italy

Many wrote Cadel Evans off, but the former Tour champion announced he's back and coming for pink with a standout Down Under performance

Matthew Beaudin lays out his thoughts on the 2014 cycling season, and they include a Richie Porte win at the Giro d'Italia

Jens Voigt goes on the attack ... twice ... and Tasmanian Porte takes the stage

German wins record 15th career Tour Down Under stage and Simon Gerrans chips away at Cadel Evans' overall lead

The Aussie registers his first UCI WorldTour stage victory since 2012

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This season, the Australian will miss his first Tour de France since his 2005 Tour debut

BMC Racing will put its Tour de France support system behind Tejay van Garderen, but the process hasn't been an easy one

Orica-GreenEdge had the numbers in the final four-man escape and Gerrans pulled off the victory ahead of Evans and Porte

Evans has not raced at the UCI WorldTour opener since 2010

Five riders will start the Giro in May with real hopes of upsetting the Italians in their home tour

Former Tour champion announces that he'll open his season in Australia

Australian former Tour champion will most likely target a run at the pink jersey in 2014

Riders 30 years old and above could start to phase out of contention in the worlds road race moving forward

The pair was among several riders to crash and/or abandon the worlds road race in Florence

Chris Horner, Chris Froome, Bradley Wiggins and Cadel Evans were among those to quit the race, run in horrendous conditions

The Astana captain said he's riding with 20 less watts than he had at the Giro d'Italia

Winning from a break — even getting into one — is a rare experience for the 2011 Tour champ, who as a GC man is usually on a short leash

The 2011 Tour de France winner jumps out of a break in the final meters to take the stage win

Several grand tour winners will compete in the Québec City and Montréal Grands Prix Cyclistes

Taylor Phinney delivers one of several clutch wins for the squad after Cadel Evans' disappointing Tour de France

From Alberto Contador’s determination to BMC Racing’s disappointment, Matthew Beaudin relays his Tour takeaways

The 28-year-old's Tour victory, combined with the top performances of other 20-somethings, confirmed there is a new breed of racers

On the eve of the final mountain stage of the 100th Tour de France, Cadel Evans was heading for his worst ever finish at the race

U.S.-based squad says it is focused on the GC to gain valuable UCI points

The time is near for Chris Froome's rivals to start racing against each other for the podium and he can take advantage

After its usual nervous opening week, the Tour de France heads to the Pyrénées on Saturday for a first-round spar among the GC contenders

U.S.-based squad lost decisive seconds in the team time trial and is now on the offensive

The American, who crashed during stage 5, says the first week of the Tour is the "most dangerous week" of the entire season

Simon Gerrans keeps his lead in the GC after stage 5 at the Tour, while several of Cadel Evans' teammates crash

Sky captain is the big winner in Nice and a number of his rivals find themselves on a back foot before the Pyrénées

The winner of the 2011 Tour de France says he's content with being out of the spotlight as the Tour prepares to get under way

American and BMC rider will play a support role for Cadel Evans and Tejay van Garderen

Garmin-Sharp rider wants to learn about the race and finish; in the future, he'll set more lofty expectations

With just three weeks before the start of the Tour de France, Tejay van Garderen will ride the Tour de Suisse to win

Defending world champion has yet to notch a win this season, and says his goal is to earn a stage victory

Bad weather on the re-routed course in the mountains forces race organizers to make the decision Friday morning

With an eye toward the Tour, Cadel Evans sees positive in his runner-up position at the Giro

Vincenzo Nibali is nearly certain to carry the maglia rosa into Brescia, but the race for the podium is on in the Dolomites

With foul weather potentially cutting more climbs from the 96th Giro, the uphill TT takes on increased importance for Nibali and rivals

Cold and snow may force organizers to alter Friday's and Saturday's routes

Aussie won't speculate on Tour de France leadership after Tejay van Garderen's Amgen Tour of California victory