Cadel Evans

Evans fires first shot in Tour de France build-up with stage win

After an up-and-down spring, Tour champ Cadel Evans will ride the Dauphine to build his fitness and confidence before Tour defense

Several Tour de France favorites including Evans spent the week putting in recon miles on the upcoming Tour’s course

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World champion returns to racing after month-long break

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Tour de France champion Cadel Evans will not participate in Flèche-Wallonne on Wednesday or Liège–Bastogne–Liège on Sunday

Evans is still hoping to be in top shape to defend his title at the Tour de Romandiedespite pulling out of Amstel Gold Race with a cold

Tour champ pledges allegiance to Belgian teammates for the hilly classics

World, Tour champs headed for Switzerland ahead of season objectives

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Evans puts it all together for first time in 2012

Evans wins first stage race since 2011 Tour de France

Anthony Tan looks past Gilbert to his true Milan-San Remo favorites, and considers what the March races told us about the Tour de France

Tour champ says he would not have been a factor at Prati di Tivo

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Horner returns to racing after Tour de France crash, blood clot

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BMC riders talk about their excitement to defend Evans' title from the training camp in Denia, Spain

No green jerseys, no bunch sprints. Come July, it’s all for Cadel Evans for BMC’s newest superstars Thor Hushovd and Philippe Gilbert

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Tirreno debut set for BMC star

Tour de France champion Cadel Evans and his wife, Chiara Passerini, are adopting a 12-month-old boy from Ethiopia.

A lot of people thought the sun was setting on Cadel Evans, who was looking to become cycling’s latest bridesmaid

The final summit finish of this year’s Tour, at L’Alpe d’Huez, delivered what the Tourmalet summit finish failed to deliver in 2010 — drama and suspense.

BMC Racing’s full 2012 roster unveiled

Tour de France champion Cadel Evans was named Victorian Sportsperson of the Year on Monday during the 2011 Victorian Sport Awards, held at the Crown Entertainment Complex in Melbourne, Australia.

Tour de France champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) will make his season debut at the Mallorca Challenge in Spain in February, taking a pass on the WorldTour season opener at the Tour Down Under in January.

John Wilcockson recalls the first VeloNews Awards and considers who might have been the Rider of the Year in 2011.

Cadel Evans says his race schedule will remain largely unchanged, with a focus on one-week stage races and the Ardennes classics for early season goals before reloading with a likely start at the Dauphiné ahead of the Tour.

PARIS (AFP) - Defending champion Cadel Evans was cautiously optimistic over his chances of defending the Tour de France yellow jersey in 2012 after the race route was unveiled here on Tuesday.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (VN) — Cadel Evans rode into Colorado Springs on the tail of a whirlwind publicity tour following his Tour de France win last month. After finishing ninth in the prologue Monday, Evans was satisfied, but stopped short of predicting big things when the race heads uphill Tuesday.

SALT LAKE CITY – Recovery time is over. Cadel Evans is ready to get back to work.

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MELBOURNE (AFP) — Tour de France champion Cadel Evans arrived back in Australia on Thursday for a victory parade after spending "the best part of his life" working for the historic cycling victory.

Cadel Evans will return to BMC Racing alongside George Hincapie in 2012, the team announced Monday. Fresh off his Tour de France title, Evans extended his contract with the American squad through 2014, while Hincapie signed a one-year extension.

BOULDER, Colorado (VN) - The maillot jaune of the Tour de France will feature on the roads of Colorado next month when Cadel Evans starts the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Race officials have confirmed that Evans (BMC Racing) will take part in the inaugural event, which begins August 22 in Colorado Springs.

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SYDNEY (AFP) ─ Tour de France champion Cadel Evans would love to ride for Australia at the London Olympics, but only if the course is tough enough.

PARIS (VN) ― There won't be a double grand tour attempt for Cadel Evans this year, but he could be headed to Colorado next month.

With the Tour de France numbers added in, Tour winner Cadel Evans has moved from fourth place to the lead of the UCI's WorldTour individual rankings.

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For Australians, Cadel Evans’ time-trial trouncing of the Schleck brothers on Saturday to clinch a first Tour de France victory for his country was one of those “where were you when” moments.

Cadel Evans credits Miguel Indurain for inspiration and says his victory is for Australia.

Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) became the first Australian to win the 2011 Tour de France on Sunday as Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) took the final stage on the Champs-Élysées.

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GRENOBLE, France (VN) — “There’s a car, a car … il y a une voiture!” You could hear the panic in the voice of a television technician who was being pinned back against the trunk of a race official’s red Skoda by a solid mass of media crews. The mob was moving en masse like a giant bubble around the rider wearing a yellow skinsuit, Andy Schleck, who’d just thrown every last ounce of energy into defending (unsuccessfully) his Tour de France lead against Cadel Evans.

Cadel Evans lays down the law in the Grenoble time trial — he doesn't win the stage, but he does take the yellow jersey.

A look at Cadel Evans' BMC time trial bike

ALPE D'HUEZ, France (VN) — Cadel Evans comfortably matched Alberto Contador’s early acceleration on the Col du Telegraph Friday, at least at first. He soon realized something was wrong, looking to his rear wheel and stopping twice before eventually taking a complete bike change.

Cadel Evans talks to reporters after stage 18

PUYS SAINT PIERRE, France (VN) — Cadel Evans was a man on an island high above Briançon Wednesday as he pursued an audacious Andy Schleck to the summit of the Col du Galibier. After the finish Evans and his BMC Racing team management said they rode to win and were critical of the tactics of the other top GC riders.

GAP, France (VN) - Cadel Evans is riding a Tour de France of opportunity and his team sees more chances to take time on the horizon with an unlikely ally in Alberto Contador. Evans (BMC Racing) vaulted off a Contador (Saxo Bank-Sungard) attack late in Tuesday’s 16th stage to take time on his GC rivals at the foot of the Alps.

BMC's Cadel Evans wonders whether the big names are underestimating Thomas Voeckler.

The Schlecks and Contador ready to test the “rest day favorite” in the Pyrénées

VIC-SUR-CERE, France, July 11, 2011 (AFP) - Australian Cadel Evans has refused to discount Alberto Contador's bid for a fourth yellow jersey despite the Spaniard suffering from knee trouble going into key mountain stages.

Cadel Evans, BMC’s hope for Tour de France overall victory, is happy to have this week behind him after watching more than 18 riders drop out of the race, most with serious injuries.

Beating Contador and Gilbert at Mûr-de-Bretagne are major victories

A look at Cadel Evans' stage-winning BMC teammachine SLR01

Cadel Evans (BMC) won Tuesday's stage 4 of the 2011 Tour de France, a 172.5-kilometer race from Lorient to Mûr-de-Bretagne with a tough uphill finish.

LES HERBIERS, France (AFP) - Cadel Evans believes Alberto Contador remains the man to beat at this year's Tour de France despite the Spaniard's recent efforts in winning the Giro d'Italia.

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Cadel Evans climbs to 3rd in UCI rankings; Philippe Gilbert still leads.

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - BMC's Cadel Evans won the Tour de Romandie on Sunday after the fifth and final stage was claimed by Team Sky's British rider Ben Swift.

Cadel Evans ─ who was forced to skip defending his title at Fleche Wallonne and missed the start at Sunday's Liège-Bastogne-Liège ─ will mark his return to racing for the BMC Racing Team on Tuesday at the Tour de Romandie.

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Last year, Cadel Evans roared up the Mur de Huy to win Flèche Wallone while wearing the rainbow jersey, giving BMC one of its most important victories in team history.

A quadricep injury will keep Cadel Evans from starting Sunday's Amstel Gold Race, but the former world champion said his recovery is going well and he remains on track to focus on the Tour de France, BMC reported on Thursday.

Cadel Evans (BMC), hot off his overall victory at Tirreno-Adriatico, carries hopes of a strong GC performance into next week’s Volta a Catalunya, where he will have the support of American Taylor Phinney.