Cadel Evans is a former Australian professional racing cyclist who won the 2011 Tour de France
Cadel Evans
@Professional Road Racing Cyclist, Birthday and Childhood
Feb 14, 1977
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: February 14, 1977
- Nationality: Australian
- Famous: Professional Road Racing Cyclist, Philanthropists, Sportspersons, Cyclists
- Spouses: Chiara Passerini
- Known as: Cadel Lee Evans AM
- Childrens: Robel Evans
- Universities:
- Eltham High School
Cadel Evans born at
Katherine
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Birth Place
He met Chiara Passerini, an Italian pianist and music teacher, in 2002. The couple eventually married and adopted a baby boy.
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Personal Life
The Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, an annual professional one-day road bicycle racing for both men and women, was established in his honor. He participated in the inaugural race and finished fifth.
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Personal Life
Cadel Evans was born on 14 February, 1977, in Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia to Helen, a bank manager, and Paul Evans, a council foreman.
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Childhood & Early Life
His parents separated in 1986 and he went to live with his mother. He attended Newling Public School in Armidale, and Eltham High School in Melbourne and developed an interest in skateboarding as a teenager.
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Childhood & Early Life
He won a scholarship to attend the Australian Institute of Sport where he participated in the mountain bike (MTB) Program.
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Childhood & Early Life
Cadel Evans began his international career in 1995 in the Australian Institute of Sport mountain bike (MTB) Program. He won bronze medals at the 1995 Junior world mountain bike championship and Junior world road time trial championship.
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Career
He found much success as a mountain biker and won the cross-country event in the Mountain Bike World Cup in both 1998 and 1999.
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Career
Following his success as a champion mountain biker, he became a full time road cyclist in the year 2001. Initially he rode with teams such as Saeco (2001), Mapei (2002) and Team Telekom (2003–2004).
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In 2006, he won the Tour de Romandie, beating the Spaniards Alberto Contador Velasco and Alejandro Valverde on the very last stage.
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He came very close to winning the 2007 Tour de France, finishing second behind Contador. The same year he came fifth in the world championship and sixth in the final UCI ProTour race.
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Career
The biggest achievement of this exceptional cyclist is the victory at the 2011 Tour de France, one of the greatest-ever achievements by an Australian sportsperson. Cadel Evans went on to win the exciting race after having gained the lead in a time-trial on the penultimate day. Aged 34 at the time of the win, he became the oldest post-war winner.
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Major Work