Where is Cadel Evans today? What does Cadel Evans do today? – Cadel Evans, Australia’s only Tour de France winner is at his Australian home in Barwon Heads, half an hour south-east of Geelong. As he did during his racing career, the renowned cyclist splits his time between the small Victorian coastal town of some 4,000 residents, and his European base in Stabio, Switzerland.
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Since 2010, Evans has participated in the annual Suit Up & Ride corporate team cycling event in Melbourne in support of youth mental health initiatives of Orygen Youth Health.
Who is Cadel Evans?
Cadel Evans is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who competed professionally in both mountain biking and road bicycle racing.
Evans is a four-time Olympian and is one of just three non-Europeans – along with Greg LeMond and Egan Bernal – to have won the Tour de France, winning the race in 2011.
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Evans won the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in 1998 and 1999 and placed seventh in the men’s cross-country mountain bike race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
He turned to full-time road cycling in 2001 and gradually progressed through the ranks. He finished second in the Tour de France in 2007 and 2008 — both of these 2nd place finishes are in the top 10 of the closest Tours in history.
He became the first Australian to win the UCI ProTour (2007) and the UCI Road World Championships in 2009.
After finishing outside the top twenty in 2009 and 2010, Evans became the first Australian rider to win the Tour de France in 2011, riding for the BMC Racing Team.
Evans retired on 1 February 2015, after completing a race named in his honour.
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