Was Cadel Evans in an Olympics?

Was Cadel Evans in an Olympics?

Cadel Evans is a four-time Olympian, former World Road Cycling Champion (2009) and memorably won the 2011 Tour de France. Evans started his career as a cross country cyclist, finishing ninth in the mountain bike race in Atlanta in 1996 and seventh at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

Did Cadel Evans win the Giro?

Evans finished the Giro 5th overall, winning the points classification and the Azzurri d’Italia classification. Evans also held the yellow jersey for stage nine of the Tour de France while riding with a hairline fracture in his left elbow caused during a crash in the previous stage.

What races did Cadel Evans win?

Major results

• 1996 First Olympics. Evans took part in his first Olympics in 1996.
• 2000 Sydney Olympics.
• 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games.
• 2006 Named Australian Cyclist of the Year.
• 2007 Second place in the Tour de France.
• 2008 Beijing Olympics.
• 2011 First Australian to win the Tour de France.
• 2014 Evans’ last season.

How much did Cadel Evans win the Tour de France by?

Not only did Cadel make up the time, he also added a commanding 1min 34second advantage and became the first Australian to win the Tour de France.

Where did Cadel Evans win the World Championship?

The world championship was in his European backyard; Cadel Evans was on roads he would conquer. The victory created history. It was a beautiful moment for cycling – one earned in style by an honest guy. The victory in Switzerland was achieved a short distance from where Cadel Evans lived at the time.

When did Cadel Evans start his cycling career?

Evans started his international career in 1995 as a Scholarship-holder in the Australian Institute of Sport mountain bike (MTB) Program, under A.I.S. Cycling Program’s MTB coach Damian Grundy, and up to 1998 under road coach Heiko Salzwedel.

When did Chris Evans first go to the Olympics?

In the year he started his scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport, Evans won bronze medals at both the 1995 Junior World Mountain Bike Championship and Junior World Individual Road Time Trial Championship. Evans took part in his first Olympics in 1996. He placed 9th in the Atlanta Olympics Mountain Bike Race.

How old was Cadel Evans when he was hit by a horse?

At the age of seven, he was hit in the head by a horse, and spent seven days in an induced coma. In 1986, his parents separated and he first moved with his mother to Armidale, New South Wales, and then to the Melbourne suburb of Eltham, Victoria, where his mother still lives.