Cadel Evans, born February 14, 1977, is an Australian former professional racing cyclist who competed in both mountain biking and road bicycle racing. He won UCI Mountain Bike World Cup titles in 1998 and 1999 before transitioning to the road, where he finished runner-up at the Tour de France twice, in 2007 and 2008, then broke through to win the race outright in 2011 at age 34, becoming the first Australian ever to win the Tour de France and one of only three non-European winners in the race's history alongside Greg LeMond and Egan Bernal. He also won the UCI Road World Championships road race in 2009, competed at four Olympic Games across both disciplines (1996 and 2000 in mountain biking, 2008 and 2012 in road cycling), was made a Member of the Order of Australia, and retired from competition on February 1, 2015.
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Career HighlightWon the 2011 Tour de France, the first Australian rider to do so 1 Classification
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How did Cadel Evans do at the Olympic Games?
Four-time Olympian who finished ninth at Atlanta 1996 and seventh at Sydney 2000 in mountain biking.
The Australian Olympic Committee describes Cadel Evans as a four-time Olympian, a former world road cycling champion in 2009 and the winner of the 2011 Tour de France. He started his career as a cross-country mountain bike racer, finishing ninth in the mountain bike race at Atlanta in 1996 and seventh at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
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Cadel Lee Evans (; born 14 February 1977) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist who competed professionally in both mountain biking and road bicycle racing.
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Cadel Lee Evans (; born 14 February 1977) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist who competed professionally in both mountain biking and road bicycle racing.
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Evans became the first Australian rider to win the Tour de France in 2011, riding for the BMC Racing Team.
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Cadel Lee Evans (; born 14 February 1977) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist who competed professionally in both mountain biking and road bicycle racing.
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Cadel Lee Evans (; born 14 February 1977) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist who competed professionally in both mountain biking and road bicycle racing.
Competed In: 2000 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
Early in his career, he was a champion mountain biker, winning the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in 1998 and 1999 and placing seventh in the men's cross-country mountain bike race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Competed In: Tour de France, lead paragraph, competed-in
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.
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