Cadel Evans crystallized his Tour de France victory five years before it happened.
With one week to go until the 2025 edition, we look back at Cadel’s career-defining Stage 18 ride and his penultimate stage time-trial in 2011, which saw him become the first ever Aussie to win the Tour.
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He was just as dirty as Lance, he just didn't ruffle as many feathers and was allowed to get away with his doping. Cadel was a stalwart of that extremely dirty era.
I still vividly remember this win. Cadel on the podium and Tina Area singing the national anthem. He was so close so many times. It was as if the needed a stronger team to help home over the line. Clearly in 2011 they were strong enough.
Andy Schleck should’ve ridden the Dauphiné instead of the Tour de Suisse. It had an almost carbon copy of the Grenoble TT that Evans had had a race-conditions recce of a month prior. It’s been over a decade and I’m still bitter 😂
Love cadel
ALL DOPERS!