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Cadel Evans
| full name: |
Cadel Lee Evans |
| bio: |
Well performing Australian cyclist best known as the winner of the 2011 Le Tour de France, having finished 2nd twice previously. |
| also known as: |
Cuddles |
| born: |
14 February 1977 in Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia |
| family: |
Cadel is married to Chiara Passerini, an Italian pianist |
| physical: |
height: 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
weight: 64 kg (140 lb; 10.1 st) |
| sport: |
Cycling |
| team: |
BMC Racing Team (previously Team Telekom then Davitamon-Lotto) |
| event: |
road racing |
| achievements: |
- Before turning to road cycling in 2001, Evans was a champion mountain biker
- In 2007 he became the first Australian to win the UCI ProTour.
- He won the UCI Road World Championships cycling event on 27 September 2009 in Mendrisio, Switzerland, the first Australian to do so.
- He has the highest Tour de France finishes for an Australian, coming second in 2007 and 2008, fourth in 2006 and ultimately winning the event in 2011.
- In 2011, Cadel became the first Australian to win the Tour de France.
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| what you may not know: |
- Evans inherited his surname from his great-grandfather who hailed from Wales.
- He attended Eltham High School in Melbourne, Victoria during his teenage years.
- Was part of the Australian Institute of Sport team from 1994-1999.
- Evans came 7th in the men's cross-country mountain bike race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
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