Decade’s Best: Part 1, The Aussies
Feb 17, 2020
3 minutes
WORDS: PETER MANIATY & KAREN FORMAN
AUSTRALIAN MALE RIDER OF THE DECADE (2010-2019): CADEL EVANS
Cadel Evans began the decade in rainbow stripes, courtesy of his 2009 World Championship victory at Mendrisio, Switzerland. He ends it as Australia’s first, and only, Tour de France winner, happily retired, although still very much involved in the sport he loves as a passionate advocate for active lifestyles and rider safety.
Having come agonisingly close on multiple occasions, Evans finally succeeded in securing the maillot jaune on the Champs-Élysées in 2011. Not unlike the America’s Cup victory of 1983, his historic achievement captured the
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