Cadel Evans Biography Essay

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Profile Full Name: Cadel Lee Evans Nickname: Cuddles Born: 14 February 1977, Katherine, Northern Territory Parents: Helen Cocks and Paul Evans Wife: Chiara Passerini Kids: Robel Evans Early Life He was born in the Katherine Hospital in 1977. In the small Aboriginal community of Barunga he spent is early child hood, 80km East of Katherine. When he was 7 he was hit on the head by a horse and spent 7 days in hospital in an induced coma. In 1986 his parents separated and he moved with is mum first to Armidale, New South Wales and then to Eltham, Melbourne where Cadel’s mum still lives. The schools Cadel attended to were Newling Public School in Armidale and Eltham High School in Melbourne. In 1995 started his international career as a scholarship …show more content…

He got 1st in 1993, 1994, 1996 and 1997 at the National Mountain Bike Championships. 1st place in the young rider classification at the 1999 Tour Down Under. He got 7th in the Mountain Bike Cross Country at the Sydney Olympics. 1st overall in 2001 and 2004 at the Tour of Austria. In 2005 he got 8th overall in the Tour de France. In 2006 he got 1st overall at the Tour de Romandie, in the Tour Down Under he got 1st place overall in the Mountains classification, 4th overall in the TDF (Tour de France), 7th overall Tour of California and 9th overall at the Tour de Suisse. In 2007 he was the UCI Pro Tour Champion and also came 2nd overall at the TDF. In 2008 he got 2nd overall again at the TDF. In 2009 Cadel got 1st place in road race world championships and got many other great achievements in that year. In 2010 Cadel placed 5th overall in the Giro d’Italia, also at that tour he got a stage win, 1st in the points classification and held the leaders jersey Maglia Rosa for a couple of stages. Also in 2010 he got 6th overall at the Tour Down Under and got the most aggressive rider award on stage 5. At the Tour de France that year he held the leaders jersey, Maillot Jaune (the yellow jersey) for stage

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