Cadel Evans, your 2011 Tour De France winner.

When Australian road racer Cadel Evans was 14, he announced to his family that he was going to one day win the Tour De France, the world’s most prestigious bicycle race.  The Australian, from Katherine in the Northern Territory, learned to ride as a mountain biker, then spent two years making the transition to road racer, suffering crashes and poor finishes while adjusting to the new way of working.  However, the time spent was good for him; Evans was known as one of the few complete cyclists, meaning he can do everything from sprinting to climbing to support to winning the Tour De France.  Cadel Evans, 34, won the Tour De France on Sunday.

“As a young child we aspire to a lot of things in life and watching the Tour de France in 1991 and seeing Indurain tear everyone to pieces planted a small seed in my head that continued to grow,” said Evans to the French after his victory.  “I went through some difficult periods – for two years I was really unlucky coming so close to winning but maybe it’s just made it all that more special now.”

Evans had taken second place two years in a row, 2007 and 2008, to eventual winner Lance Armstrong.  Luxembourg brothers Andy and Frank Schleck took second and third, respectively.  The top American finisher was Tom Danielson, who finished ninth.

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