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Cadel Evans was born
Cadel was born on the 14th February 1977 at the Katherine Hospital, Katherine, in the Northern Territory (Australia). -
Started Competition
Cadel Evans was part of the Australian Institute of Sport team from 1994-1999. -
Summer Olympics
Evans came 7th in the men's cross-country mountain bike race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. -
Road Cycling
Before turning to road cycling in 2001, Evans was a champion mountain biker. -
Married Chiara Passerini
He met Chiara Passerini, an Italian pianist and music teacher, in 2002. The couple eventually got married -
UCI Pro Tour
In 2007 he became the first Australian to win the UCI ProTour. -
UCI Road World Championships
He won the UCI Road World Championships cycling event on 27 September 2009 in Mendrisio, Switzerland, he is the first Australian to do so. -
Tour De France
Finally winning theTour De France in 2011. -
Cadel Evans and his wife adopts a baby boy.
Australia's first Tour de France winner Cadel Evans and his wife Chiara Passerini are on the verge of adopting a boy from Ethiopia. The parents to be will soon travel home to Switzerland with the twelve-month-old boy. -
Coming second and most finishes
Cadel Evans has the highest Tour de France finishes for an Australian, coming second in 2007 and 2008. -
Cadel Evans retires
Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) will retire in 2015, on February 1, after racing in the Great Ocean Race in Melbourne Australia.