I will get my Cadel fanboy hat on again and say mark Coucke
“You're not happy when you hear of such a transfer,” Coucke said. “Of course it is hard, but we have to continue.
“When Cadel Evans arrived with us, he was Mister Nobody.” He noted that Evans “will want to cash in on his [World Champion] rainbow jersey and he apparently got the chance to get a big raise.”
Mister Nobody hey, at 25 evans had
1993
1st U-17 XC Australian MTB Champion
1994
1st U-19 XC Australian MTB Champion
2nd U-19 XC Mountain Bike World Championchips
1995
3rd U-19 XC Mountain Bike World Championchips
3rd Individual Time Trial Juniors World Championship
1996
1st XC Australian MTB Champion
3rd U-23 XC Mountain Bike World Championchips
9th Atlanta Olympics Mountain Bike Race
1997
1st XC Australian MTB Champion
2nd U-23 XC Mountain Bike World Championchips
1998
1st Overall, Mountain Bike World Cup
1999
1st Overall, Mountain Bike World Cup
1st Overall Tour of Tasmania
1st Stage 3
1st Young rider's competition Tour Down Under
2nd U23 XC Mountain Bike World Championchips
2000
7th Sydney Olympics Mountain Bike Cross Country
2001
1st Overall Tour of Austria
2nd Team Relay Mountain Bike World Championchips
2002
1st Individual Time Trial Commonwealth Games
1st Stage 5 Tour Down Under
1st King Mountains Competition
1st Stage 1 Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale
1st Stage 4 International UNIQA Classic
2nd Road Race Commonwealth Games
3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
14th Overall Giro d'Italia
Held Maglia Rosa for Stage 16-17
2003
1st King Mountains Competition Tour Down Under
2004
1st Overall Tour of Austria
1st Stage 2
says a lot about what he knows about cycling. Also he comments on how he was cashing in on his value after the worlds. Firstly, the deal was close to being confirmed. Secondly, he personally had to pay out his contract from lotto. Thirdly, he will lose a considerable amount of what he would be originally earning at Lotto. BMC is a pro conti team.