Cadel Evans, I told you it was his year.

[Verzino]

Cadel Evans = Tony Rominger

 

[luckyboy]

Cadel Evans = Tony Rominger

minus the GT wins

 

[yourwelcome]

If he would make the top ten that would be an exceptionally good performance for a rider with his abilities and his age.

On the one hand I think that with his new team he may yet pull something out of the box this year if his luck stays good compared to the competition, but on the other hand, I'm with you in thinking that's a perhaps brutal but realistic assessment.

And also realistically, that's not a failure but a great performance he should be feeling very good about. Ending up on the podium would be awesome and judging by his luck so far that might actually be achievable this year.

 

[auscyclefan94]

'Nother good day for Cadel, some of the other podium contenders were having Cadel's usual bad luck & Cadel's team were again on the ball & close to the front at the crucial times.
Wonder if the team boss Andy Rihs has got them on a bit of a bonus to get Cadel up there, does money talk at this race.

Lol, I think they are getting paid quite well as it is. Morabito, Santaromita and Moinard are all dropping off the back and not doing very much at all so far so they are staying fresh. Going to need a big performance from those boys especially Steve Morabito.

I know it's safer to be up the front for stages like today and the past few, but I'm thinking with all these constant top20 finishes whether he's going too hard too early and will run out of steam by the mountains.

How??? He's just keeping out of trouble. Most of the other gc contenders are around the same positions or are only 10 or 20 positions behind which isn't overly significant. At Lotto he was left to his own accord in the finale of which he would of wasted a lot more energy trying to stay up the front.

 

[Angliru]

Probably not that much up to the rider even though he would have a lot to do with it.
The man who is putting up the money, Andy Riihs, would be the driver as to which GT he wants. If he wants to make his bikes a worldwide product the the TDF is the one, not sure about the US but in Aus (very small part of the world market) & here the Giro or Vuelta hardly rate even amongst recreational riders let alone the general public.
So a tour win would launch his brand & if he (Andy Riihs) there is probably quite a few million dollars awaiting a marketing campaign to launch their product over the perennial tour winner (Trek).
The riders are pawns for the dollars of big time egos.

It seems with the high profile that Evans has in Australia as their most prominent and successful cyclist possibly of all-time, any bike he rides would be quite well known and prime for marketing success. How did Ridley and Canyon bikes do in the time his teams rode them?

 

[Archibald]

How??? He's just keeping out of trouble. Most of the other gc contenders are around the same positions or are only 10 or 20 positions behind which isn't overly significant. At Lotto he was left to his own accord in the finale of which he would of wasted a lot more energy trying to stay up the front.

I'm not looking at last year(s), but take the last two days - 11th and 12th while schlecklet, AC, Gesink, etc are back in the 30-50 bracket. Far more effort to be right at the pointy end than coasting further back. Does he need to drive that hard to "stay out of trouble"? It's not like he's gaining any time on them by being that high up in the bunch...
He's going to need a lot of energy for the mountains because he really hasn't got much time on schleck junior who's clearly cruising at the moment.

It seems with the high profile that Evans has in Australia as their most prominent and successful cyclist possibly of all-time, any bike he rides would be quite well known and prime for marketing success. How did Ridley and Canyon bikes do in the time his teams rode them?

I don't think Canyon has ever been available in Aus.

 

[Angliru]

I'm not looking at last year(s), but take the last two days - 11th and 12th while schlecklet, AC, Gesink, etc are back in the 30-50 bracket. Far more effort to be right at the pointy end than coasting further back. Does he need to drive that hard to "stay out of trouble"? It's not like he's gaining any time on them by being that high up in the bunch...
He's going to need a lot of energy for the mountains because he really hasn't got much time on schleck junior who's clearly cruising at the moment.



I don't think Canyon has ever been available in Aus.

Canyon is or was an on-line distributor. I don't think they offered their bikes in stand alone bike shops or at least not when Evans was riding them.

 

[Oldman]

I'm not looking at last year(s), but take the last two days - 11th and 12th while schlecklet, AC, Gesink, etc are back in the 30-50 bracket. Far more effort to be right at the pointy end than coasting further back. Does he need to drive that hard to "stay out of trouble"? It's not like he's gaining any time on them by being that high up in the bunch...
He's going to need a lot of energy for the mountains because he really hasn't got much time on schleck junior who's clearly cruising at the moment.



I don't think Canyon has ever been available in Aus.

Don't agree on the effort. He seems to have a nice rotating group of guys keeping him there and without alot of barging around. As long as he's on the downwind side he's not working that hard and it's less stressful. Gesink's "zone" put him into a guardrail so it's hard to argue his positioning. Today guys were crashing on a wide road with no visible wind and the pressure off. It makes sense to be where you have the entire peloton for company if you go down; ask Horner.

 

[Anonymous]

For those who might not have seen it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBtqSRsVkBc&feature=player_embedded

 

[Parrulo]

For those who might not have seen it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBtqSRsVkBc&feature=player_embedded

was it just me or evans was actually afraid of cav? the way he nudges his head in relief after cav is gone . . . .

maybe the little missile is tougher then people think

also that was totally uncalled he knew he was surrounded by people and was going to get some1 wet. evans still is a diva

 

[ManInFull]

It certainly may be Cadel's time. Luck maybe on his side--avoiding all of the crashes this week speaks volumes about his fortune. In year's past, he seemed to always end up on the asphalt at some point.

 

[Oldman]

It certainly may be Cadel's time. Luck maybe on his side--avoiding all of the crashes this week speaks volumes about his fortune. In year's past, he seemed to always end up on the asphalt at some point.

He also didn't do what Archibald was taking him to task for: using team members to stay in the very front. The difference fighting for space when the peloton is 8+riders wide as opposed to 3 to 4 is huge and that has kept him in good company. His team may be tired when they start going up but he doesn't look to have wasted much effort; particularly he hasn't had to chase back on umpteen times like everyone else.

 

[goggalor]

For those who might not have seen it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBtqSRsVkBc&feature=player_embedded

That's so funny how he sprays him with a bottle of Vittel water.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I think Cadel is one of the only one to get through the first week unscathed. Only the Schlecks, Basso and Klöden also managed that.

Knowing Evans however, he might as well crash in the 1st mt stage like last year and still be done with. Especially because in the mountains I don't rate the BMC team and they have lesser guys to keep him in front of all crashes.

On the flat BMC is fine, they've proven that...but in the hills and mountains? Hmm.

 

[Anonymous]

For those who might not have seen it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBtqSRsVkBc&feature=player_embedded

I try to like the guy, but this is the reason he is just unlovable. He apologizes to Cav, but says nothing to the guy he threw the water on. What a ******. It is a crowded place, and that guy he threw water on was just doing his job. No reason to be such a pr!ck. I guess he didn't think the Vittel guy could kick his a$$, but maybe Cav could?

 

[rides like a girl]

For those who might not have seen it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBtqSRsVkBc&feature=player_embedded

was it just me or evans was actually afraid of cav? the way he nudges his head in relief after cav is gone . . . .

maybe the little missile is tougher then people think

also that was totally uncalled he knew he was surrounded by people and was going to get some1 wet. evans still is a diva

That's so funny how he sprays him with a bottle of Vittel water.

Perhaps cuddles is upset the cameras next to him seem to be moving past him to Cav. How dare they not interview him! Don't they know who he is?

Uncalled for Cadel. Childish.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Wow, some people want to make something out of such a minute thing... Funnily enough it doesn't show the event that caused him to do that but replayed him chucking some water on someone. I am sure that man is scarred for life.

 

[El Pistolero]

Lol, I think they are getting paid quite well as it is. Morabito, Santaromita and Moinard are all dropping off the back and not doing very much at all so far so they are staying fresh. Going to need a big performance from those boys especially Steve Morabito.



How??? He's just keeping out of trouble. Most of the other gc contenders are around the same positions or are only 10 or 20 positions behind which isn't overly significant. At Lotto he was left to his own accord in the finale of which he would of wasted a lot more energy trying to stay up the front.

Actually that's not true at all. Cadel used to ask his team mates at Lotto to bring him in the wheels of a random guy Cadel chose to follow a whole day long like Leipheimer or Contador. Mario Aerts has some good stories about your boy

 

[Je ne sais quoi]

For those who might not have seen it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBtqSRsVkBc&feature=player_embedded

Looks like another don't-touch-me incident.

He says (in French), Hey hey, don't touch, don't touch. Then he throws the water, and when the guy turns around, he says, Hey watch it, you push me. Then to Cavendish, Sorry man.

Probably Cav had nothing to do with it, but still, this would be a good moment to cue a scene from Inspector Clouseau:
I thought you said your dog did not bite.
That is not my dog.

 

[Parrulo]

Actually that's not true at all. Cadel used to ask his team mates at Lotto to bring him in the wheels of a random guy Cadel chose to follow a whole day long like Leipheimer or Contador. Mario Aerts has some good stories about your boy

oh those stories are hilarious. cadel evans is mentally unstable. ofc ACF had to defend evans even when he does something as stupid as that.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Actually that's not true at all. Cadel used to ask his team mates at Lotto to bring him in the wheels of a random guy Cadel chose to follow a whole day long like Leipheimer or Contador. Mario Aerts has some good stories about your boy

Actually it is true. Many times he was left on his own. Watch the videos.

 

[El Pistolero]

Actually it is true. Many times he was left on his own. Watch the videos.

Yes, because of his own weird tactics of wheelsucking a random guy all day.

 

[Anonymous]

oh those stories are hilarious. cadel evans is mentally unstable. ofc ACF had to defend evans even when he does something as stupid as that.

Cuddles can do no wrong in his fanboy's eyes.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Cuddles can do no wrong in his fanboy's eyes.

It is water. Get the **** over it you Drama Queen. It was a silly thing to do but the video clearly has an agenda in making Evans look bad by replaying what he did yet it doesn't show what the Water guy did except you claim that he barely touched you yet you can't even say that in the video. Are you going to listen to Cadel's sde? I don't think so...

I love how some of you sit on your high moral perches and judge people. You guys are so perfect and have never done anything wrong in your lives, haven't you?

@CadelOfficial

That was nuts....nursed through 226km of crashes to nearly get flattened by race security after the line. #anotherdayattheoffice #TdF

 

[Anonymous]

Funny, ACF blocked me Twitter because I questioned him over Cuddles. Its amazing how fanboys share the personalities of their heroes many times.

I still want Cuddles to win, but he really makes it tough to like him.