Cadel Evans: Officially a Champion!

[auscyclefan94]

It's official Cadel Evans is a winner and a champion. your thoughts...

 

[ak-zaaf]

Doesn't need a thread of it's own.

My thoughts...

 

[Anonymous]

shocked... but, ive never been a fan of cadel, mainly due to his rather uninteresting riding style.. give him his due, he attacked today and got the reward.. maybe he will sit back and think if he had been more like that during his career he may have a few more wins.. so credit where credits due.. i just feel a litlte sick..

i made you youre own gloating thread btw

 

[Moondance]

Clearly the best on the day, attacked at the right times; clearly deserved it. Classy win.


It doesn't mean I'll like him though.

 

[auscyclefan94]

shocked... but, ive never been a fan of cadel, mainly due to his rather uninteresting riding style.. give him his due, he attacked today and got the reward.. maybe he will sit back and think if he had been more like that during his career he may have a few more wins.. so credit where credits due.. i just feel a litlte sick..

i made you youre own gloating thread btw

you are a good sport especially for a pom

 

[Anonymous]

you are a good sport especially for a pom

thanks..

now shuddup about it already

 

[auscyclefan94]

thanks..

now shuddup about it already

sorry, you know i can't

 

[53 x 11]

Man, I'm freaking out. It's not supposed to be like this. Cuddles winning a race, aaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

 

[Ferminal]

Hopefully it's the result he needs to start turning his focus away from the TdF. He could probably end his career with a very successful few years.

 

[ingsve]

This can't be right, he never attacks...

 

[fox1981]

lol @ cuddles.

do you think he'll have anything bad to say about his australian team?

or maybe he will use it to give more grief to silence lotto, showing them what he can do with a decent team. and he got to beat gilbert as well.

 

[Escarabajo]

It's official Cadel Evans is a winner and a champion. your thoughts...

Congratulations. A good reward for a very consistent rider (except for this year's Tour).

 

[53 x 11]

as a TT champ, maybe i could handle that. But RR world champ Im gonna have to take a few days of work and come to terms with this.

 

[fatandfast]

The guy went to a guru and said what's my problem? Guru says it's all in your head. He had his attitude right and jumped at the right time, that little gut check he did at the Vuelta put him on the podium, this time gut check equaled world champ. Good race good job. Fabian is a complete rider, the guy is flying.

 

[auscyclefan94]

I hope cadels attacking final lap proves to him that you control your own fate and takes his winning ways into the rest of his career.

 

[BroDeal]

This can't be right, he never attacks...

The aussie team's DS lied to him. He told Evans that there was a wheel up ahead he could suck.

 

[benpounder]

It's official Cadel Evans is a winner and a champion. your thoughts...

Stand tall auscyclefan (and others). I still dont like the guy, but your guy won, and impressively so.

Be proud Austrialia

 

[benpounder]

Doesn't need a thread of it's own.

My thoughts...

FWIW, I dont like the guy, and I think Cadel's victory does deserve a threat of it's own.

 

[powderpuff]

Be proud Austrialia

I am a little worried about that, Australians love a champion and will gloat but just wait and watch how they turn when he doesn't win everything he goes in. This will be when Cadel really has to be on top mentally, it was hard before but it is going to be harder now.
His website has been suitably updated.

 

[ak-zaaf]

FWIW, I dont like the guy, and I think Cadel's victory does deserve a threat of it's own.

I was just trolling a little

 

[Rosaka]

Even the 1 year old i was looking after whilst watching the race was pointing at the screen gasping 'uh? uh? uh?' in disbelief when Evans started his attack.

 

[benpounder]

I was just trolling a little

Trolling a lot I'd say...
But understand none the less.

As a fanboy of Levi since his first GT podium, I am empathetic to auscyclefan and others. Irrespective of personality and racing quirks, good riders do, occasionally, come out on top.

 

[usedtobefast]

good on him...

 

[180mmCrank]

After all the grief the guy has had over the last couple of years - it's great to see him get something back. A really worthy winner. You can't say he hasn't put the miles in.

Interestingly it seemed to take a while for it to sink in ... certainly not the usual two arm salute and tears we would normally see at the Worlds.

Anyway congrats to the guy and I hope it unlocks some other things for him ... maybe we see him take a classics win next year?

 

[Walshworld]

Jesus, he actually did it.

Evans is usually in the mix and too good a rider not to be part of the favorites but who really expected him to win? A classy victory for a guy that works hard and rides clean. Yeah he has a silly dog and his voice is too high pitched but I'm proud of him. A great and well-deserved win.
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