Echoes said:Third attempt to express my opinion on this topic. This time, please, leave me alone, and stop deleting.
Evans is a full time professional racer, racing from February to October, just like any cycling rider since Nativity. This links him all cycling greats of the past. He's honouring "small" races with his presence. His consistency is remarkable for a rider of his era, if though there are more and more like him since about 2010 (Nibali, Gesink, Cancellara, Gilbert, A Schleck, etc.)
C***tador is a pretty damn joke, racing 50 days a year (60 if you include criteriums), finishing in July, a*se-licking the biggest race organisers (ASO, RCS) and then finishing the year, sunbathing on the beaches of Cancun.
CAS matters
Yeah, and that's a mere detail, of course.
Enjoy your forthcoming vacation.
Evans climbed off his bike in August, this year.
The year before, he interrupted his round of opening supermarkets to swan around, finishing nowhere in a joke of a race in the US......in August.
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cycling/cadel-evans-off-the-pace-20110826-1jdg4.html
Milan-Turin 26th September.