Cadel Evans
Cadel Evans (born 14 February 1977 in Katherine, Northern Territory) is an Australian professional bicycle race driver. In 2011, he is the first Australian to win the Tour de France.[1][2][3]
Early life
[change | change source]Cadel Evans was born on 14 February 1977 at the Katherine Hospital, Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia. He is the son of Helen Cocks, a bank manager and Paul Evans, a council foreman.[4] He spent his early childhood in the small aboriginal community of Barunga, 80 km east of Katherine.[5] At the age of seven, he was hit in the head by a horse and spent seven days in an induced coma. In 1986, his parents got divorced and he moved with his mother to Armidale, New South Wales. Later they moved to the state of Victoria. Skateboarding was one of his interests when he was a teenager. His father describes him as a good student, but otherwise just an ordinary kid who would leave his toys around. "Not in [my] wildest dreams" would he imagine that his son would become a top world athlete.[4]
Evans attended Newling Public School in Armidale, and Eltham High School in Melbourne.[6]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Evans triumphiert als erster Australier bei Tour | STERN.DE". stern.de. 2011. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
- ↑ "Tour de France - Cadel Evans Speeds Past Andy Schleck - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. New York. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
- ↑ "Cadel Evans to be Australia's first Tour de France winner | The Australian". theaustralian.com.au. 2011. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Daniel Emerson and Arjun Ramachandran (25 July 2008). "True grit: quirky kid's a tour de force". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax.
- ↑ Kerry Sharp (25 July 2011). "Cadel fever takes over the Top End". Accidentally Outback. Heartland Publishing.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Stephanie Vizard (25 July 2007). "Five things you didn't know about Cadel Evans". Australian Women's Weekly. ninemsn. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
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