Cadel Evans - Cycling Road World Champion!

Well, I have never had the same hate as many other for some reason have had against Cadel. He is obviously somewhat different that the rest of the top road cyclists, but why dislike a person for being different and being himself… Previously everyone kept saying that he was boring, he never attacks, he’s weird etc. That has never been the case in my world. I remember him in the Giro in 2002 where he totally broke down in a mountain stage where he came as a former MTB rider and was a new interesting rider. Especially the last 3-4 years we have seen him in the front trying to push the pace and win races. But you can’t blame an athlete for not being strong enough. The last two years he has been strong enough and the Worlds was well deserved. I do hope though for him and for the image of cycling that he calms down a bit as he now will ride the Worlds jersey for a year which will give him even more media coverage. For instance such incidents like in the Vuelta where he in a sprint believes Robert Gesink cut him off, which he definitely didn’t, and which Cadel did acknowledge afterwards, but his immediate all though natural reaction to turn into the biggest bitch in pro cycling should be eliminated. Because as a rider Cadel Evans is a fascinating one for sure.