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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Cadel Evans, Ian Browne, Stuart O'Grady, Robbie McEwen, Anna Meares, Tony Marchant, Bradley McGee, Shane Kelly, Nathan O'Neill, Anna Millward, Michael Rogers, Ryan Bayley, Luke Roberts, Katherine Bates, Baden Cooke, Simon Gerrans, Gary Neiwand, Graeme Brown, Danny Clark, Cameron Meyer, Kathy Watt, Dan Ellis, Mark French, Brett Lancaster, Katie Mactier, Jack Bobridge, Ron Baensch, Lucy Tyler-Sharman, Mark Jamieson, Russell Mockridge, Oenone Wood, Daryl Perkins, Stephen Wooldridge, Dunc Gray, Matt White, Sara Carrigan, Lionel Cox, Darryn Hill, Matthew Lloyd, Lisa Mathison, Neil Stephens, Damian McDonald, Dean Woods, Martin Vinnicombe, Heiko Salzwedel, Robert McLachlan, Steele Bishop, Michael Turtur, Patrick Jonker, Jared Graves, Michael Grenda, Nicole Callisto, Paul Rowney, Kamakazi, John Nicholson, Luke Madill, Clyde Sefton, Brett Aitken, Kevin Nichols, Frank Brazier. Excerpt: Cadel Lee Evans (pronounced, born 14 February 1977) is an Australian professional racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam BMC Racing Team and winner of the 2011 Tour de France. In 2007, Evans became the first Australian to win the UCI ProTour. Before turning to road cycling in 2001, Evans was a champion mountain biker, first riding for the Diamondback MTB team, then for the Volvo-Cannondale MTB team, winning the World Cup in 1998 and 1999 and placing seventh in the men's cross-country mountain bike race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He became the first Australian to win the UCI Road World Championships cycling event on 27 September 2009 in Mendrisio, Switzerland. In 2011, Evans became the first Australian to win the Tour de France. Cadel was born on 14 February 1977 at the Katherine Hospital, Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia, to Helen Cocks, a bank manager, and Paul Evans, a council foreman. He spent early childhood in the small aborig...