Evans scuttles overall hopes in favour of Tour de France stage hunt

The thought of Cadel Evans losing over eight minutes to Chris Froome in a Tour de France time trial looked unimaginable two weeks ago - let alone two years ago - but that is what happened on stage 17 after the Australian deliberately lost time.

Daniel Benson

Daniel Benson was the Editor in Chief at Cyclingnews.com between 2008 and 2022. Based in the UK, he joined the Cyclingnews team in 2008 as the site's first UK-based Managing Editor. In that time, he reported on over a dozen editions of the Tour de France, several World Championships, the Tour Down Under, Spring Classics, and the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the help of the excellent editorial team, he ran the coverage on Cyclingnews and has interviewed leading figures in the sport including UCI Presidents and Tour de France winners.