Future BMC teammates Philippe Gilbert and Cadel Evans see what's in store for them at the 2012 Tour de France.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
BMC's Cadel Evans had another top 10 performance(Image credit: Jonathan Devich)
George Hincapie (BMC) and teammate Cadel Evans after Hincapie got the win.(Image credit: Jonathan Devich)
It was an emotional victory for Cadel Evans (BMC) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Pierre Rolland (Europcar), Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) and Cadel Evans (BMC) share the spoils in Paris.(Image credit: Sirotti)
Hugs for Tour de France winner Cadel Evans (BMC) (Image credit: AFP)
BMC kept Cadel Evans out of trouble on the final day.(Image credit: Sirotti)
Frank Schleck (Leopard Trek) leads Cadel Evans (BMC)(Image credit: Sirotti)
Alberto Contador, Sammy Sanchez and Cadel Evans power away from the peloton on the Col de Manse.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Clad in green, Cadel Evans takes a turn at the front of the BMC train.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
BMC rider Cadel Evans leads yellow jersey Voeckler in the final few kilometres.the (Image credit: Peter Goding)
Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank Sungard) leads Cadel Evans (BMC)(Image credit: Rafael Gómez Alonso)
Alberto Contador's (Saxo Bank-Sungard) joy would be short-lived. Cadel Evans (BMC) has pipped him to the line.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
BMC's Cadel Evans and George Hincapie cross the line at the end of stage 3.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Sungard) and Cadel Evans (BMC) dive for the line in a thrilling finish atop the Mur-de-Bretagne.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Team BMC tried hard, but unsucessfully to get Cadel Evans in yellow.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Race leader Cadel Evans (BMC) wins stage six on an uphill finish in Macerata.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Fabio Baldato helps Cadel Evans (BMC) before the start(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Cadel Evans was well-marhsalled by his BMC team.(Image credit: Sirotti)
Australia's first Tour de France winner Cadel Evans and his wife Chiara Passerini are on the verge of adopting a boy from Ethiopia. The parents to be will soon travel home to Switzerland with the twelve-month-old boy.
"Going to Ethiopia was our reason for the early departure from Australia," Chiara Passerini told Fairfax Media.
"We always felt the strong wish to adopt, so we decided to start our family through adoption."
Evans, who will head into the 2012 season as the defending champion at the Tour de France, Tweeted earlier today. "Being quieter on Twitter...busy baby sitting!"
Evans will open his 2012 season at the Tour of Mallorca.
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