Cadel Evans (BMC) toasts Tour de France victory on the road to Paris.(Image credit: AFP)
Cadel Evans and BMC GM Jim Ochowicz confirmed the Australian's retirement in 2015(Image credit: Barry Ryan)
Cadel Evans (BMC) after winning stage 4 of the Tour(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans wore the number one dossard on several grand tours. This time its the 2010 Giro while in the pink jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) collects his one pink jersey from the 2010 Giro(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans on the top step of the 2010 La Flèche Wallonne podium(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) with his typical subdued victory celebration having won the 2010 La Flèche Wallonne(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) enjoys a visit to the 2010 Tour Down Under podium(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) signs on at the Tour Down Under in his new team kit(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans attacks in the rainbow jersey at the 2009 Giro di Lombardia(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans shows off his rainbow jersey at the 2009 Giro di Lombardia(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The top three riders toast each at the 2009 podium. Evans was third overall(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Monte Zoncolan proving to be just a tough as ever as Cadel Evans closes in on the finishline(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans climbing during the 2010 stage 16 time trial to Plan De Corones at the Giro(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans collected the 2010 Premio Azzurri d'Italia(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Alberto Contador thought he'd won the stage and celebrated his ghost win(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) throws his bike to win stage 4 of the 2011 Tour(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
George Hincapie, Andy Rhis and Cadel Evans pose for photos on stage 1 of the 2011 Tour(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans won a second career Tour de Romandie title in 2011(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The Australian team during its home Worlds in Geelong, 2010(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
A crash in 2010 left Cadel Evans nursing a broken elbow but out of respect to the yellow jersey, he battled on(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Thumbs up from Cadel Evans who held the yellow jersey on the first rest day of the 2010 Tour(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) collects the yellow jersey in 2010(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans and Andy Schleck battle on stage 8 of the 2010 Tour de France. Evans would be in yellow at the end of the day(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
2010 was a good for Australia at the Giro as Matt Lloyd won the climbers classification, Evans the points jersey and Richie Porte the best young riders jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans also wore the combination classification jersey at the 2009 Vuelta(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans completed his grand tour leader's jersey collection in 2009 at the Vuelta(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans in the Vuelta's leader's jersey in 2009(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans flying the Australian flag having finished second at the 2007 Tour de France(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The Tour de France podium featured an Australian for the first time in its history when Cadel Evans was second overall in 2007(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans on the top step of the 2006 Tour de Romandie podium(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans celebrates a 2005 stage win at the Tour of Germany(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans loses the sprint for fourth place to Paolo Bettini in 2005(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans with his Australian teammates at the 2004 Worlds held in Verona(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (T-Mobile) at the 2004 Vuelta a Espana(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans in 2004 at the T-Mobile team launch(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans goes on the attack at the 2002 Paris-Nice(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans during his Mapei days in 2002(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans in the Vuelta's combination classification jersey in 2007(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans at the 2007 Giro di Lombardia in the UCI ProTour leader's jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) won a muddy and epic stage of the 2010 Giro d'Italia(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans represented Australia in the time trial at the 2008 Beijing Olympic games(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans congratulates Carlos Sastre on his 2008 victory(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans with a kangaroo waves to the crowd after the 2008 Tour(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The 2008 podium again saw Cadel Evans finish second overall(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans battles to keep the yellow jersey in 2008 but it would be Fränk Schleck making a visit to the podium(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Wearing the number one dossard, Cadel Evans poses for the cameras in the yellow jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans held the yellow jersey on the first rest day of the 2008 Tour so enjoys a moment to read the dailys(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans enjoys his first day in the Tour's yellow jersey in 2008(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
ProCycling's editor Pete Cossins awards the reader's prize to Cadel Evans in 2007(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans was a successful MTB rider before switching to the road(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) adds a polka dot jersey to his collection(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) attacks on the Corkscrew to win the stage and move into the Tour Down Under led in 2014(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) with his son Robel in 2012 on the Champs-Élysée(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) at the 2013 Giro in red just behind the overall winner Vincenzo Nibali (Astana)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
A frozen Cadel Evans (BMC) after the Giro's stage 20 finish at Tre Cime Di Lavaredo in 2013(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
By finishing third at the 2013 Giro, Cadel Evans (BMC) ensured top-three finishes at all three grand tours(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Tajey van Garderen, Cadel Evans and Philippe Gilbert at the pre-Tour press conference in 2013(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) signs on for stage 19 of the 2013 Tour de France(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The time trial to Barolo on stage 13 would prove to be Cadel Evans' last ever day in the maglia rosa(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) in the overall leader's jersey at the 2014 Tour Down Under(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) signing copies of his book at the 2014 Tour Down Under(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) gets the stage win at the Giro del Trentino in the leader's jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) claims the overall win at the Giro delTrentino(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) sprays the champagne as the Giro's race leader in 2014(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) checks his rivals during the 2014 Giro d'Italia(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans with Chief Communications Officer Georges Lüchinger (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans climbs during the 19th stage of the 2007 Vuelta(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) crosses the line and everyone looks back to check the time gaps(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) had the number one dossard for the 2012 Tour(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The 2012 Criterium du Dauphine podium with Cadel Evans in the green points jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Andy Schleck may have won the stage but Cadel Evans won the Tour on stage 18 to Col du Galibier (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
A punishing ride in the time trial saw Cadel Evans (BMC) move into the yellow jersey and secure his Tour de France victory(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
BMC had a special yellow bike for Cadel Evans for the final day stage around the Champs-Élysées in 2011 (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) answers questions from the press on the morning of the final day of the 2011 Tour(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans in yellow on the Champs-Élysées(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The Champs-Élysées finally got to witness Cadel Evans in yellow on the final stage(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) waves to the crowd from the podium(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans celebrates the 2011 Tour de France win his his BMC teamamtes(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
A smile from Cadel Evans (BMC) in 2011 as he contemplates winning the Tour(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Taylor Phinney can't believe the figures on Cadel Evans' SRM(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Tour de France director Christian Prudomme presented the 2012 Tour route with Cadel Evans triumph on display(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans meets the "Crikey Cadel" crocodile(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans does a lap of the Champs-Élysées with an Australian flag draped on his shoulders(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
BMC boss Andy Rhis with a yellow Cadel Evans in 2011(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans with BMC ride a victory lap of the Champs-Élysées in 2011(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) only wore yellow once in 2011 but that was all he needed to do as he won the race overall(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (Australia) celebrates his 2009 World Championships victory(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (Australia) attacked on the final climb of the final circuit in Mendrisio and rode away to collect the 2009 rainbow jersey (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The 2009 World Championships podium (l-to-r): Alexandr Kolobnev (Russia), Cadel Evans (Australia) and Joaquim Rodríguez (Spain)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) in the maglia rosa at the 2014 Giro d'Italia(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans lost the lead in 2009 on the Mont Ventoux(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans during the 2010 Geelong World Champsionships(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC), Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Chris Froome (Team Sky)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) signs in to Stage 10 at the Giro d'Italia(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
The 2014 Men's road race podium, Richie Porte (Team Sky), Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) and Cadel Evans (BMC)(Image credit: Mark Gunter)
Maglia rosa Cadel Evans (BMC Racing)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Ivan Basso, Vincenzo Nibali, Michele Scarponi and Cadel Evans at the 2014 Giro d'Italia route presentation.(Image credit: Sirotti)
Cadel Evans & Victorian Premier Dennis Napthine launch the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race(Image credit: SDP Media)
The top three from 2009: Sammy Sanchez, Alejandro Valverde and Cadel Evans(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
2011 Tirreno-Adriatico winner Cadel Evans (BMC)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The 2011 podium topped by Bradley Wiggins, with Alexander Vinokourov and Cadel Evans(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cadel Evans (BMC) puts everything he has into climbing the Monte Grappa(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Cadel Evans (BMC) holds aloft his bike(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Cadel Evans (BMC) celebrates on the podium in Paris.(Image credit: Sirotti)
Cadel Evans (Lotto) in a lot of pain(Image credit: Luc Claessen)
2009 Worlds: Cadel Evans (Australia) attacks with all his might in the closing kilometres and rides away alone to a world title(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Cadel Evans (Australia) grins on the podium.(Image credit: Sirotti)
Cadel Evans (Australia) was emotional on the podium(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Cadel Evans (Australia) wins the 2009 World Championship Road Race.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Cadel Evans (Australia) after crossing the finish line.(Image credit: Sirotti)
Cadel Evans (Australia) fought hard but couldn't pull out a medal winning ride.(Image credit: Casey Gibson)
Cadel Evans (BMC) was near tears as he admitted his Tour hopes were over.(Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) fought valiantly to defend his yellow jersey, despite a fractured elbow.(Image credit: Sirotti)
Cadel Evans celebrated his second podium spot in Paris(Image credit: AFP)
Clad in green, Cadel Evans takes a turn at the front of the BMC train.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Cadel Evans (BMC) lines up in the ochre jersey for the first time.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Evans, the only Australia to have won the Tour de France (2011) and the World Championships (2009), will race in BMC colours at the Australian championships and the Tour Down Under next January, before stepping into a new role as a global ambassador for the bicycle company following the Great Ocean Race.
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