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)
The then world champion Cadel Evans was dropped by Ivan Basso in 2010(Image credit: AFP)
2009 Worlds: Australia's Cadel Evans basks in the moment of winning the world championship(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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 has confirmed that he will bring the curtain down on his professional career at the inaugural Great Ocean Race on February 1 next year. The Australian’s decision to retire had been widely rumoured in recent months and he brought an end to the speculation with a specially-convened press conference in Ponferrada on Thursday ahead of the weekend’s world championships road race.
1st Tour de France 2011 1st Tour de Romandie 2006, 2011 1st Tirreno–Adriatico 2011 1st Giro del Trentino 2014 1st Critérium International 2012 1st Settimana Coppi e Bartali 2008 1st World Road Race Championships 2009 1st La Flèche Wallonne 2010 1st points classification, Giro d'Italia 2010 2nd Tour de France, 2007, 2008 3rd Giro d'Italia 2013 3rd Vuelta a España 2009
Barry Ryan was Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.
