Today is a great day in the tour de france. Cadel Evans lost 29 minutes in the mountains finishing with the fat sprinters and domestics. If any one can produce footage of him crying himself to sleep tonight I'll pay a hefty PBR bounty.
I was watching stage 16 last night with the GF and at the end when they asked Cadel about the race, Based on his demeanor alone she said "What's with that guy, what's his problem?". I said "He's Cadel Evans". She said "Oh, that guy!". Meaning the guy she had seen in this thread.
For those of you who have seen the 'Cadel Evans 35' chalk on Bannack and wondered what the 35 was about, I may have found a reference, but it's a little out there. From Cadel's own mouth:
“After 14 years of giving up everything in my life for cycling, about 392,000km of training and racing, flying some 35 times around the planet (not including overland flights) to get to where I am in the sport today, anyone who knows my dedication and work ethic (not many), also understands that I would not give up on GC without good reason. Now, it also puts me in vulnerable position to be criticized and blamed.
“Err.... I don't read articles about myself (those few that I do are rarely more than 50% correct), and really, I pay more attention to the liquids and solids I flush down the toilet (good indicator of health and metabolism) each morning than what most critics say.”
"As the two riders entered the final corner, both Evans (Silence-Lotto) and Gesink (Rabobank) were on the right-hand side of a small bunch that also included Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) and Ivan Basso (Liquigas). Gesink moved over to his right at the same time as the Australian attempted to pass on his inside. Evans retaliated with a head-butt to the ribs of the 14-centimetre taller Dutch rider."