Cadel Evans fought his way to a sixth-place finish Saturday on Old Willunga Hill, but the BMC Racing Team leader slipped out of the overall lead by one second to Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEDGE).
Former Tour de France champion Cadel Evans seized the overall lead in the Tour Down Under by winning Thursday’s third stage with a daring break on a corkscrew climb and descent.
BMC Racing Team’s Cadel Evans soloed to victory and into the race lead Thursday at the Santos Tour Down Under.
During the 145km long third stage of Tour Down Under, Tinkoff-Saxo constantly kept leader, Rory Sutherland in the front part of the bunch.
Lampre-Merida rider Diego Ulissi staved off the challenge from local favorite Simon Gerrans to claim the second stage of the Tour Down Under on Wednesday.
Now in its sixteenth year, and as the first major race of the season and first chance to take a lead in the UCI WorldTour, The Tour Down Under is sure to be as action-packed and hard-fought as ever.
Tour de France winner Chris Froome leads a list of 10 riders who have signed new contracts with Team Sky for 2014.
Chris Froome (Sky Procycling), the UCI WorldTour number one-ranked rider, is poised to make his return to racing in cycling’s top league at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal