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Australian Cadel Evans, the 2009 world champion and 2011 Tour de France winner, has announced he will retire from cycling next February.Australian Cadel Evans, the 2009 world champion and 2011 Tour de France winner, has announced he will retire from cycling next February.
Evans, who will thereafter become an ambassador for his BMC Racing Team, will race for the final time on February 1 at the inaugural edition of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. Evans, who will thereafter become an ambassador for his BMC Racing Team, will race for the final time on 1 February at the inaugural edition of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race.
The 37-year-old said: “I feel it is the right time to end my journey in competitive professional cycling. For me this is not the end, but the beginning of a new chapter of my life in cycling.”The 37-year-old said: “I feel it is the right time to end my journey in competitive professional cycling. For me this is not the end, but the beginning of a new chapter of my life in cycling.”