My favourite Cadel moment was after a rainy stage win in the Tour of Alberta. I was waiting for an autograph while he was waiting to go through the anti doping process. It was raining, and my 2 year old was splashing in a nearby puddle. Cadel watched him and smiled, telling me how he reminded him of his own son. After the press conference he stopped in the hallway so we could get a picture of him with my kids. Such an absolute gentleman.
have you seen the interview he did alongside Froome, both are so alike, never been subjected to anything but cycling lolol, hearing them speak they seem almost child like
Thank you - we'll have more coming out over the next three weeks to tie in with the Giro d'Italia Classics on our app: app.globalcyclingnetwork.com/zB1a
@Paul Wieringa Have you ever met a cyclist Paul? I mean if you are one you are also probably boring and emotionally stunted, people who aren't don't usually do solitary sports involving hours by themselves. There are exceptions ofc.
This was hard to figure out and find..I love it and glad I found it You guys and gals do a great job of everything...I love this network..I am 70 and have been riding for 40 years...got an ebike 2 years ago..a month ago, hubby set up a Wahoo for me and I am now doing Zwift stuff...
Super proud to be working with Cadel in developing the latest superbikes. He's a legend and such a great guy! He sure is in great shape, helping to push my 91 kilo fat bottom over some tricky Jura mountains last summer.
cant remember the stage but in the tour against andy schleck! possibly the best stage ever. schleck went flat out from the bottom of the climb but cadel slowly got some time back nearer to the top. he didnt win but it was a display of determination and general 'hard bastardery'
And the best thing is he was totally natural even though the Shlecks were doping Cadel could mix it up with them....because he was just that talented.... yeah right!
Ultimate cycling pro geek! If it were possible to DQ riders regardless of when they test positive (or finally admit to it) , then Cadel has another 2 TDF titles... 2005 he finished 8th and all above him have or had been caught doping. 2007 second to Alberto “clem” ontador. An additional 2nd place would be awarded in 2006... and like 2008 was beaten by another clean rider Carlos Sastre. Clean in Cadels case is a little tainted... he was implicated with Dr Ferrari in 2005 ... apparently nothing stuck...
Cadel Evans is undoubtedly a cycling legend, but come on, a Giro legend?! A single stage win, 1 victory in the points classification and a 3rd, a 5th and an 8th place in the GC hardly makes a legend, does it? The bar is a little bit higher than that, to me at least. Even post-2000 there's Mario Cippolini, Alessandro Petacchi, Gilberto Simoni, Paolo Savoldelli, Ivan Basso, Alberto Contador, Paolo Bettini, Stefano Garzelli...
andrew7taylor Cippolini! Giro legend? Nope, he never ever finished the race only winning the first weeks flat stages especially made for him by the organisers.
D J I would say that makes Cipollini even more of a legend. Being able to win to most stages in the Giro history without finishing the race 😂 having a smoke to open up the lungs before going for the sprint. 😂 totally mental! That would never work nowadays. I would also say that the racing format is a bit to blame for this. Why should Cippo even try to go up Mortirolo or any other Giro climb if he knew he would not make the time limit and all the sprint stages where already done. Scandals and everything, you can’t say that Cipollini isn’t a Giro legend.
@@DJ-qi4ry Pretty sure it's more important what he did rather than what he didn't do regards to becoming a legend. Pretty sure that he has finished the Giro 6 times, won the points competition 3 times and won 42 stages, more than anybody in the history of the race. Pretty sure that not just GC riders can become legends, but all the other types of riders if they get enough results. Just because climbing wasn't his forte so usually he didn't finish GTs to allow him to dominate races later in the year doesn't make him a worse rider, just different. I'm also pretty sure that flat stages have always been a part of cycling because that's where cities are. When Alfredo Binda won the Giro for the 5th time in 1933, 8 of the 17 stages were completely flat stages. Were those made especially for Cipollini too, 40 years before he was born? Plus there's the matter of personality. Peter Sagan has won the same amount of Monuments as Niki Terpstra, Alexander Kristoff, John Degenkolb or Simon Gerrans did. Yet, he's bigger in the history of cycling than any of them. Why? Because he's a larger than life type of guy. Cippo was a bigger deal than any rider in the 90s and early 2000s because he wasn't just a champion, but he looked like a champion and he acted like a champion, too. He always had something up his sleeve, muscle skinsuits, zebra, techno and Roman gladiator jerseys. Even to this day, leaders of the GC in GTs ride colour-matched bikes and equipment and sprinters ride behind leadout trains only because Super Mario invented them. Pretty sure that's enough contribution to make someone a legend!
@@jakobjarle4597 Yeah spot on! Cipo deserves a mention for the shear amount of doping he managed to get away with. Maybe the GCN definition of 'legends' doesn't include cheaters. Strange huy?
Simon Goh gotta be careful looking back at such things. While he may not have doped, he most certainly had support from those who did, George Hincapie, et. al.
2nd in 2007 TDF to Contador. There was plenty of doping then and Contador certainly doped during his time. 2nd in 2008 to Sastre may be harder to argue as Carlos never tested positive and to many in the peleton like Evans was one of the clean guys. Sastre had Riis as his DS and Tyler Hamilton on his team raises eyebrows though. Loyalty was a key demand from Riis in that CSC 08 tour team. I would be suprised if there wasn't at least 1 rider on Cadel's 07 & 08 teams that wasn't juiced, but you can't directly blame Cadel or any other team leader if they didn't know about it.
Hey GCN, just for an exercise , go over Cadels results , take out the Dopers & note where he should have finished , I have him as a 4x TDF winner on that basis.........
What? There are so many other highlights in Evans career. There was the time Evans team left him alone on the side of the toad, there was the fight with the Scheleck bro’s in the Tour d France.
If I don't see Andy Hampsten on this list some day, I will drive to the airport, fly to England, then drive to your studio and once there I will knock your coffee maker over and storm out. Then return to the office and apologize, because I am a really nice guy at heart...
Strange choice for a Giro legend. I really like Cadel Evans but he isn’t really Gino Bartali or Mario Cipollini... how many of these are you going to make. 🤔I could probably come up with at least 20 riders being Giro legends before making it to Cadel. 😉
HOLD ON A MINTUTE - WTF is she saying we dont have a Giro to watch this year = given GCN's background in screwing things up #gcncurse THANKS A FKG LOT - it beter had work out this year !!!!!! we dont need any bad'mouthing by gcn or anyone else cause im clucking for some cycling to watch !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
" The first non European " sadly cycling is beyond nationalist, is that a "continental" reference? Seriously make it make sense. Allegedly cycling is all about riding bikes, but why all the divisive terms & exclusive language?
Hi Lucy, we are always looking out for ex-professional bike riders to join our presenting team, if you know of any Female ex-pros that would be interested then encourage them to get in contact! We recently welcomed Manon Lloyd as a presenter on GCN and she's a fantastic addition to the team.
All those years while Lance was climbing those huge mountains at a ferocious pace who was always one of the last few contenders right on Lance's wheel. Cadel that's who. But sure, even though Lance was super gifted and full of drugs Cadel could ride with him on pure ability. Well over here I have the tower of London for sale. I'm sure you will buy it because clearly you will buy anything. Cadel like Froome and Wiggins are a disgrace to the sport. Lemond was the last true clean champion.
Great insight, looking forward to these! But please no more 'MAG-LEE-A'. It's 'MAL-EE-A', pass it on to one of the other presenters also, cough cough, Hank. Think it'd make a great impact and add professionalism to nail pronunciations a little more, doesn't take long to look/listen online. Look at Lanterne Rouge for great example of his effort...
@@gcn Why not have a presenter challenge on the correct pronunciation of classic cycling terminology? A native speaker from respective languages could be the final arbitrator. I'm guessing it would be a close call between Lloydy and Ollie. Hank has no chance but would be a huge laugh.
My favourite Cadel moment was after a rainy stage win in the Tour of Alberta. I was waiting for an autograph while he was waiting to go through the anti doping process. It was raining, and my 2 year old was splashing in a nearby puddle. Cadel watched him and smiled, telling me how he reminded him of his own son. After the press conference he stopped in the hallway so we could get a picture of him with my kids. Such an absolute gentleman.
Sounds like an absolute gentleman, thanks for sharing that with us :)
Hard to imagine how gritty a competitor he was when you talk to him; such a lovely bloke. Greatest Australian rider ever.
have you seen the interview he did alongside Froome, both are so alike, never been subjected to anything but cycling lolol, hearing them speak they seem almost child like
A longer focus on a specific rider is a great move, GCN.
Thank you - we'll have more coming out over the next three weeks to tie in with the Giro d'Italia Classics on our app: app.globalcyclingnetwork.com/zB1a
I love your pronunciation, its clear and very understandable also for foreigners. Thanks so much.
Happy to hear that, thanks for watching!
Definitely give his book a read soooo gooood!
Awesome book
@Paul Wieringa Have you ever met a cyclist Paul? I mean if you are one you are also probably boring and emotionally stunted, people who aren't don't usually do solitary sports involving hours by themselves. There are exceptions ofc.
This was hard to figure out and find..I love it and glad I found it You guys and gals do a great job of everything...I love this network..I am 70 and have been riding for 40 years...got an ebike 2 years ago..a month ago, hubby set up a Wahoo for me and I am now doing Zwift stuff...
Super proud to be working with Cadel in developing the latest superbikes. He's a legend and such a great guy! He sure is in great shape, helping to push my 91 kilo fat bottom over some tricky Jura mountains last summer.
More of these, please. Very nicely done and I love the accompanying photos.
A good time for us to brush up on our history. 🙂
Absolute legend!!
cant remember the stage but in the tour against andy schleck! possibly the best stage ever. schleck went flat out from the bottom of the climb but cadel slowly got some time back nearer to the top. he didnt win but it was a display of determination and general 'hard bastardery'
And the best thing is he was totally natural even though the Shlecks were doping Cadel could mix it up with them....because he was just that talented.... yeah right!
Story time with Manon is the best time! Tell us more stories about inspiring racers. And can they include women, too?
Ausie Ausie Ausie - oy oy oy, love it
And he's a genuinely nice bloke to boot!
Thanks, Manon, these biopics are great already, as are Ollie's bikopics like his first on the steeds of Mr. Nibali.
Giro 2010 stage 7 is my favourite stage of any Grand Tour.
Ultimate cycling pro geek! If it were possible to DQ riders regardless of when they test positive (or finally admit to it) , then Cadel has another 2 TDF titles... 2005 he finished 8th and all above him have or had been caught doping. 2007 second to Alberto “clem” ontador. An additional 2nd place would be awarded in 2006... and like 2008 was beaten by another clean rider Carlos Sastre.
Clean in Cadels case is a little tainted... he was implicated with Dr Ferrari in 2005 ... apparently nothing stuck...
is the shop shipping as usual？ i placed my order and its been 4 days without any email for tracking number
Cadel Evans is undoubtedly a cycling legend, but come on, a Giro legend?!
A single stage win, 1 victory in the points classification and a 3rd, a 5th and an 8th place in the GC hardly makes a legend, does it?
The bar is a little bit higher than that, to me at least. Even post-2000 there's Mario Cippolini, Alessandro Petacchi, Gilberto Simoni, Paolo Savoldelli, Ivan Basso, Alberto Contador, Paolo Bettini, Stefano Garzelli...
andrew7taylor Cippolini! Giro legend? Nope, he never ever finished the race only winning the first weeks flat stages especially made for him by the organisers.
D J I would say that makes Cipollini even more of a legend. Being able to win to most stages in the Giro history without finishing the race 😂 having a smoke to open up the lungs before going for the sprint. 😂 totally mental! That would never work nowadays. I would also say that the racing format is a bit to blame for this. Why should Cippo even try to go up Mortirolo or any other Giro climb if he knew he would not make the time limit and all the sprint stages where already done. Scandals and everything, you can’t say that Cipollini isn’t a Giro legend.
@@DJ-qi4ry Pretty sure it's more important what he did rather than what he didn't do regards to becoming a legend.
Pretty sure that he has finished the Giro 6 times, won the points competition 3 times and won 42 stages, more than anybody in the history of the race.
Pretty sure that not just GC riders can become legends, but all the other types of riders if they get enough results. Just because climbing wasn't his forte so usually he didn't finish GTs to allow him to dominate races later in the year doesn't make him a worse rider, just different.
I'm also pretty sure that flat stages have always been a part of cycling because that's where cities are. When Alfredo Binda won the Giro for the 5th time in 1933, 8 of the 17 stages were completely flat stages. Were those made especially for Cipollini too, 40 years before he was born?
Plus there's the matter of personality. Peter Sagan has won the same amount of Monuments as Niki Terpstra, Alexander Kristoff, John Degenkolb or Simon Gerrans did. Yet, he's bigger in the history of cycling than any of them. Why? Because he's a larger than life type of guy.
Cippo was a bigger deal than any rider in the 90s and early 2000s because he wasn't just a champion, but he looked like a champion and he acted like a champion, too. He always had something up his sleeve, muscle skinsuits, zebra, techno and Roman gladiator jerseys. Even to this day, leaders of the GC in GTs ride colour-matched bikes and equipment and sprinters ride behind leadout trains only because Super Mario invented them.
Pretty sure that's enough contribution to make someone a legend!
@@jakobjarle4597 Yeah spot on! Cipo deserves a mention for the shear amount of doping he managed to get away with.
Maybe the GCN definition of 'legends' doesn't include cheaters. Strange huy?
has Manon just whipped out a penny-farthing pizza cutter?!
Shame, if it wasn't for the dopers he probably would have more grand tours.
Simon Goh gotta be careful looking back at such things. While he may not have doped, he most certainly had support from those who did, George Hincapie, et. al.
He was linked to Ferrari, but only to talk to him........
2nd in 2007 TDF to Contador. There was plenty of doping then and Contador certainly doped during his time. 2nd in 2008 to Sastre may be harder to argue as Carlos never tested positive and to many in the peleton like Evans was one of the clean guys. Sastre had Riis as his DS and Tyler Hamilton on his team raises eyebrows though. Loyalty was a key demand from Riis in that CSC 08 tour team. I would be suprised if there wasn't at least 1 rider on Cadel's 07 & 08 teams that wasn't juiced, but you can't directly blame Cadel or any other team leader if they didn't know about it.
Hey GCN, just for an exercise , go over Cadels results , take out the Dopers & note where he should have finished , I have him as a 4x TDF winner on that basis.........
You guys should cover Ryder Hesjedal next !!!
He should be on our list
Yesssss
2009 stage 13th... enough said
Woah
What? There are so many other highlights in Evans career. There was the time Evans team left him alone on the side of the toad, there was the fight with the Scheleck bro’s in the Tour d France.
Maybe, but we're looking specifically at Giro legends in this little series :-)
I would hate to be left on the side of the TOAD... lol
Joined Davitamon Lotto in 2005 and stayed with them until 2005?
If I don't see Andy Hampsten on this list some day, I will drive to the airport, fly to England, then drive to your studio and once there I will knock your coffee maker over and storm out. Then return to the office and apologize, because I am a really nice guy at heart...
Holy Cow, the dude won THE WORLED CHAMPIONSHIPS and nary a mention? Come on!
What was his V02 Max?
Jasper Morse 87 ml.kg-1.min-1 with a max power output of 455W (7.3W.kg-1) 😯
Could GCN start to do pro riders book reviews
But, but then we'd have to read!
@@gcn Audio books :)
REMEMBER WHEN HE GOT MAD THEY TOUCHED HIS LION 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 LAUGHABLE MAN, HA!
You mean when they purposefully touched his broken bone? Yep - I remember. They deserved something much more physical in return.
cuddles!
A very misunderstood , quiet and overall, underrated rider..not full of shit like all the other GC leaders
Im sorry...were you talking?
Is that how were pronouncing Vino's name now? News to me
Damn, mannon is too cute
Good thing cute isnt the goal here....
Strange choice for a Giro legend. I really like Cadel Evans but he isn’t really Gino Bartali or Mario Cipollini... how many of these are you going to make. 🤔I could probably come up with at least 20 riders being Giro legends before making it to Cadel. 😉
HOLD ON A MINTUTE - WTF is she saying we dont have a Giro to watch this year = given GCN's background in screwing things up #gcncurse THANKS A FKG LOT - it beter had work out this year !!!!!! we dont need any bad'mouthing by gcn or anyone else cause im clucking for some cycling to watch !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
" The first non European " sadly cycling is beyond nationalist, is that a "continental" reference? Seriously make it make sense. Allegedly cycling is all about riding bikes, but why all the divisive terms & exclusive language?
Crypto Que are you a jogger?
tdf 2011
I miss Emma Pooley, will we be getting another main female presenter? Have GCN not cast their eye on Juliet Elliot?
Agreed. Cycling is for everyone.
GCN should at least make an effort to get a 50/50 ratio split of female and male presenters.
What about a black woman, or a muslim black woman or an African muslim black woman.. or how about GCN just getting the best presenters !?
Hi Lucy, we are always looking out for ex-professional bike riders to join our presenting team, if you know of any Female ex-pros that would be interested then encourage them to get in contact! We recently welcomed Manon Lloyd as a presenter on GCN and she's a fantastic addition to the team.
Cadel is a legend,but not a Giro legend
All those years while Lance was climbing those huge mountains at a ferocious pace who was always one of the last few contenders right on Lance's wheel. Cadel that's who. But sure, even though Lance was super gifted and full of drugs Cadel could ride with him on pure ability. Well over here I have the tower of London for sale. I'm sure you will buy it because clearly you will buy anything. Cadel like Froome and Wiggins are a disgrace to the sport. Lemond was the last true clean champion.
Why does every presenter have the park tool pizza cutter?
2nd comment
Aimed at Australian viewers!
Great insight, looking forward to these! But please no more 'MAG-LEE-A'. It's 'MAL-EE-A', pass it on to one of the other presenters also, cough cough, Hank. Think it'd make a great impact and add professionalism to nail pronunciations a little more, doesn't take long to look/listen online. Look at Lanterne Rouge for great example of his effort...
Terrible pronunciation is one of our special skills though! In seriousness, we'll pass the feedback on :-)
@@gcn
Why not have a presenter challenge on the correct pronunciation of classic cycling terminology? A native speaker from respective languages could be the final arbitrator. I'm guessing it would be a close call between Lloydy and Ollie. Hank has no chance but would be a huge laugh.
rikkiola It’s also Paree but everyone calls it Paris. Get a life.
Nice chick... 😘