Australia’s Evans to ride for BMC Racing Team

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PARIS, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Australian world champion Cadel Evans has agreed to ride for the American BMC Racing Team, two days after ending his five-year association with Belgian team Silence Lotto.

“The BMC Racing Team announced the signing of current world road race champion Cadel Evans to a three-year contract,” BMC said in a statement on Monday.

“This partnership will create mutually beneficial opportunities for both the current world champion as well as the BMC Racing Team.”

The 32-year-old Evans won the world road race title in Switzerland at the end of September and has twice finished second in the Tour de France. (Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by John O’Brien; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)

Updated Nov 2, 3:56 am EST
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  1. Welove Oursuvs
    16. Posted by Welove Oursuvs Mon Nov 16 7:13pm EST

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    IT: Once again - YOU FAIL You're all doped up on failed postings. IT = Once a posting dope, always a posting dope.
  2. Shawn
    15. Posted by Shawn Mon Nov 2 12:19pm EST

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    Peter Joachim is a confirmed IDIOT POSTER.
  3. bikedad
    14. Posted by bikedad Sun Nov 1 8:18pm EST

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    Yawn---a doped fool with NO sprint.

    If a woman can comentate of the STEROID infested NFL, then why not apologize for cow blood doping in cycling?

    No problem for a drug addicted sicko.

    Only doper apologists shoot the messenger. We know they are lame cowards.
  4. bikedad
    13. Posted by bikedad Sun Nov 1 8:17pm EST

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    TV sport drug poloicy is VERY simple: DENY DOPING and sell sneakers!


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  5. John F
    12. Posted by John F Sun Nov 1 7:02pm EST

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    Another site is reporting that Evans has signed for three years with BMC. Another bad decision by Cadel Evans. He is a Grand Tour rider; his decision to sign with the Belgian Silence-Lotto team was a head-scratcher five years ago because they are and always will be a team built for the Classics. Now he's given the opportunity to sign with a team that can support him in a Grand Tour, and what does he do? Signs with another Classics team! Don't get me wrong; Hincapie, Ballan, Kroon, etc., are good riders, but BMC (like Evans' previous Silence-Lotto team) has nobody to help him in the high mountains, where he has been isolated without teammates for years and has absolutely zero chance of defending any leaders' jersey in a race of that type should he earn one.

    I don't understand this move at all. He should have just stayed with his old team; at least they have a ProTour license and are guaranteed entry into the Grand Tours.
  6. doug
    11. Posted by doug Sun Nov 1 6:43pm EST

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    Why even print it if that's all you have. but typically yahoo. yahoo news loser!
  7. Ron
    10. Posted by Ron Sun Nov 1 1:59pm EST

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    If Cadel Evans had such a strong team, then where were his teammates in the 2008 TDF(I believe) when he was alone with the Schleck brothers in a tough mountain stage?
  8. jackaroo
    9. Posted by jackaroo Sun Nov 1 8:42am EST

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    Good luck to Cadel. It will be interesting to see how he performs on a stronger team. I hope he is going to go to a stronger team!
  9. a Yahoo! Local User
    8. Posted by a Yahoo! Local User Sun Nov 1 1:38am EDT

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    I tend to agree that Evans is a douchebag...and a wanker too! He's whined his way along for 5 years with a team more dedicted to the classics than the Tour -- a bad choice on Cadel's part to stay with that team dynamic. Cadel sucks with the media as well! -- little coaching there would go a long way. I am jazzed for Cadel and his rainbow stripes, which seem to have given him a huge boost in his confidence (and marketability!) Look for Cadel to be with the BMC team for 2010...you heard it here first!
  10. Kazz's Crew
    7. Posted by Kazz's Crew Sat Oct 31 9:09pm EDT

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    All through the Tour De France 09 people were saying Cadel needs a new team, stronger support, now he is doing it and gets criticised!

    To 'Kurt S'...the team didn not seem supportive from management all the way down to the riders. Cadel got sick too, he is human!!

    See what Cadel did in the Worlds with a hard working Aussie team!

    Good luck to him - why not change when you are having a win!
  11. Kurt S
    6. Posted by Kurt S Sat Oct 31 8:56pm EDT

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    Dude had a STRONG team this year in the Tour and never sniffed to podium. He always had teammates up the road from him in the mountain stages and he couldn't even hang with them.

    Dude is a douchebag.
  12. Cheese Curtain
    5. Posted by Cheese Curtain Sat Oct 31 8:38pm EDT

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    I was a bigger Cadel fan before seeing the videos of him wigging out during interviews and when people touched his dog. But I still hope he ends up on a stronger team, because he is a talent. Two straight 2nds in the TdF on his old team is pretty impressive. What a great 4 or 5-way dogfight if he lands on a stronger team.
  13. bikedad
    4. Posted by bikedad Sat Oct 31 7:08pm EDT

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    Lance Pharmstrong is a CONFIRMED Nike drug cheat.
  14. <i>bikedad_99</i>
    3. Posted by bikedad_99 Sat Oct 31 6:59pm EDT

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    OK guys, before you say anything. When I wanted to post that first message, it said that they could not post it, so I tried again, and guess what, it came on again.
  15. <i>bikedad_99</i>
    2. Posted by bikedad_99 Sat Oct 31 6:57pm EDT

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    Ok guys, this should be interesting. I guess he realized that he needed a better team if he wanted to ride with the big boys and maybe Silence Lotto just couldn't come up with the right guys. Wonder where he will go??
  16. <i>bikedad_99</i>
    1. Posted by bikedad_99 Sat Oct 31 6:57pm EDT

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    Ok guys, this should be interesting. I guess he realized that he needed a better team if he wanted to ride with the big boys and maybe Silence Lotto just couldn't come up with the right guys. Wonder where he will go??
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