Evans seeks redemption at Vuelta
- By Andrew Hood
- Published Aug. 24, 2009
Cadel Evans will lead Silence-Lotto at the 64th Vuelta a España with hopes of reaching the podium in the season’s final grand tour.
Evans struggled through the recent Tour de France, finishing out of the top 10 for the first time, but will be riding to make amends for a frustrating performance in July with something big at the Spanish tour.
The Aussie all-rounder has raced the Vuelta three times, abandoning in 2004, finishing 60th in 2004 and just missing the podium with fourth in 2007.
Supporting Evans will be compatriot Matthew Lloyd, who also raced the Tour, and Charlie Wegelius, the British climbing specialist who already finished the Giro d’Italia and the Tour this season.
The team will also bring promising young sprinter Jurgen Roelandts as well as stage-hunters Christophe Brandt and Mickael Delage.
Silence-Lotto for Vuelta a España: Christophe Brandt, Francis De Greef, Mickael Delage, Cadel Evans, Olivier Kaisen, Matthew Lloyd, Jurgen Roelandts, Charlie Wegelius
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Andrew Hood
Hood cut his journalistic teeth at Colorado dailies before the web boom opened the door to European cycling in the mid-1990s. Hood's covered every Tour since 1996 and has been VeloNews' European correspondent since 2002. He lives in Leon, Spain, when he's not chasing bike races.