Jodie is the current Victorian Vets Criterium and Road champion in her age group. She has been racing for several years now and likes any event that involves sprinting and not too many hills. She initially used cycling as an important part of her rehabilitation from a mountaineering accident in New Zealand. She then got into racing as a replacement for martial arts in which she represented Australia and won Gold, Silver & Bronze medals in the Martial Arts World Games in 2000. 95th Tour de France
Location: France
UCI Classification: Grand Tour
Dates: 5-27 July, 2008
Starting field: 180 riders, 20 teams
Stage 21 - Sunday, July 27: Étampes - Paris/Champs Élysées, 143km
As expected, the final placings did not change in the stage to Paris but some of the final times did. Gert Steegmans from Quick Step won the final sprint. Cadel finished in a group 0'07 ahead of the group that Sastre was in and moved a little bit closer.
I, for one, think that Cadel pulled off an incredible effort. Based on many of your messages to me (and my apologies if I have not replied to them all), you all think so as well.
Cadel, hearty congratulations from all of us!!
A full report is here.
Photos of Cadel: Photo 1, Photo 2
Main results:
1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 3.51.38 (37.04 km/h)
2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia
3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
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24 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 0.07
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26 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
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30 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
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62 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.14
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107 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.24
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(145 riders started and finished)
Final GC results:
1 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 87.52.52
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 0.58
3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.13
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.10
5 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.05
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Final points (green jersey) results:
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 270 pts
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 220
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 217
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14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 103
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Final mountains (red-spot jersey) results:
1 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 128 pts
2 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 80
3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 80
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16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 46
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Final teams results:
1 Team CSC Saxo Bank 263.29.57
2 AG2R-La Mondiale 15.35
3 Rabobank 1.05.26
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5 Silence - Lotto 1.17.15
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Next Race
Cadel is heading to Beijing for the Olympics. I'm not sure if there are any appearance races before he goes.
Reproduced with permission from Geoff Schmidt who is unashamedly biased towards following Cadel Evans.