http://davidcadogan.ca/bbpress/ DavidCadogan.ca Forums Topic: Evans To Fight In Mont-Saint-Michel Tour De France Time Tria en Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:55:44 +0000 http://davidcadogan.ca/bbpress/topic.php?id=53088&page#post-65138 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 08:12:15 +0000 chongchong8g 65138@http://davidcadogan.ca/bbpress/ <p>&lt;div id="content_main"&gt;&lt;p class="strapline"&gt;Top five still possibe for Australian former Tour winner&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BMC's best-placed GC rider will fight for every second in Wednesday's individual time trial in the hope of recovering from a lowly 16th place before the finish in Paris, said his team manager.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Team Manager Jim Ochowicz said the team would come out fighting on the flat 33km time trial finishing in Mont-Saint-Michel in preparation for a tough final week which could deliver a mass shake-up to the GC.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Currently 3:11 separate the 2011 Tour winner Evans in 16th from Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) in second. Chris Froome (Sky) has a commanding hold on yellow, a further 1:25 ahead of the Spaniard.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"We don't give up, the placings are going to change," said Ochowicz. "Heck, there's a lot to racing to go. The hardest part of this Tour hasn't started yet. We expect to see again a displacement of the general classification in a way that's unpredictable.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"The only outcome from this last weekend that was predictable was Chris Froome. Everybody else I think was a mystery, the way they had bad day, good day, bad day, good day."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ochowicz said Wednesday's time trial suits powerful TT-riders. Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) has the best chance of winning he added.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Tejay [van Garderen] and Cadel are ready for the race - they're going to prepare the race, they've seen the course," he said&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Evans - and van Garderen in particular - had a torrid weekend in the Pyrenees. Van Garderen suffered in the broiling heat and now lies more than half an hour behind Froome (Sky). Evans labelled stage 8 to Ax-3-Domaines the worst Tour performance of his career. He recovered on stage 9 and moved up nine places. He still believes a top five is possible according to Australian paper the Herald Sun,<a href="http://cyclingjerseysale5.webs.com/">Cycling Jersey</a>.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class="article_tools"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; </p>