After spending years in Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador's rear wheel, plucky and typically unlucky Cadel Evans has finally conquered the Tour by winning the Yellow Jersey in Saturday's Time Trial.
He reversed a 53 second deficit to Luxembourg's Andy Schleck, whose climb up the Galibier two days prior earned him the lead, to bring his unassailable advantage over the 27-year old to 1:34. Despite there being one stage to go, Evans will just cruise to the finish line in Paris.
Defending champion Contador, who has struggled for form and fitness this Tour, galiantly rode to 3rd place in the TT, to finish in fifth behind gutsy Thomas Voeckler, Frank Schleck, his younger brother Andy, and Evans.
Evans, who first rode the Tour in 2001 and was always seen as a perennial runner-up, can now say he has won the world's biggest bike race.
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