We salute Cadel now for the Cadel Effect
Bikepaths Guide along with millions of Australian's salute Cadel's maginficaent Tour de France VICTORY. His victory is having a Cadel Effect!
On the winner podium Cadel got a little taste of home when Aussie pop star Tina Arena stepped up to sing the national anthem, Advance Australia Fair.
Speaking in French, an emotional Arena admitted afterwards: "For Cadel to come to Europe and spend so much time chasing his dream shows what he is made of. As Australians, we're very proud of what he has achieved."
Evans added afterward: "I was a surprised that Tina Arena came out to sing the anthem, that was very nice of her. "This win is for everyone in our country. It's amazing."
Cadel Effect
THE Age (Sunday 14th August) reports there is a wave of cycling enthusiasm sweeping the nation in the wake of Cadel Evans's triumph in France that has become such a tour de force it's been given a name: the Cadel Effect.
In the weeks since Evans won the Tour de France, retailers have sold out of some stock as demand for bicycles and accessories soars.
Gordon Lawrence, of Lawrencia Cycles in Glenferrie Rd Hawthorn, said bicycle and accessory sales since Cadel’s win had risen by 20 per cent. ''People who were thinking about buying a bike in the next three to six months have come in and said they want it now.''
Mr Lawrence said since 2007, when Evans was second in the Tour de France, 48 new bicycle stores had opened in Melbourne.
Competitive club cycling has also benefited according to Cycling Victoria general manager Kipp Kaufmann who says club memberships have soared by 300 per cent since 2007!
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cycling2work.com
This - in short time will become the most significant sporting acheivement in our nation's history. In the hustle and bustle of information and internet overload sometimes we forget people's 15 minutes of fame rather quickly. But with Cadel, we will forever remember his feat for decades and decades to come.
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Cyclingmike
Cadel, your come from behind gutzy victory on the 20th stage time trial was one of our country's finest and proudest sporting moments that joins a very select bunch of Australian international hall of fame legends led in my opinion by John Bertrand's Americas Cup win and Kathy Freeman's 400m Sydney Olympic gold medal efforts!
A delighted and proud - Cycling Mike