	{"id":86590,"date":"2023-11-08T04:03:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T17:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?p=86590"},"modified":"2023-11-02T10:08:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T23:08:05","slug":"cadel-gears-up-for-his-2024-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/cadel-gears-up-for-his-2024-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Cadel gears up for his 2024 race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TOUR de France winner Cadel Evans is keen for the wheels to get turning on the 2024 edition of the race that bears his name.<\/p>\n<p>Evans is in the middle of a brief visit from Europe in the lead-up to the next Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, which will be its ninth iteration and again attract a field of some of the world&#8217;s best cyclists and cycling teams.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After our hiatus [because of COVID-19 in 2021 and 2022], like everyone in life, we&#8217;re making our way back to where we were,&#8221; he said during an interview in his hometown of Barwon Heads.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve got the momentum going again from this year, so let&#8217;s work on keeping it going, and speeding it up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s one step at a time coming back to bigger and better things, but the interest from the international teams &#8211; especially the European-based teams &#8211; is growing, and for them to travel back to Australia and prepare for a big season is returning to what it was before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said he originally sketched out the idea for a local UCI WorldTour event &#8211; including a women&#8217;s ride and a community ride &#8211; in 2012 during a meeting at Barwon Heads&#8217; At The Heads Restaurant while still a professional cyclist.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_120508\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120508\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-120508 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/IMG_3668_74234.jpg?_t=1698879897\" alt=\"\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evans loves jumping on the bike to get around Barwon Heads.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the time, it seemed a bit crazy, it wasn&#8217;t normal or expected, but I really had this idea of where cycling was going to be in 10 years&#8217; time, and I think that within five years&#8217; time, there was confirmation of a lot of other one-day women&#8217;s races, so I wonder: did we set the blueprint?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Evans said his intention from the start was to make the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race a significant fixture on the global cycling calendar.<\/p>\n<p>On this measure alone, he has succeeded, as the women&#8217;s and men&#8217;s rides are again the second races in the respective Women&#8217;s WorldTour and WorldTour seasons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was always the goal, to be in the top tier, and I&#8217;m still really proud of the fact that within three years, in both male and female, we got to the WorldTour,&#8221; Evans said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We got there quite quickly while maintaining and increasing the quality.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ultimately, we want to have all the top riders coming here and be one of the monuments of cycling, but of course they&#8217;ve got an 80-year head start on us.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s far and beyond met my expectations, on lots of levels: getting to the WorldTour; getting to the Women&#8217;s WorldTour; having a partner like Deakin University that helped get us onto TV&#8230; I think we were the only women&#8217;s race outside of the Olympics to have live television coverage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, including registrations for the People&#8217;s Ride, head to <a href=\"http:\/\/cadelevansgreatoceanroadrace.com.au\">cadelevansgreatoceanroadrace.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOUR de France winner Cadel Evans is keen for the wheels to get turning on the 2024 edition of the race that bears his name. 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