Cadel Evans 'A Piece of the Action' Personally signed

A Piece of History

Australia is a proud sporting nation with a rich history of success and heroics on sporting stages the world over, and an adoring public who have been showered with success as our sporting idols have risen above the best of the best. There are but a few final frontiers that our nation’s elite have yet conquer- winning the Football World Cup, winning the Olympic 100m sprint, and until recently capturing a podium finish in the Tour de France.

The Tour de France is the ultimate war of attrition. Spanning 3550km over 21 days, 189 of the world’s premier cyclists ride for ultimate glory in a time old tradition that stretches all the way back to 1903. Australia has always been known as a cycling powerhouse in time trials and in the velodromes of the Olympic Games, but despite our best efforts we have never managed to rise to the top of the event that is considered the holy grail of world cycling. Phil Anderson battled his way to 5^th place back in 1985, but never before had an Aussie climbed to the dizzy heights of a podium finish.

Cadel Evans, the 30 year old born in Katherine N.T, has now re-written the history books in an effort that had the whole nation cheering him on through bleary eyes glued to late night television. Cadel scaled the peaks of Europe, and in doing so climbed into the hearts of Australia with his guts and bravado as he took it to the leaders all the way to Paris. Finishing a mere 23 seconds behind the leader Alberto Contador, second place was an Herculean effort and it is not until the wheels have stopped spinning and the riders are out of the saddle that we can reminisce on this magical milestone.

Exclusive to the Australian market, we are proud to bring a piece of the tour, and a piece of Cadel’s performance, to the sporting public of Australia. The Cadel Evans Piece of the Action features an actual swatch of one of Cadel’s race-worn Predictor Lotto shirts, incorporated into a stunning visual tribute of his mighty race journey along with a detailed map of the circuit and stage details, and is signed by the fearless rider himself.