Cycling: Evans wins fourth stage

MUR-DE-BRETAGNE: Cadel Evans won a battle on the fourth stage of the Tour de France but admits he is preparing for a war in the coming weeks of the world’s toughest bike race. Evans, a former two-time runner-up, has finished outside the race’s top 20 the past two years but after four days of racing, the Australian is showing that his impressive season is no fluke. “It’s a big surprise, I still quite can’t believe it myself,” said Evans.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 7^th, 2011.