Cycling: Evans looks up, Wiggins crashes out

Cadel Evans the Australian saw fellow yellow jersey challenger Bradley Wiggins crash out.

CHATEAUROUX: Riding as close to the front of the Tour de France peloton paid dividends once more for Cadel Evans as the Australian saw fellow yellow jersey challenger Bradley Wiggins crash out. Wiggins finished fourth overall in 2009 and, after his recent victory in the Criterium du Dauphine, was considered a strong challenger to reigning champion Alberto Contador and Luxembourg’s Andy Schleck. But as the peloton chased down a five-man breakaway around 40 kilometre from the finish line in Chateauroux, around a dozen riders hit the tarmac and Wiggins came off worst, breaking his collarbone.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 10^th, 2011.