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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Cadel Evans (BMC) burst through to win the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:stage to Mûr de Bretagne and cement his position as genuine contender for the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France win. It was the Australian's second Tꦕour stage win💛 after he was retrospectively awarded the .

"I don't know if I'🧔m the master o🧸f the uphill finish, but today it was a difficult one with the wind and everything," Evans said.

"The first goal was to race withouℱt any problems and if all went well try for a result in the stage. In the end, I'm very, very surpꦦrised.

"For me personally, our objectives are always the same, all around GC and that's going to be done in the last ten days, anything in the first week is always a bonus, for me and the team – I mean, it's a good indication for me and my ⛦co♍mpetitors – but GC is always the goal here."

Evans skipped this year's Giro d'Italia – a race he had targeted in 2010 – in order to focus primarily on this year's Tour, and his lighter race schedule has paid off in spades with victories in the Tour de Romandie and Tirr💮eno – Adriatico.

"A lot of people make comparisons with last year and me doing the Giro and the Tour, but this is my sixth or seventh Tour – riding the Giro last year was about being in BMC and our Tour place not being guaranteed until about three months before. This year, we've had a better planned, better programmed build 🦂up to the Tour. Knowing in advance – I think that's really helped and it's showing," he said.

But perhaps one of the biggest factors is Evans's new success has been the environment at BMC, where he has flourished 🌳since moving from Lotto at the end of 2009. That factor, combined with a lack of bad luck that has plagued him in recent Tours, has propelled him to within on🃏e second of Thor Hushovd's yellow jersey and led Andy Schleck to point out after today's finish that "there's more than just Contador to worry about after today."

Evans finished his winner's press conference with a smile and added: "My main thing for this year's Tour has just been, 'Can I just not have bad luck, please?'. So far it's going really well, but w𝄹e also put a lot of work into planning this race. The directeurs, the team, the staff – everyone did a lot of work and I think our homework's paying off.

"Everyone counts back to Mendrisio [as my rebirth] but for me I'm in completely different🔥 environment, with different people around me. Now the people around me 🎃have the same mentality as me, we work for the same goals in the team, and I think the results show."

Teammate Marcus Burghardt, a rider who could have ridden for him༺self today, ꧟paid tribute to his leader's qualities at the finish.

"He's a good leader and someone I like working for. I'm ꦇhere for him and ဣmy objectives come secondary."