Evans: “Surprised But Pleased With Win”

Cadel Evans Dauphine Libere 2009 stage one

With less than a month to go before the Tour, Silence-Lotto?s Cadel Evans says that his victory in the opening time trial of the Dauphine Libere was ?a nice surprise.?

?My main objective is the Tour de France,? Evans commented, ?and my form is getting better and better. Today?s result, even if I made a couple of small mistakes, is the proof of that.?

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