FIRST BLOOD TO CADEL EVANS

Evans Ruta del Sol
(Image credit: LUC CLAESSEN)

While Alberto Contador, Levi Leipheimer and Andreas Klöden contemplate sitting on the sidelines in July, the new favourite for the Tour de France, Cadel Evans, rubbed salt into their wounds by taking his first victory of the new season.

The Australian, who finished second behind Contador in last year's Tour took the second stage of the Ruta del Sol in the south of Spain.

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