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After the 9th stage of the Tour de France Aussie Cadel Evans will wear the leader's yellow jersey for the first time. Using the 'get injured to get inspired' technique, Evans fell off in stage 8 and had to ride for his life in stage 9 up the Col du Tormulait to claim the maillot jaune by just one second.
Now for every day he remains in yellow, Australians will start dusting off their old bicycles and hitting the road. There is nothing like Aussie sporting success to motivate amateur 'give it a goers' in this country. Hopefully this cycling surge will ease transport congestion and reduce greenhouse emissions. Maybe, if we ever reach our greenhouse reduction targets, we will be able to point to Cadel Evans and say ' he started it!' Unfortunately I can only forsee an increase in physiotherapy visits as unprepared bodies try just a bit too hard (especially if they get inspired by the upcoming Alp d'Huez stage).
Go Cadel.
