Cadel Evans's campaign after three days on the western front has reinvigorated the Victorian's belief he can win the Tour de France at his seventh attempt.
The Evans who lines up for tonight's start in Lorient, for the tour's first medium mountain stage, has cast aside his demons and started afresh, even if the objective remains the same - to be the winner in Paris on July 24.
If Evans had any pre-stage nerves, he wasn't showing them in the team time trial. He missed out on the yellow jersey by just one second going into the overnight stage to Redon, a course best suited to fellow Australians Matt Goss and Mark Renshaw at HTC-Highroad..
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