Cadel is the 2009 road race World Champion! Too bloody amazing!
After a year which bore some heartaches and some near misses, along with luck that, at times, would test anyone, at Mendrisio, Switzerland Cadel scores the biggest win of his career thus far.
24 hours after the final stage of the Le Tour, I'd thought Cadel's year was done and dusted, and that he should take a break to recover from the mental bust-up he'd clearly experienced.
The Vuelta proved his resurgence, with a hugely gutsy effort to claw back onto the podium after some less-than-average luck which cost him all but 9 seconds of the final gap between himself and the winner Valverde. After the melt down of Le Tour, that was truely a marvellous effort to turn around his year.
And now, with some wonderful support from his Australian teammates, and a huge move on the final climb up the Novazzano to break his rivals, Cadel climbs on the top of the podium and has gold hung around his neck atop the WC jersey. Pretty epic by anyone's standards.
Cadel and the Australian team, Oz salutes you!
Ride safe!
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