The Tour de France ended this year with a first ever yellow jersey winner from the southern hemisphere - Cadel Evans of Australia. At thirty-four, he is the oldest winner of the Tour in the post World War II era according the Versus commentary team. He won the Tour without wearing the yellow jersey until after taking the lead after the second to last stage this year.
While I was personally not rooting for Cadel Evans to win the Tour, his performance was nearly perfect and he deserves the respect of a true champion. From a hardiness and resilience perspective, Cadel rose to the occasion each time he was challenged by rivals during key stages and often had to persevere alone at key times. He never gave up or relied on competitors to help when the situations were going against him and rode himself back against his rivals on most of those stages. The result was ultimate victory in professional cycling after two second places and other years with significant challenges and injuries.
The dedication, commitment and perseverance to the endeavor is something we can all learn from and work to model in our respective lives.
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