ANALYSIS: Cadel Evans backs Simon Clarke after unexpected Tour de France success
The photo finish shows Clarke with his arms fully extended, head between his legs, chest resting on the seat, and his backside hanging over the back wheel.
"He was collecting my feeds and getting my bottles through the race, and he was the one guy who stuck by me through the whole race, from start to when he couldn't be there anymore."Clarke is godfather to Evans's second-oldest son. And Evans, Australia's only Tour de France champion, has been known to motor pace Clarke in training sessions.
Cycling's transfer window officially opens in August, and everything is sorted usually by October. Clarke on Christmas Day was still without a squad, without a job. As Evans notes, it was not the first time Clarke had faced such a scenario, recalling that when the meticulous, clean-cut Victorian turned pro in 2009, the squad he signed with also folded the same season.
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