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Cyclist Evans expects big things from Armstrong

Associated Press - November 18, 2009 2:55 AM ET

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Road race world champion Cadel Evans is predicting bigger things for 7-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong in 2010 than he achieved in his comeback to professional cycling this season.

Armstrong finished third in this year's Tour de France at age 37, his first since retiring following his unprecedented seventh straight win in 2005.

Evans, during a promotional tour in Australia, said Wednesday of Armstrong: "He's going to be bigger and more dangerous than in 2009 - we'll see Armstrong at another level in 2010."

Armstrong has left the Kazakh-backed Astana team and will be the main rider for the new ProTour squad Team RadioShack.

Both Armstrong and Evans will compete in the Tour Down Under in Adelaide, South Australia state, in January.

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