It takes of guts to do what Cadel Evans does.
Cadel is the Australian cyclist who has ridden into second place in the last two Tours de France. He does the hard stuff: when the race moves into he mountains Cadel is at the front of the pack. It turns out that the Tintin books have had a huge impact on Cadel Evans.
“I first came across Tintin in my school library, and I got right into it,” he says. “My mother was studying literature, so I’d read Tintin and she would read as well. They’re the best books for kids. Tintin is the best role model: he’s brave, he’s good, he helps the weak, he’s perfect. There are so many countries I want to go to just because he went there.”
Evans has lived in Tintin’s home, Belgium, as a professional cyclist and has visited a comic book museum in Brussels. He’s still fascinated by the escapism and themes of the stories.
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