Evans lights up at record attempt

Record ... Cadel Evans has attempted a record by helping to light a Christmas tree with bikes. Source: Tracey Nearmy / AAP

Cadel Evans began the day with drug testers knocking on his door at 6am, continued on to a three-and-a-half hour 110km bike ride and ended with a world record attempt to generate human-powered renewable energy to light up a Christmas tree.

The 2011 Tour de France winner reckons he has just about shaken off an illness that's been bugging him all year and is getting stronger for his attempt to win a second Tour in 2013.

"So far I'm feeling nearly normal again after feeling absolutely exhausted for the best part of the last 10 months,'' he said.

Evans was speaking up for renewable energy on Tuesday for the attempt at Federation Square, which featured 120 specially-prepared bikes fitted with generators. He said anyone who knows cycling knows he had an average year in 2012 due to health issues.

That's when he finished seventh in the Tour, with only two Australians before him having managed a top 10 place.

When asked how he planned to win another Tour, Evans replied: "It's pretty simple. Just be a little bit faster than everyone else.''

Evans said he will start racing again in February or March as he regains his fitness. He said in next year's Tour there will be more uphill finishes, that will suit him, with less distances to cover in the time trials.

"It will be much more interesting with lots of tricky and narrow roads in Corsica - we like those,'' Evans said.

He believes this year's winning team, Sky, led by Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins, will have stiff competition in 2013.

"They made the team for the course and it was like the course was made for the team,'' Evans said. "They prepared very carefully and got the results they deserved.

"But there will be a few more people in the mix, myself included, who will unsettle a few things.''

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