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checkin Five minutes with … Cadel Evans Photography by Graham Watson Cadel Evans speaks to OUTthere about cycling, his day-to-day life and the importance of sustainability. How is your preparation going for the upcoming Tour de France? So far this year, things are progressing well; it's early yet but after the health problems of last year, I am feeling a lot better. We will see in the early-season races. What's your schedule looking like at the moment? From my first race of the season – the Tour of Oman – I go back to my normal competition schedule, racing in Italy, France, Holland, Belgium and Switzerland in events like Giro del Trentino, Strade Bianche and Giro d'Italia. I also have specific training camps to prepare for the Tour de France, as well as a few reconnaissance trips to see some of the 2013 Tour route. Describe your typical day during the 'on' season … If I am home at my European base in Switzerland, the main part of my day is taken up with training. Pro riders regularly spend up to six hours on their bikes a day. Around that, my time is juggled between going to the gym; maybe getting some treatment from a physiotherapist or osteopath; business and media-related meetings, calls and emails; travelling; and being a dad. Hopefully, there will be a moment to rest and recover between appointments. While racing, life is a bit simpler; a race can be anywhere up to 250 kilometres in a day. Around that, [my] time is split between travelling, media requests, team planning and meeting[s], preparation and recovery/massage – and, I hope, time to enjoy the day in the company of my teammates. What's your involvement with technology company Siemens? It's really about my personal beliefs of creating a positive environment for future generations. I think our behaviours and actions today will decide what future we have on the planet. Siemens' credentials when it comes to environmental technology speak for themselves. If I liken it to cycling, the technology that goes into bikes is constantly evolving and improving. Along with training and planning, technology has helped me become faster, more efficient and more successful in my racing. If technology has made such a difference to racing alone, imagine what it could do for the rest of the world. Being involved with Siemens has definitely opened my eyes to what technology can actually do – generating and transporting cleaner energy, creating water from waste, testing products in virtual reality, reducing emissions and improving productivity. What motivates you to wake up every day? My immediate focus is preparing for the Tour this year; however, I also think about the future and what that might look like for generations to come. I'm conscious of what impact my choices today will create tomorrow, both on and off the track. So, it's important for me to make every day Cadel says: "I'm conscious of what impact my choices today will create tomorrow, both on and off the track." 1