overall chances to help him in key stages, but to no avail. The Tour concluded in a major disappointment for Team BMC, as Evans took 39th place and Van Garderen finished 45th while Briton Chris Froome won the overall classification. 2014–2015 In September 2014, Evans announced that he would retire in February 2015. Evans participated in the inaugural Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race in 2015, finishing fifth. Evans then became the Global Ambassador for the . Personal life In 2005, Evans married Chiara Passerini, an Italian pianist and music teacher he met at the end of 2002. Evans proposed to her after his first Tour de France. In January 2012, the couple adopted their son Robel, from Ethiopia, at the age of six months. Evans and Passerini separated in 2015. Since 2015 he has been dating Stefania Zandonella, a ski Instructor from Italy. Their son Aidan was born in 2019. Cadel's grandfather was from Wales, and so he was named "Cadel" in honour of three Welsh kings. Evans' first cousin is Australian London 2012 Paralympian Matthew Haanappel. His current Australian home is Barwon Heads, Victoria. He resides in Stabio, Switzerland when in Europe. Evans was made a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia on 10 June 2013. Evans supports the Geelong Cats in the Australian Football League. A biography, Cadel Evans: Close To Flying, was published by Hardie Grant Books in November 2009. Philanthropy and political views Winning The Sydney Morning Herald 2007 Sports Performer of the Year, Evans pledged to donate his $50,000 winner's prize to charity, including the Amy Gillett Foundation, established in memory of Australian rower and cyclist Amy Gillett, who was killed on the eve of a stage race in Germany in 2005, when she and her Australian teammates were struck by a car. Another nominated beneficiary was Ian Thorpe's Fountain for Youth, established by the Olympic swimmer to alleviate and treat illness and disease in people under 20. Making the announcement, Evans revealed that Thorpe had visited the Northern Territory Aboriginal community of Barunga where Evans lived until the age of three. In 2008, Evans wore a cycling undershirt with the Flag of Tibet and supported freedom for Tibet. He said: "Trying to bring awareness of the Tibet movement is something someone in my position can do. I just feel really sorry for them. They don't harm anyone and