{"id":272,"date":"2011-04-20T06:33:45","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T04:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/?p=272"},"modified":"2011-04-20T06:33:45","modified_gmt":"2011-04-20T04:33:45","slug":"kevin-evans-set-for-sani2c-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/kevin-evans-set-for-sani2c-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Evans set for sani2c Comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four-time Subaru sani2c winner Kevin Evans announced last night that he will be making his competitive comeback at the three-day KwaZulu-Natal event that starts on May 19.<\/p>\n

Team 360 Life’s Evans (32) and team-mate David George (35) were considered the best hope for an all-South African win at this month’s Absa Cape Epic – until Evans fell and broke his collarbone during the first stage.<\/p>\n

The injury was a major disappointment to the four-time national marathon champion, who suffered an earlier setback in December when he had to undergo emergency surgery for a perforated appendix.<\/p>\n

Evans said there had been some minor complications from the fall because he already had a plate in that shoulder from a similar break 10 years ago. Despite the fact that the bone had become quite brittle, the plate was successfully replaced and additional screws inserted.<\/p>\n

Following a visit to the radiologist on Friday, Evans said everything “looked good and in place” but confirmed last night that he had been advised to pull out of the Fairbairn Capital\/Old Mutual joBerg2c, which he had been planning to ride from April 29 to May 7. His withdrawal also sidelines George.<\/p>\n

“Missing joBerg2c is quite upsetting,” said Evans, “part of me still says take a chance and do it.”<\/p>\n

He said the 900-kilometre race would have been part of his preparation for the world marathon championships in Italy in June.<\/p>\n

“Ironically, the enforced break has put me in a good position. I’ve had more rest than in the past six seasons and will be fresher for worlds.”<\/p>\n

He said his sponsors had been very supportive. “It’s great to know that I don’t have to take risks to perform.”<\/p>\n

The rider, who is based in Plettenberg Bay, said he anticipated a quick recovery of form. After 10 days of rest, he resumed training on a stationary bike last week – with one arm initially in a sling.<\/p>\n

He trained on his road bike yesterday and although his collarbone passed the test, he felt the mountain bike might just be too great a risk at this stage.<\/p>\n

According to his team, Evans might support George in the MTN series race in Tulbagh in mid-May as a test-run for the Subaru sani2c, where they plan to make a competitive bid for the title.<\/p>\n

“I’m looking forward to the sani2c – it’s a lovely event and I’ve had a good run,” said Evans, referring to the fact that he’s won it every year he’s entered – each time with a different partner.<\/p>\n

This year will be the first time he defends his title with the same team-mate.<\/p>\n

Visit www.sani2c.co.za, join the Facebook group or follow sani2c_scoop on Twitter.<\/p>\n

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Four-time Subaru sani2c winner Kevin Evans (Team 360Life) will be making his competitive comeback following a broken collarbone when he defends his title alongside team-mate David George from May 19. Photo: Gary Perkin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Four-time Subaru sani2c winner Kevin Evans announced last night that he will be making his competitive comeback at the three-day KwaZulu-Natal event that starts on May 19. Team 360 Life’s Evans (32) and team-mate David George (35) were considered the best hope for an all-South African win at this month’s Absa Cape Epic – until […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[30,8276],"class_list":{"0":"post-272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-johannesburg-2","9":"tag-sani2c","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Kevin_Evans.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions\/274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}