Jeff Evanshine

Jeff Evanshine (born October 2, 1973) is a former professional road bicycle racer from the United States.

[1] On July 14, 1991, Evanshine attacked out of the shattered field on Colorado Springs' Garden of the Gods circuit, caught the Belarusian Alexandre Kozlov on the final lap of the race, and won solo, in dramatic fashion with a lead of nearly one minute, posting a final time of 3 hours, 3 minutes, 33 seconds for the 77-mile race.

Evanshine's promising career as an elite cyclist was derailed the following year, however, when he missed an out-of-competition drug test and was notified on the eve of the 1992 US Olympic Trials in Altoona, PA that he'd been banned for three months.

Jeff continued to show his extreme talent that year while in the 1993 Tour de L'Avenir, by taking over the polka dot climbing jersey for part of the race.

Later, Evanshine left the service disillusioned with military life, but returned to competition for two years in 1996 and 1997 with the Saturn professional team.